North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime

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North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
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Actually, Anti Klan legislation.

In NC? I know some places have had this law (maybe it was town-specific) since western times.

The repeal would return public masking rules to their pre-pandemic form β€” created in 1953 to address a different issue: limiting Ku Klux Klan activity in North Carolina, according to a 2012 book by Washington University in St. Louis sociology professor David Cunningham.

Neat! Thanks for the info. I should have learned more about that state while working at the previous employer, but oh well. It didn't really seem pertinent then. I guess it's never too late.