Legal experts weigh in on unintended outcomes of public mask ban

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Legal experts weigh in on unintended outcomes of public mask ban

Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are quickly pushing legislation forward to crack down on criminals who wear masks in public. While they claim that the legislation wouldn’t criminalize the wearing of masks in public for common-sense health reasons, the language ultimately revokes health and safety exemptions, a concern expressed by legal experts at the John Locke Foundation. Just this week, the North Carolina Senate passed Hous…