stewarts@IX.NETCOM.COM said:
In Tim's Cyphernomicon, he says - I have heard (no cites) that "going masked for the purpose of going masked" is illegal in many jurisdictions. Hard to believe, as many other disguises are just as effective and are presumably not outlawed (wigs, mustaches, makeup, etc.). I assume the law has to do with people wearning ski masks and such in "inappropriate" places. Bad law, if real.
A lot of the motivation was to stop the Ku Klux Klan terrorism. On the other hand, the reason it was mentioned on the list a couple years ago was that a woman was arrested in some North Central city, probably Detroit, for violating it, because she was wearing a Middle-Eastern-style chador outfit that covered her face.
That would be St Paul, MN. If I recall, the arrest was thrown out (and possibly the law overturned). I can look for references if anyone cares. -- Kevin L. Prigge | "I rarely saw people sitting at Systems Software Programmer | computers producing real code Internet Enterprise - OIT | wearing ties." - Philippe Kahn University of Minnesota | (speech at Software Development '90)