{"id":56370,"date":"2020-06-26T08:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=56370"},"modified":"2020-06-26T08:56:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:56:37","slug":"56370","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=56370","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/coronavirus\/carrying-a-handgun-while-wearing-a-mask\/19161837\/\">North Carolina law modified to allow carrying a handgun while wearing a mask<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under normal circumstances, it is against the law to carry a gun while wearing a mask. However, that law is being suspended until February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Nash County sheriff\u2019s office has been getting many calls lately from people wondering what the rules are.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Guilford County Sheriff\u2019s Office, if you have a valid concealed carry handgun permit, it is legal to carry a concealed handgun while wearing a mask, so long as you&#8217;re wearing the mask to protect yourself or others from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The Nash County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced on social media that it will not be enforcing face coverings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve got much more to worry about,&#8221; Nash County sheriff Keith Stone said. &#8220;We obviously want people to social distance. If you want to wear a mask that is absolutely fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While we were at the sheriff\u2019s office, Greg, who doesn\u2019t want his last name used, stopped by to get his permit to purchase firearms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like staying protected, also protecting my home and my family,\u201d Greg, said.<\/p>\n<p>He says the pandemic should not get in the way of his second amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s just like wearing this mask,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You want to keep yourself safe and you want to keep your home and your family safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stone says his only concern is the safety of residents in Nash County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not out patrolling looking for people with masks on,&#8221; Stone said. &#8220;What we\u2019re doing is the same thing we did before this epidemic, is fight gangs, guns and drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wearing a mask and legally carrying a gun, you must remove the mask when asked to do so by law enforcement during a traffic stop, license checkpoint or any time an officer asks you to do it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina law modified to allow carrying a handgun while wearing a mask Under normal circumstances, it is against the law to carry a gun while wearing a mask. However, that law is being suspended until February 2021. The Nash County sheriff\u2019s office has been getting many calls lately from people wondering what the rules &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=56370\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine","category-law-order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56371,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56370\/revisions\/56371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}