US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona, multiple wounded

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 02:15 PM

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and one of her aides killed by a lone gunman during a Saturday meet-and-greet with voters outside a Tucson grocery store, officials said.

A spokeswoman at the University Medical Center in Tucson said the seriously-injured Giffords was in surgery, contradicting earlier reports that her wounds were fatal.

"Ms. Giffords is alive. She is currently in surgery. There are nine other shooting victims at the hospital," University Medical Center spokeswoman Darci Slaten

One of the victims was a child.

Giffords, 40, was shot at point-blank range during the scheduled public appearance in her home state. President Obama labeled the attack "an unspeakable tragedy," and offered his prayers for Giffords and her family.

"We do not yet have all the answers," the President said. "What we do know is that such a senseless and terrible act of violence has no place in a free society."

An undetermined number of people were wounded, and authorities confirmed one fatality - an aide to the Congresswoman.

Giffords, a third-term Democrat, was chatting with a couple about 1 p.m. local time outside a Safeway store in her district when the shooter opened fire with an automatic weapon from about four feet away.

The killer, described as a man in his teens or early 20s, was tackled by a bystander as he tried to run from the scene.

"He's in custody," said a federal law enforcement official in Washington. "We don't have any motive right now. She's in surgery."

The gunfire erupted around 10 a.m. during the "Congress at Your Corner" event. A witness told CNN that 15 to 20 gunshots were fired during the shooting spree.

Another eyewitness reported seeing two bodies, covered with sheets, on the sidewalk outside the store.

Giffords was shot along with members of her staff, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.

Her last Twitter message encouraged constituents to attend the meeting: "My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now. Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind."

Last March, the front door of her district office was shattered - apparently over her support of President Obama's health care program.

In the wake of the shooting, U.S. Capitol police issued a warning urging all members of Congress and their staffs "to take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security."

The Congresswoman was known for cracking down on illegal immigration, urging deployment of the National Guard and new technology to protect the Arizona border.

Before her election to Congress in 2006, the Arizona native served in the state legislature.

Her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly, is a Navy pilot, a Desert Storm veteran and an astronaut. He was on his way back to Arizona from Houston after learning of the shooting.

Giffords was one of 20 vulnerable Democrats singled out by ex-GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin for defeat in the 2010 elections. The Palin map illustrating the campaigns actually put a target sight on each district.

But Giffords outlasted her conservative Tea Party opponent and returned to Washington.

Palin issued a statement through her Facebook page about the shooting.

"My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona," she said.

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**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 02:19 PM

I just asked for that.

It's a shame that her aide was killed though.

The sad part that is that she's was cracking down on the chewies. It's a love / hate relationship.

**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Giffords was one of 20 vulnerable Democrats singled out by ex-GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin for defeat in the 2010 elections. The Palin map illustrating the campaigns actually put a target sight on each district.

Apparently, Palin doesn't fuck around.

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 02:24 PM

Gunman Identified As Jared Lee Loughner, Who Posted This Video On YouTube

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

I just asked for that.

It's a shame that her aide was killed though.

The sad part that is that she's was cracking down on the chewies. It's a love / hate relationship.

I thought about you.

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Apparently, Palin doesn't fuck around.

**LAM** · 01-08-2011, 02:59 PM

This is exactly why the rethoric about "Second Amendment remedies" form the Tea Party is dangerous...recessions bring out all the nut jobs

"Sharron Angle, the Tea Party candidate turned Republican primary winner in Nevada, has taken heat for a number of extreme affiliations and policy positions. One of the more outlandish was a statement she made during a radio interview last January in which she floated the idea that the public would bring down an out-of-control Congress with "Second Amendment remedies."

Since the clip surfaced, courtesy of the Plum Line's Greg Sargent, there has been no comment from the Angle campaign. The candidate herself spent much of Tuesday rubbing elbows with Republicans on the Hill and avoiding the media. In the interim, however, the Huffington Post has been forwarded more evidence demonstrating the candidate's apparent comfort with the notion of armed insurrection against the government.

In an interview she gave with conservative talk show host Bill Manders earlier in the campaign, Angle conspicuously floated, once again, "Second Amendment remedies" to deal not just with the supposedly ever-growing "tyrannical" U.S. government, but to replace her now general election opponent: Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

Sharron Angle Floated '2nd Amendment Remedies' As 'Cure' For 'The Harry Reid Problems'

**Prince** · 01-08-2011, 03:03 PM

it sounds sad and demented to say, but maybe this is the answer to taking our government back, because they do NOT represent the people of this country, they represent big corporations and very wealthy people only.

**Dark Geared God** · 01-08-2011, 03:06 PM

lam the nutz were always there..reces or no...it was bound to happen... just surprised it wasn't a mexican that did it on a side note palin isn't the reason why this happen it has nothing to do with it.. he thinks the gov is controling u with the money just saying

**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

it sounds sad and demented to say, but maybe this is the answer to taking our government back, because they do NOT represent the people of this country, they represent big corporations and very wealthy people only.

It's the very reason that we have the second amendment. It's not for hunters.

**LAM** · 01-08-2011, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

it sounds sad and demented to say, but maybe this is the answer to taking our government back, because they do NOT represent the people of this country, they represent big corporations and very wealthy people only.

unstable and/or severely divided governments increase the likelihood of currency crises under any type of exchange rate

**Prince** · 01-08-2011, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by LAM

unstable and/or severely divided governments increase the likelihood of currency crises under any type of exchange rate

isn't that what we basically have now, a divided government, Democrats and Republicans?

and...I am talking about a revolution, lets get back to what the founding fathers had in mind for this country.

**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

and...I am talking about a revolution, lets get back to what the founding fathers had in mind for this country.

A small federal government whose primary purpose is to deal with international matters and protecting the basic rights of Americans.

**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 03:23 PM

And apparently beer:

**vortrit** · 01-08-2011, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

And apparently beer:

I will cover this department.

**GearsMcGilf** · 01-08-2011, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

isn't that what we basically have now, a divided government, Democrats and Republicans?

and...I am talking about a revolution, lets get back to what the founding fathers had in mind for this country.

If having two political parties competing for votes is a divided govt, I'll take it. The alternative would be a single party dictatorship like they have in China, Russia, NK, Cuba, Iran, etc. Unfortunately, even in a democratic country, there will always be nutjobs assassinating politicians. I don't think this means that our system is broken. It may be, but not because of the assassination of one politician.

**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

If having two political parties competing for votes is a divided govt, I'll take it. The alternative would be a single party dictatorship like they have in China, Russia, NK, Cuba, Iran, etc. Unfortunately, even in a democratic country, there will always be nutjobs assassinating politicians. I don't think this means that our system is broken. It may be, but not because of the assassination of one politician.

The problem is that these two groups have a stranglehold that's killing our country. Until they can be convinced, by gun if need be, to stop crap like legalized bribes from special interest groups, we might as well have a dictatorship.

**lnvanry** · 01-08-2011, 04:28 PM

What a freaking tragedy...a 9 year old girl

Strikes very close to home that something like that happened here. I'm very curious how the shootings took place. I had heard that bystanders fired back...

**Dark Geared God** · 01-08-2011, 04:30 PM

Its bush's fault

**vortrit** · 01-08-2011, 04:33 PM

It's Jimmy Carter's fault...

**DOMS** · 01-08-2011, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by vortrit

It's Jimmy Carter's fault...

Jimmy Carter. History's greatest monster.

**Big Smoothy** · 01-08-2011, 04:42 PM

We'll find out the motive and his mental state.

In these times, there may be more violent acts against in particular, bankers, perhaps.

**vortrit** · 01-08-2011, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

Jimmy Carter. History's greatest monster.

Those were happy times...

**Zaphod** · 01-08-2011, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by doms

the problem is that these two groups have a stranglehold that's killing our country. Until they can be convinced, by gun if need be, to stop crap like legalized bribes from special interest groups, we might as well have a dictatorship.

+1

**rippedgolfer** · 01-08-2011, 06:10 PM

I want to bang Sarah Palin. I don't care how stupid she is. That's all. Carry on.

**Prince** · 01-08-2011, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by DOMS

The problem is that these two groups have a stranglehold that's killing our country. Until they can be convinced, by gun if need be, to stop crap like legalized bribes from special interest groups, we might as well have a dictatorship.

^ This

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 06:29 PM

JARED-LEE-LOUGHNER

**min0 lee** · 01-08-2011, 06:31 PM

G

abrielle Giffords, the motorcycle-riding, gun-owning Democrat known as Gabby, struck a decisively moderate tone in her first two terms as a congresswoman representing a Republican-heavy district.

The third-generation Arizonan took a hard stance on illegal immigration and pushed for a larger National Guard presence to protect the border with Mexico.

On her campaign website, she touts strong support of the Second Amendment and cites a court filing she made to the Supreme Court, urging the justices to uphold a lower court's ruling that overturned a hand-gun ban in Washington, D.C.

But her backing of President Obama's health care reform made her a popular target of conservative talking head Sarah Palin and Tea Party members during the 2010 election. On her Facebook page last spring, Palin posted a U.S. map with crosshairs of a rifle scope over the districts repped by Giffords and 19 other Democrats.

In March, after the Health Care reform bill passed, vandals broke the door of her district office - one of several attacks against Democrats following the vote.

The 40-year-old first became a member of the House in 2006, taking a district where Republican voters outnumber Democrats.

Read more: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was a target of Sarah Palin, but is a moderate, gun-owning Democrat

**HialeahChico305** · 01-09-2011, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by Prince

it sounds sad and demented to say, but maybe this is the answer to taking our government back, because they do NOT represent the people of this country, they represent big corporations and very wealthy people only.

+10. Let the revolution begin.....

**Big Smoothy** · 01-09-2011, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by Prince

it sounds sad and demented to say, but maybe this is the answer to taking our government back, because they do NOT represent the people of this country, they represent big corporations and very wealthy people only.

Sad yes, demented, no.

I honestly thought that "this could be a start" of something or a mentality when I heard the news.

Sad story.

But yes, the politicians represent the doners, Wall Street, soft money, and special interests.

The working, middle, and even upper class, are losers, today politically, and economically.

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