Guns have been present at most protests and demonstrations across Western North Carolina in the last two months. That included a rally for President Trump and the Second Amendment last weekend in Bryson City. A North Carolina General Statute lists protests as one of many events where it is illegal to open carry a firearm. That’s not something Bryson City Police Chief Charles Robinson had to deal with – until now. He says the Black Lives Matter March last month was the first protest in Bryson