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10 <br /> 3 <br /> or taxes and receipt of a license or licenses, sale of firearms <br /> would constitute an activity authorized by State law. <br /> 2 . Criminal Statutes Related to Possession of Weapons. <br /> Several North Carolina Criminal Statutes apply to the possession, <br /> and transfer of firearms. They are summarized below. <br /> a. N. C.G.S. Sec. 14-415. 1 prohibits possession, outside his <br /> own hose or place of business, of a firearm by a <br /> convicted felon. <br /> b. N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-269 prohibits the carrying, off one ' s <br /> own premises, of a concealed weapon, including guns. <br /> c. N.C.G.S . Sec. 14-269. 2 prohibits the possession, openly <br /> or concealed, of any weapon in any public or private <br /> school, college or university building or bus or on the <br /> campus, grounds or other property of any such institu- <br /> tion. <br /> d. N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-288.8 prohibits the manufacture, <br /> possession, sale or purchase of any weapon of mass <br /> destruction, including automatic weapons. In addition, <br /> N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-409 prohibits sale, use or possession <br /> of machine guns and other like weapons. <br /> e. N .C.G.S . Sec. 14-269 . 3 prohibits the carrying of any gun <br /> into any assembly where a fee has been charged for <br /> admission thereto or into any establishment in which <br /> alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed. <br /> f. N. C.G.S. Sec. 14-277. 2 prohibits the carrying of any <br /> dangerous weapon by any person participating in or <br /> present as a spectator at any parade, funeral procession, <br /> picket line or demonstration upon any public place or <br /> under the control of the State or any of its political <br /> subdivisions. (This section authorizes a permit to be <br /> issued by a local law enforcement agency head for a <br /> person to carry such a weapon in a parade. ) <br /> 3. Criminal Statutes Related to Use of Weapons. <br /> Several North Carolina Criminal Statutes apply to the use of <br /> weapons. Generally speaking, the use of a deadly weapon in an <br /> assault makes the assault a more serious criminal offense. <br /> Applicable statutory provisions include: <br /> a. N.C.G.S. Sec. 14-33 , which defines the offense of assault <br /> with a deadly weapon. <br />