NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1016

HOUSE BILL 1002

AN ACT TO OUTLAW CARRYING WEAPONS INTO ASSEMBLIES AND ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE INTOXICATING LIQUORS ARE SOLD AND CONSUMED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 35 of General Statutes Chapter 14 is amended to add the following new section:

"§ 14-269.3.  Carrying weapons into assemblies and establishments where intoxicating liquors are sold and consumed. — (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry any gun, rifle, or pistol into any assembly where a fee has been charged for admission thereto, or into any establishment in which intoxicating liquors are sold and consumed. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in the discretion of the court by fine or imprisonment or by both.

(b)        This section shall not apply to the following:

(1)        a person exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14-269;

(2)        the owner or lessee of the premises or business establishment;

(3)        a person participating in the event, if he is carrying a gun, rifle, or pistol with the permission of the owner, lessee, or person or organization sponsoring the event; and

(4)        a person registered or hired as a security guard by the owner, lessee, or person or organization sponsoring the event."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on October 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.