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TexasTowelie

(112,150 posts)
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 12:58 AM Mar 2014

Three siblings die in Beaumont shooting

Three siblings are dead and a family acquaintance is in critical condition following a shooting Sunday in the 3700 block of South Fourth Street in Beaumont.

Police officers responded to a disturbance call around 4 p.m. Sunday and found four people with multiple gunshot wounds in the yard of the house, said Rob Flores, spokesman with the Beaumont Police Department.

Two people - a 33-year-old man and his 30-year-old sister - were dead at the scene.

Emergency crews transported the 34-year-old brother of the deceased and a 21-year-old woman to the hospital. Police say the woman was a family acquaintance.

More at http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Update-Three-siblings-die-in-Beaumont-shooting-5322635.php .

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Three siblings die in Beaumont shooting (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2014 OP
Did these people have genuine rights? Did their genuine rights matter? Loudly Mar 2014 #1
Rights? Rights aren't violated by other citizens. pipoman Mar 2014 #2
That is so incorrect you should be embarrassed.... TeamPooka Mar 2014 #4
the "Holy" 2nd Amendment is obsolete ErikJ Mar 2014 #3
 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
1. Did these people have genuine rights? Did their genuine rights matter?
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 01:43 AM
Mar 2014

Or is the pretend "right" of access to a gun and ammunition the only so-called "right" which matters?

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
2. Rights? Rights aren't violated by other citizens.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 02:12 AM
Mar 2014

Citizens sometimes break laws and sometimes victimize others. The government is the only entity which can violate your rights.

TeamPooka

(24,223 posts)
4. That is so incorrect you should be embarrassed....
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:34 AM
Mar 2014

It's not just the government that can violate a person's rights.
People and companies can be prosecuted, arrested and sued for civil rights violations against other citizens.

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
3. the "Holy" 2nd Amendment is obsolete
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 02:51 AM
Mar 2014

It was put into Constitituition for maintenance of our national defense, the citizen militia. (we had no standing army until 1815).

2nd Amendment has been deified like any other tyrant dictator in history. Look how those turned out.

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