Arizona Suspect: I Planned Ahead

Did Dupnik miss the red flags on Loughner?
Any cop can tell you whodunnit but it takes a supercop to tell you What It All Means about our political culture. A nagging question: Should supercop maybe have figured out that Loughner was a menace before he gunned down six people outside a Safeway? Remember, this is a guy who was so palpably disturbed that more than one of his classmates told their Professor that they feared for their lives. He had five separate run-ins with the Campus Police at his community college, and as Moe Lane helpfu...

Jared Lee Loughner was a registered independent, didn't vote in 2010 election
The best of the best of state-based political blogs -- as of April 2009. Suspected Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner registered as an Independent Voter in Arizona in the fall of 2006, according to the Pima County Registrar of Voters. Loughner registered to vote on Sept. 29, 2006, identifying himself as an independent. Records show he voted in the 2006 and 2008 Elections but is current listed as "inactive" on the state's voter roles -- meaning that he did not vote in November. The political affili...

In the wake of the Arizona shootings, would you support tighter gun control? | Poll
A man walks by the Glock Handgun billboard at a 2003 NRA meeting in Orlando, Florida. The shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, in the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords and the Murder of six others in Tucson used a Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol bought in Arizona. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Yes, absolutely, and if the tea baggers demand to have their rifles taken from their cold dead hands, then I would hope the government would oblige them....

Arizona US Rep. Trent Franks Calls Out Sheriff Dupnik For Politicizing Shootings (Video)
Arizona Republican US House Representative Trent Franks not only called out Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik after his irresponsible comments blaming others as the reason why the gunman Jared Loughner went tried to assassinate Gabby Giffords (AZ-D).   Trent Franks also went on to say that we cannot be deterred change our lives or continue in with liberty and freedom. Click HERE to watchVideo “We cannot let a mindless, heartless murderer change our way of life. we cannot

Another Democrat shamelessly politicizing the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords: James Clyburn edition
I am disturbed by the events that happened in Tucson on Saturday.  I am even more disturbed (and disappointed) by the events that have happened since the massacre on Saturday. I am disturbed that the media immediately jumped in to politicize the whole gruesome affair.   Trying to blame Governor Palin and the Tea Party for this crazed killer’s actions is a new low (even for the main stream media). “ I’m disturbed but not surprised” ...

Report: Sheriff Knew About Loughners Actions & Previous Threats Failed to Act
There are now accusations that Dupnik knew about the previous threats by leftwing pothead Jared Loughner and did nothing to protect the Tucson community from this homicidal young man. The sheriff has been editorializing and politicizing the event since he took the podium to report on the incident. His blaming of radio personalities and Bloggers is a pre-emptive strike because Mr. Dupnik knows this tragedy lays at his feet and his office. Six people died on his watch and he could have prevented i...

Randall Amster: First Amendment Remedies: Hey Sarah, Refudiate This
Despite the temptation to join the grief-stricken chorus of blame, I do not believe that flame-fanners and spleen-suppliers like Sarah Palin, et al., are responsible for the tragic events in Tucson. Rather, the incendiary rhetorical devices they've used -- from gun sights over Congressional Districts to the invocation of "Second Amendment remedies" as viable tactics for change -- make these demagogues irresponsible about the consequences of their allusions. Words do have power, and thus should...

Did Jared Loughner's Family Barricade Their Arizona Home During His Court Appearance?
​Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged Arizona shooter, was in court this morning for a preliminary trial and is being described by CNN as "very polite." He wore a tan Prison jumpsuit and was chained at the feet and ankles. The judge engaged Loughner and asked him to confirm his identity and he responded, "Yes. I am Jared Lee Loughner." The preliminary hearing took about 15 minutes. When the judge talked about the Murder of John McCarthy Roll, the Federal Judge that was shot, Loughner took a c...

Arizona Rampage Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
What is this? Jared Loughner has made his first court appearance and has been ordered held without bail as the federal case against him in the killings of six people and wounding of 14 others in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday gets underway. During a short appearance before federal Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson in Phoenix this hour, the 22-year-old Tucson man appeared to "understand everything the judge was telling him," CNN's Ted Rollins just reported. — Attempted Assassination of a membe...

Police clear "person of interest" in Tucson rampage
PHOENIX | Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:14am EST PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities cleared a man they had sought in connection with Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson in which a U.S. congresswoman was seriously wounded and six people were slain, the FBI said on Sunday. The Pima County Sheriff's Department had said on Saturday that it was seeking to identify a white man wearing Blue Jeans and a dark blue jacket who was at the scene of the shooting. But the FBI said they have since cleared the man. Polic...

Updates on the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords
Some recent developments in the Assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday that left six dead and fourteen wounded. First, Giffords condition: Gabrielle Giffords was able to respond to simple commands -- like squeezing her hand or showing two fingers -- after two hours of surgery Saturday night, but her injuries are very serious and she remains in critical condition, her doctors said Sunday. [...] The chief of Neurosurgery, Michael Lemole, said that he is "cautiously optimisti...

Georgia rep. criticizes Arizona sheriff's remarks
A Georgia Republican on Monday criticized Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik for linking Saturday's shooting in Arizona with hostile political Rhetoric. Rep. Jack Kingston of Savannah said there is no evidence the shooting was politically motivated. Instead, it simply looks like the work of a deranged gunman, he said. "I don't see any link whatsoever at this point between vitriolic discourse and someone plowing down his fellow citizens," Kingston said in a telephone interview with The Associate...

Arizona Massacre Prompts Political 'Cheap Shots'
When Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords collapsed outside the Safeway in Tucson Saturday morning, felled by a hail of bullets that killed six and wounded another 13 innocent people that had come to see her, some were quick to claim that the carnage was the product not merely of the tortured mind and trigger-happy fingers of the alleged shooter, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner. Rather, many on the American Left said the horror could be traced to the malign influence of American Conservatives; members...

Could Arizona shooting have been prevented?
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON | Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:51pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old Arizona man charged with killing six people and injuring 12 others, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, clearly scared more than a few people. Instructors at his college, as well as friends and neighbors, have said they expressed concerns about Loughner's behavior in the months before he opened fire at a gathering at a Tucson Shopping Mall on Sa...

Assassins and American History
Left to right: Associated Press, Ira Schwartz/Associated Press and Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via Associated Press Left to right: Arthur H. Bremer, John Hinckley Jr. and Jared Loughner. Does Political Speech lead to acts of political violence? Since Jared Loughner shot Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others at a Safeway in Tucson on Saturday, there has been a vigorous debate over whether partisan vitriol played a role in encouraging a mentally unbalanced young man to act. What do...

Jared Loughner Mugshot Released
Authorities have released the mugshot of Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, which is now being tweeted by the media, including Good Morning America and others. Presented without comment. via ​ ...

Arizona Shooter To Get Unabomber's Lawyer
Looks like Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter in this weekend's horror in Tucson, has got himself a lawyer: The Federal Public Defender's Office has recommended Judy Clarke to work the case. Clarke, no stranger to such high-profile defense work, previously helped defend Timothy Mcveigh, the Unabomber, 9/11 conspira...

Video of the Day: AZ Sheriff Tells Megyn Kelly He Has No Proof Vitol Caused Shooting
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, a Democrat, used the news conference announcing the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as a partisan platform, blaming the deadly act on “vitriolic Rhetoric.” In an interview on Sunday, the sheriff admitted he has no proof that rhetoric of any kind caused the shooting. Listen to the way he drops the Left’s talking points that foreign powers are financing conservative television commercials, and Republicans are “trying to bl...

Judges Purpose in Seeing Giffords Could Be Legally Significant
Was U.S. District Court Judge John M. Roll just being sociable when he dropped by an appearance by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in Tucson on Saturday, or was he planning to discuss official business? Does it even matter, given the horror of that morning? Yes, it could matter, legally speaking. At first glance, Roll’s state of mind might appear irrelevant, given the tragedy that unfolded on Saturday morning, when Roll was shot dead and Giffords gravely wounded in a rampage that killed ...

The Face Of Crazy
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Loughner's family blockades Tucscon home
Family members of the accused-gunman Jared Lee Loughner have blockaded the entrance to their Tucson home with plywood, preventing FBI agents from entering, the Arizona Republic reports. ...

Jared Lee Loughner: Gaze Into The Face of Insanity
PHOENIX -- The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing Federal Judge John...

Judy Clarke, Who Defended the 'Unabomber,' Will Represent Jared Lee Loughner
Judy Clarke, the attorney who represented "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski, will defend Jared Lee Loughner, the young man authorities say tried to fatally shoot Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Loughner, 22, the College Dropout who went on a shooting rampage Saturday morning in Tuscon, Ariz., has been charged with five federal counts, including the attempted Assassination of a member of Congress. Additional charges are expected. The suspect has an experienced defender of high-profile criminals ...

Americans Favor Automatic Weapons Ban, Wary Of 'Gun Control'
WASHINGTON -- Will the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 20 others in Arizona turn Public Opinion in favor of tougher Gun Control measures? The evidence is mixed at best. While Public Opinion has generally turned against stricter gun-control measures over the last twenty years, majorities continue to support greater restrictions on the sort of automatic weapon used in the Tucson shootings. For the last 20 years, the Gallup organization has tracked whether Americans "feel that t...

Jared Loughner appears in court
Jared Loughner, the main suspect in the shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has appeared in court and has been remanded in custody....