Shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, kills three, wounds one

[villager]

Source: CBS News

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Three people were killed and a fourth person was wounded in a shooting at an oceanfront motel in Myrtle Beach, one of South Carolina's most popular tourist destinations.

The shootings took place around 11 p.m. Saturday in front of crowds of tourists at the Bermuda Sands Motel along the beach's new boardwalk, Myrtle Beach Police Capt. David Knipes said at a news conference.

Officers draped towels over the balcony of a breezeway just outside the doors to the rooms of the motel to shield two of the bodies from people on nearby Ocean Boulevard.

Police have not said whether they have any suspects or what led to the shooting.

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No worries, citizens. Only three this time. Why, that's barely news!

[itsrobert]

1. From Wikipedia

South Carolina is a "shall issue" concealed carry permit state. No permit is required to purchase rifles, shotguns, or handguns. South Carolina also has "Castle Doctrine" legal protection of the use of deadly force against intruders into one's home, business, or car.[3] It is unlawful to carry a firearm onto private or public school property or into any publicly owned building except interstate rest areas without express permission. Open carry is not allowed, but no permit is required to carry a loaded handgun in the console or glove compartment of a car. As of September 12, 2008, states with which South Carolina has reciprocity are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.[4][5]

South Carolina law also now supports a "stand your ground" philosophy under the "Protection of Persons and Property Act" SECTION 16-11-440(C) with the following language. The act was apparently ruled non-retroactive in State v. Dickey.[6]


A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in another place where he has a right to be, including, but not limited to, his place of business, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or another person or to prevent the commission of a violent crime as defined in Section 16–1–60.

South Carolina also has the “alter-ego” clause with respect to the defense of others, under which a person who uses deadly force to defend a friend, relative or bystander will be allowed the benefit of the plea of self-defense if that plea would have been available to the person requiring assistance if they had been the one who used deadly force. In other words, the person intervening is deemed to “stand in the shoes” of the person on whose behalf he is intervening. If that individual “had the right to defend himself, then the intervening party is also protected by that right. To claim self-defense, a person has to be in a place they have a legal right to be, not be involved in any illegal activity, must not have started the confrontation, and must be in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm.

[valerief]

15. South Carolina sounds like a state to avoid at all costs. nt

[JPK]

18. South Carolina.....

....Was a place to avoid even before this. It really is a shit hole, backward place. The collective general populace is as stupid as a box of rocks. Sure, Charleston may look pretty down on the river and Kiawah Island is full of wealthy gated communities to keep the low life away but just a few blocks off the tourist areas there's abject third world poverty. It is not in the bible belt, it is the bible tampon.

[mercuryblues]

21. gee

are you done bashing SC. or do you have more insults to throw around to the "collective box of rocks". Your post is disgusting and a disservice to the posters of DU that live in SC.

So perhaps you should remove the tampons from your ears, they seem to be blocking thoughtful, considerate dialog.

[Jamastiene]

27. Thank you.

It is always so demoralizing to hear people on DU talk about us like we are not even human. There are Democrats in these red Bible Belt states too. Not all of us fit whatever preconceived stereotype some on DU seem to have, but they never seem to learn that, for some odd reason.

[OKNancy]

28. They don't care.

It's really cool and oh so intellectual to talk down to those who live in red states.
"My" red state is Oklahoma. Some DUers really, really HATE Oklahoma... lol.
I like Oklahoma. The politics is horrible, but that is not my whole life.
There are some wonderful people here.

[kentauros]

31. And therein lies the biggest difference among us at DU.

For some, politics defines everything to do with a state, and so that way they don't ever have to set foot (willingly) into such a state. The rest of us don't have politics on our minds 60/60/24/7/365/decades/centuries like the rest of these bash-happy yahoos. Thankfully!

[wildbilln864]

25. i love it here myself!

:finger:

[Jamastiene]

26. Lol, great reply.

I'm in the state just north of you, the other Carolina.

[Fuddnik]

19. That's for sure.

I hate the place, except for Charleston.

My father lives in Greater Myrtle Beach, and I loathe the couple of times a year I have to go visit him. I had him moved down to Florida a couple of years ago, and was so happy I'd never have to step foot in that shithole again.

Then he moved back to be with his fellow redneck bible thumpers. I guess he found out that was the only place that would accept his extremist views.

[barbtries]

22. so in other words

the NRA dream state.

[RKP5637]

2. Lots of sick people in this society. Sometimes when I'm out and about some people look at

me like they hate me, like WTF. I just think we have lot of disturbed people in the US for whatever reason and guns exacerbate the situation by being quick, little thought and deadly.

[hack89]

3. A huge motorcycle rally is a receipe for trouble. Nt

[villager]

4. Especially when you add "guns" Nt

[hack89]

5. Or gangs or drugs or alcohol.

Care to bet the gunman could not legally own guns?

[villager]

6. With easy to get guns. Yup.

n/t

[hack89]

7. So let's crackdown on illegal gun trafficking

Expand the ATF and focus on the real problem.

[villager]

8. In South Carolina? Best of luck with that.

[hack89]

10. The ATF is a Federal agency so it doesn't matter what SC says

Are you arguing that we shouldn't even try?

[villager]

12. Hey, if you're on board for *any aspect* of sensible regulation of personal weapons of

...mass destruction, I won't argue!

[mikeysnot]

13. that scared him off...

[Duckhunter935]

16. I am in favor of some sensible

regulations.

UBC. Open NICS for all private sales no cost. Tax credits for weapon safety devices and safes. Fully fund and enforce existing laws and increase penalty for weapon use in a crime. Prosecute parents for misuse or neglect if a child is hurt or killed with an unsecure weapon. Limit magazines to 20 rounds and what fits in the grip of a handgun.

[Hoyt]

20. It's not a good idea to open NICS for private sales. Right now you can walk down to a gun shop and

handle the transaction. But gun owners don't care enough to do that as long as they can get a fistful of cash in a back alley. Private sales, not through an FFL, should be illegal at the very least. True responsible gun owners should be demanding that.

[hack89]

17. I support all proposed gun control laws with two exceptions

Registration and an AWB.

You and I see eye to eye on more then you would think.

[christx30]

9. And if that's the case,

and the law didn't prevent him from getting the gun, what can be done? People are willing to break the law so they can break the law. Murder is illegal. But people still kill.

[hack89]

11. You crackdown on illegal gun trafficking. Nt

[CTyankee]

23. Yes, we can do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Sorry. No can do.

Yeah, sure, we sent a man to the moon and we cured polio. That was easy. This is HARD, I tell ya, it's HARD. Nope, can't do it...give up...

[Fuddnik]

14. They have two major MC rallys in May every year.

Around the second week of the month, it's bikers. Memorial Day Week is for African-American Bike Week, in support of the Atlantic Beach section of the community.

But, the racist rednecks hate it, and have tried to get it banned for years. Horror stories (mostly bullshit) circulate among the residents year round about rape, pillage and plunder.

[babydollhead]

24. we took my racist, church-of-christ, georgian in-laws to black bike week in 2012

We got a good deal on a 10th floor condo so my 400 lb. mother-in-law could get from the bed to the balcony to sit all day by the ocean. It was fascinating to watch my father-in-law be a minority and feel it. Hilarious.

[lordsummerisle]

29. Yee haa welcome to myrtle beach n/t

[liberal N proud]

30. More guns, thst's all we need

Right?