Where is the crime, other than being an idiot? Open carry is legal in NC.
I live in NC. Rural about a mile from SC border.
Its normal here. Every male and probably 75% of females have guns.
The question is never “do you have any guns.”
Its always “what kind of guns do you have.”
But if you make your way twenty miles in either direction and get into the any city, they are usually overrun by yuppies.
A cesspool like Charlotte and a dairy farm 15 miles away are like being in two different countries.
Not at a Mall that has No Weapons signs posted.
There may be a bit of an argument over if it’s legal - gray area - the Mall has No Weapons signs posted at it’s entrances but not all the exterior entrance stores do.