On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 03:26:09AM -0500, Joseph E. Olson wrote: > "Dangerous and Unusual Misdirection: A Look at the Common Law Tradition > of Prohibiting Going Armed with Dangerous and Unusual Weapons to the > Terror of the People, as Cited in District of Columbia versus Heller" > > DANIEL RICHARD PAGE, affiliation not provided to SSRN > Email: [email protected]
Hmm - at William & Mary, he is listed as a student. The link to the paper at ssrn.com is http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1859395 It's an interesting look into the history of the terms. Also, I've often wondered about "terror of the people" - as a "soccer mom" can easily shriek with terror at the sight of open carry. The Attorney General of NC published 6. Going Armed To The Terror Of The People By common law in North Carolina, it is unlawful for a person to arm himself/herself with any unusual and dangerous weapon, for the purpose of terrifying others, and go about on public highways in a manner to cause terror to others. The N.C. Supreme Court states that any gun is an unusual and dangerous weapon for purposes of this offense. Therefore, persons are cautioned as to the areas they frequent with firearms. http://www.grnc.org/firearms.htm While I can't find this at the NC DOJ site, there is something similar in the State's Case Notes to Article I Sec 30. of the Constitution of North Carolina: Militia and the right to bear arms. Common-Law Offense Not Abrogated. - The constitutional guaranty of the right to bear arms does not abrogate the common-law offense of going armed with unusual weapons to the terror of the people. State v. Dawson, 272 N.C. 535, 159 S.E.2d 1 (1968). http://www.nctreasurer.com/2008Lawbook/nccarti/nccarti-30.htm > ... -- --henry schaffer _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
