The crime scene: Safeway

Atrocity in Arizona
Posted by Arnold Ahlert on Jan 10th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. A town hall-style meeting held outside a Supermarket in Tuscon, Arizona was the scene of a deadly rampage on Saturday. 19 people were shot.  Five were killed at the scene and one died in the Hospital. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who hosted the event, was shot in ...

Tucson, Arizona: It Could Happen Here, and Anywhere
Tucson, Arizona, has always held a special place in my heart. It's the city where my son was born 28 years ago. A newspaper job and a sense of adventure drew me further west than I had ever been and this East Coast gal quickly fell in love – with the desert landscape and lifestyle. I loved that a place so different from the urban cities where I had lived and worked was still a part of the United States. It proved how diverse America could be. The territory that didn't become a state until ...

DHS uses Giffords shooting to push loose borders political agenda (Jared Lee Loughner, American Renaissance)
The Department of Homeland Security and various media sources are using the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords by Jared Lee Loughner as an opportunity to try to smear opponents of illegal Immigration, focusing on the higher-level white racial separatist group American Renaissance (DHS memo at [1], report at [2]). Not only do they get that group's ideas wrong, but they mislead about what was in Loughner's videos and what appears to have been on his MySpace page. From the memo at [1]: no direct conn...

Agonizing aftermath
WASHINGTON — Anguished debate began yesterday about the caustic tone of American political Rhetoric after the Arizona shooting spree Saturday that killed six and left Representative Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition. The question argued by politicians and pundits: Did vitriol and violent metaphors in Political Speech tip an unstable person to pick up a gun? With the answer still unknown, calls to lower the temperature of American discourse came from all parts of the political spect...

Citizens
I was about to use the headline "Heroes," but I changed my mind. Politics Daily: Speaking at a Sunday Press Conference in Tucson, Dupnik said that the suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, was attempting to change magazines after his initial volley of shots when "a woman went up and grabbed the magazine and tore it away from him while he was trying to put another magazine in." Loughner then succeeded in loading another magazine but that "fortunately the spring and the magazine failed" and two other civil...

Judge rules against background checks
In Arizona, U.S. District Court Judge John Roll has become the third Federal Judge to agree that part of the Brady Law violates the Tenth Amendment. He is the first to say that part of the Brady Law also violates the Fifth Amendment. Judge Roll's opinion does not knock out the waiting period for Handgun purchases, but it does strike at the very concept of the Federal Government requiring local Law Enforcement officers to conduct Background Checks. The suit was brought by Graham County Graham ...

US charges gunman in lawmaker shooting
US prosecutors charged a lone young gunman over the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack in Arizona as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The gunman, who was detained by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, is due to appear in a federal...

Adding Insult to Tragedy
Posted by Rich Trzupek on Jan 10th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. The Shooting Spree that left six dead and fourteen wounded in Arizona on Saturday was a horrible tragedy involving a very unstable young man. It’s clear that twenty-two year old Jared Loughner, who was allegedly attempting to assassinate Arizona representative Gabriel...

US charges gunman in lawmaker shooting
US prosecutors charged a lone young gunman over the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack in Arizona as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The gunman, who was detained by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, is due to appear in a feder...

More gun control legislation in the wake of Gabrielle Giffords shooting
It was predicted here on Saturday that there would be calls for more Gun Control, and now Politico.com reports that Congresswoman Carolyn Mccarthy (D-NY), using the Jared Lee Loughner shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others as a springboard, is ready to introduce new gun control Legislation. Since her husband was killed and her son injured in a 1993 shooting incident in Long Island, McCarthy has been a very strong gun control advocate. One must sympathize with her ...

The Arizona Assassin: Seriously Disturbed History
In early June, Lynda Sorenson, 52, had gone back to community college in Tucson in hopes of getting back on the Job Market. One of her classes was a basic algebra class--and one of her classmates was Jared Loughner, now identified by authorities as the man who killed six people and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in a shooting rampage Saturday. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attemp...

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in the head
(01-09) 04:00 PST Tucson -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Grocery Store during a meeting with voters, killing a Federal Judge and five others in an attempted Assassination that rattled the country and left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Giffords was the target of a gunman whom he described as mentally unstable and possibly act...

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik Exploits Shooting of Friends To Incite Hatred
There is only thing worse than the mainstream media trying to exploit the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords for their own partisan progressive agenda. That is when the Sheriff investigating the case uses the shooting to promote his own progressive agenda. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Tucson, Arizona, has become the spokesman for blaming right-wing "vitriol" for the shooting by deranged gunman Jared Lee Loughner. This isn't the first time Dupnik made partisan headlines. Last April not ...

'My assassination' message found as charges laid over mall rampage
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. An Arizona sheriff and a former classmate describe the alleged gunman involved in the shooting of a US lawmaker at the weekend. Federal Prosecutors in the US have brought charges against the gunman accused of attempting to assassinate congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at ...

The Six Victims Killed in Saturday's Shooting
As the investigation continues into 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, the main suspect in the Tucson shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, Dean Reynolds reports on the other Victims. Rep. Giffords Heavily Sedated after Attack (CBS/ AP) From a judge to a janitor, the victims killed in Saturday's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., targeting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were all caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports that C.J. Karamargin, Giffords' commun...

Unsuspecting Heroes Help Contain…
On a day of unspeakable tragedy, a group of unsuspecting heroes who showed up at a Safeway in southern Arizona may have helped prevent a brutal shooting from being a lot worse. A wave of dramatic details is starting to emerge about the actions of a handful of bystanders who intervened after a gunman opened fire Saturday on a town hall meeting in Tucson, shooting 20 people including a congresswoman, a Federal Judge and a 9-year-old girl. Choosing to fight instead of flee, one woman grabbed the sh...

Mark Goulston, M.D.: Jared Loughner: Understanding the Arizona Shooter from the Inside Out
Over the next few days to weeks, we will try to piece together what could have caused Jared Lee Loughner to attempt to assassinate Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, kill six and wound fourteen others. We will learn of a long trail of "red flags," and questions as to why there was not some earlier intervention will arise. We will hopefully nail down whether this was the act of a lone individual or part of some Conspiracy. Forensic and other Psychiatrists will weigh in on this being the act of a...

The Weekend That Was
A troubled 22-year-old College Student, Jared Lee Loughner, has been charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a shootout that left 20 people (Read more...) ...

Violent rhetoric leads to senseless shooting of Gabrielle Giffords
MoveOn.org and Credo Action are circulating online petitions calling for an end to the violent Rhetoric that led to the senseless shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others at a political event in a Tucson, Arizona shopping center on Saturday. Across the world, columnists are writing about the ugly and confrontational political climate in the U.S.  In Los Angeles County, over half of all Registered Voters are Democrats, and local residents are upset about the violent rhetor...

Profiles of Arizona shooting victims
JOHN M. ROLL, 63 • The U.S. District Court judge was named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1991. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Survivors include his wife, Maureen; three sons; and five Grandchildren. CHRISTINA TAYLOR GREEN, 9 • Born on Sept. 11, 2001, she was a third-grader at Mesa Verde Elementary School. She loved animals, sing...

US charges sole gunman in lawmaker shooting
US prosecutors charged a lone young gunman over the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack in Arizona as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was in an induced coma as doctors treated bullet wounds to her ...

Post-Giffords Shooting, Here Comes The Knee-Jerk Anti-Free Speech Anti-Gun Legislation
You knew it would happen. They never let a good crisis go to waste. Rep. Robert Brady is leveraging the Tucson tragedy for an attack on free Speech by proposing Legislation that would make it a crime to say or display any Speech or symbols that could be perceived as threatening to a member of Congress: Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pennsylvania, said he will introduce Legislation making it a federal crime for a person to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence ...

Giffords' Husband Releases Statement
Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), released a statement tonight on Saturday's shooting. Statement after the jump. On behalf of Gabby and our entire family, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the people of Arizona and this great nation for their unbelievable outpouring of support. Gabby was doing what she loved most -- hearing from her constituents -- when this tragedy occurred. Serving Southern Arizonans is her passion, and nothing makes her more proud than represent...

Giffords' husband: 'Little that we can do but pray'
The office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) released a statement late Sunday from her husband, Navy pilot and Astronaut Mark Kelly, thanking well-wishers for their support and suggesting ways that Arizonans can help in this difficult time. Here is the full statement: On behalf of Gabby and our entire family, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the people of Arizona and this great nation for their unbelievable outpouring of support. Gabby was doing what she loved most - hearing fr...

Giffords's Husband Thanks Supporters
Mark Kelly, Astronaut and husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, issued this statement Sunday night expressing thanks for the "outpouring of support" for the congresswoman and her family. Giffords remained in critical condition Sunday after initially undergoing surgery Saturday afternoon. Kelly's statement: On behalf of Gabby and our entire family, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude...