Ski masks illegal

[snopes]

Comment: My query is about ski masks. I have heard froms various relatives and
friends-of-friends that the sale (or, alternatively, the use) of ski masks
is now illegal (either in New York or throughout the country). I was
wondering if this is true, as I could find no authoritative references on
the subject (on the internet).

[Mother of Nanaballis]

Here is what North Carolina Law says:

§ 14‑12.8. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public property.

No person or persons shall in this State, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, or appear upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the State, or of the State of North Carolina. (1953, c. 1193, s. 7.)

§ 14‑12.11. Exemptions from provisions of Article.

The following are exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14‑ 12.7, 14‑12.8, 14‑12.9, 14‑12.10 and 14‑12.14:

(1) Any person or persons wearing traditional holiday costumes in season;

(2) Any person or persons engaged in trades and employment where a mask is worn for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer, or because of the nature of the occupation, trade or profession;

(3) Any person or persons using masks in theatrical productions including use in Mardi Gras celebrations and masquerade balls;

(4) Persons wearing gas masks prescribed in civil defense drills and exercises or emergencies; and

(5) Any person or persons, as members or members elect of a society, order or organization, engaged in any parade, ritual, initiation, ceremony, celebration or requirement of such society, order or organization, and wearing or using any manner of costume, paraphernalia, disguise, facial makeup, hood, implement or device, whether the identity of such person or persons is concealed or not, on any public or private street, road, way or property, or in any public or private building, provided permission shall have been first obtained therefor by a representative of such society, order or organization from the governing body of the municipality in which the same takes place, or, if not in a municipality, from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the same takes place.

*** I suspect these were written with the Ku Klux Klan in mind, but could certainly be applied to ski masks.

What? You mean to say there's no Spider-Man clause? Good thing he works in New York, then.