Arizona shooting hasn't changed views on gun control

Poll: 69% Say Az. Shooting Has Not Changed Their Opinion on Gun Control
*18 Have the shootings in Arizona made you more likely to support stricter Gun Control laws, less likely to support stricted Gun Control laws or has your opinion on Gun Control not changed as a result of the Arizona shooting? CNN poll Politico Most Americans have not changed their views on Gun Control following the shooting nine days ago in Tucson, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll out Monday. Sixty-nine percent of those polled said the shooting that left six dead and injured 13, includi...

CNN poll shows most do not blame Sarah Palin for Arizona shooting
A CNN/Opinion Research poll released Monday shows that a majority of Americans do not blame Sarah Palin for what has become known as the Tucson Massacre that left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life after being shot in the head. According to Politico, 59 percent of the 1,014 adults polled said Palin deserved little or no blame, while 35 percent said she was to blame for what happened. Shortly after the shooting, many on the left, including some in the media, pointed a fin...

Polls: Favorable to Obama Arizona Response and Mixed on Palin Crosshairs Map
The poll numbers are coming out now on how Americans are perceiving the tragic shootings in Arizona and the response of some politicians to it. The verdict: Obama rising and Palin at the very best did not impress or unimpressed. ABC News reports: Americans divide on the risks posed by the tone of the country’s political discourse but approve overwhelmingly of President Obama’s attempt to redirect it. Most also hold some hopes of political conciliation in the aftermath of the Tucson ...

CNN Poll: Majority Says Palin's 'Crosshairs Map' Not to Blame in Arizona Shooting 49 Percent Say 'Harsh Rhetoric' Not a Factor
A new CNN poll finds that Americans expect that a "shooting like the one is Arizona will happen again regardless of what action is taken by government and society" (66 percent). Also, a large majority (69 percent) says that their opinion on Gun Control has "not changed as a result of the shooting in Arizona." The suvey's full pdf form is here. And with the exception of Digby (who says it's depressing the massacre's going to waste), there's not one of the blame righty Progressives commenting at ...

Poll: Americans unchanged on gun control after Arizona shooting
Americans do not think any government action can stop future incidents like the recent shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) a CNN/Opinion Research found. The poll, released Monday, found that 66 percent of Americans think shootings like the Arizona shooting, which wounded thirteen and killed six, cannot be avoided by any kind of government policy. Thirty-three of those polled say that government can do something to reduce the possibility of a future shooting. The poll also found Ame...

Poll vaulting
Spin Doctor There is a new post at Salon by Justin Idiot that is spun so hard it will make you dizzy. Here’s the headline: Poll: 35% blame Palin for Tucson shooting This is how the article begins: This new CNN poll on the Tucson Mass Shooting seems like bad news for Sarah Palin: QUESTION: Overall, how much do you blame each of the following for the shooting in Arizona — a great deal, a moderate amount, not much, or not at all? When you get to the third option you see this: A map ...

Palin Defends Use of 'Blood Libel' Phrase
WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin said in a television interview on Monday evening that she agreed with Bipartisan calls for civility in the wake of the Arizona shooting rampage, but she vowed to not be deterred from political debates while deciding whether to run for president. “Peaceful dissent and discussion about ideas, that is what makes America exceptional,” Ms. Palin said in a prime-time appearance on the Fox News Channel. “We won’t allow that to be stifled by a tragic event in

CNN Poll: Blame game in Arizona shootings
Washington (CNN) - Americans feel sadness, anger and shock in the wake of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, according to a new National Poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates there's plenty of blame to go around over the shootings, but two-thirds of the public is pessimistic that the government or society can prevent something like this from happening again. A total of 19 people were shot January 8 at the "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Tucson sup...

Post-Tucson Poll: Little Support for Gun Control
CNN reports: Americans feel sadness, anger and shock in the wake of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, according to a new National Poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates there’s plenty of blame to go around over the shootings, but two-thirds of the public is pessimistic that the government or society can prevent something like this from happening again. View full results (pdf) A total of 19 people were shot January 8 at the “Congress on Yo...

Palin lashes out against criticism following Arizona shooting
WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says Democrats have used maps using targets to identify Congressional Districts they wanted to win. Palin appeared Monday on Fox's Sean Hannity show to defend herself from criticism following the shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Critics have noted that Palin's political action committee used crosshairs to identify congressional districts, including that of Giffords. Palin said the gra...

Sarah Palin defends use of "blood libel" term
WASHINGTON | Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:40pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Monday defended her reference to "blood Libel" that aroused Controversy last week when she used the term to condemn criticism linking her fiery Rhetoric to the Arizona shootings. "Blood libel obviously means being falsely accused of having blood on your hands. In this case, that's exactly what was going on," Palin told Fox News in her first interview since the Controversy erupted over her rema...

Sarah Palin defends use of "blood libel" term
WASHINGTON | Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:27pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prominent U.S. Republican Sarah Palin on Monday defended her reference to "blood Libel" that aroused Controversy last week when she used the term to condemn criticism linking her fiery Rhetoric to the Arizona shootings. "Blood libel obviously means being falsely accused of having blood on your hands. In this case, that's exactly what was going on," Palin told Fox News in her first interview since the Controversy erupted over her...

Palin: 'I am not going to shut up'
(CNN) - In her first interview since the Arizona shootings, Sarah Palin Monday sharply beat back critics who have suggested her at-times charged political Rhetoric and use of a graphic featuring crosshairs may have contributed to the shooter’s motivations. "The graphic that was used was crosshairs. That's not original. Democrats have been using them for years," Palin said in the interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, where Palin is a paid contributor. "For many years maps in poli...

CNN Poll: No change on gun law opinions after Arizona shootings
Washington (CNN) - Americans' overall attitudes toward Gun Laws have not budged an inch in the wake of the shootings in Arizona, according to a new National Poll. But a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates that majority of the public favors restrictions on semi-automatic guns and high-capacity ammunition clips, as well as Background Checks and limits on the number of guns that can be purchased. The poll indicates that the two sides of the gun debate are evenly b...

Sarah Palin defends use of "blood libel" term
"Blood Libel obviously means being falsely accused of having blood on your hands. In this case, that's exactly what was going on," Palin told Fox News in her first interview since the Controversy erupted over her remarks. "Just two days before, an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal had that term in its title. And that term has been used for eons," said Palin, a potential 2012 Presidential Candidate. Palin's reference last week to "blood libel," a false, centuries-old allegation that Jews were kil...

Raising gun control after Arizona | Amanda Marcotte
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 The answer to the question, "Why can't the United States have a grown-up, rational discussion about reasonable Gun Control measures anymore?" was actually provided before the Tucson, Arizon...

False "equivalency" claims first victim: 63-year-old shooting victim arrested for mumbled threat
On Friday, on Democracy Now! Amy interviewed Eric Fuller, a 63-year old disabled Veteran who was one of the wounded survivors of the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords. Shot once in the knee and once in the back (with shrapnel), Fuller was obviously not in a forgiving mood, just because Loughner's crazy rightwing views were not precisely the same as everyone else's crazy rightwing views: ERIC FULLER: Once she walked up to me, she said, "I'll answer your questions, but you have to w...

Poll: 35% blame Palin for Tucson shooting
 This new CNN poll on the Tucson Mass Shooting seems like bad news for Sarah Palin: QUESTION: Overall, how much do you blame each of the following for the shooting in Arizona -- a great deal, a moderate amount, not much, or not at all? The laws under which guns are bought and sold in this country Great deal 30% ... Moderate amount 22% ... Not much 14% ... Not at all 33% The use of harsh Rhetoric and violent metaphors by politicians and commentators Great deal 25% ... ...

CNN/Opinion Research Poll January 14-16 Gun Laws
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Senator Schumer joins Senator Lautenberg and others in gun safety conversation
After January 8th's Tucson shooting, there have been multiple discussions. A good deal of those have revolved around the issue of gun safety, gun Regulations, and what might be worth proposing to lessen the deadly impact of guns especially guns ending up in the hands of unstable individuals. Gun regulation often becomes a heated conversation especially when 2nd Amendment rights people on one side clash with those who want increasingly tougher Gun Laws to the point of "jeopardizing" those 2nd Ame...

Palin says Democrats used target maps
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says Democrats have used maps using targets to identify Congressional Districts they wanted to win. Palin appeared Monday on Fox’s Sean Hannity show to defend herself from criticism following the shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Critics have noted that Palin’s political action committee used crosshairs to identify congressional districts, including that of Giffords. Pal...

Palin says Democrats used target maps
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says Democrats have used maps using targets to identify Congressional Districts they wanted to win. Palin appeared Monday on Fox's Sean Hannity show to defend herself from criticism following the shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Critics have noted that Palin's political action committee used crosshairs to identify congressional districts, including that of Giffords. Palin said the graphic was not original...

Palin says Democrats used target maps (AP)
WASHINGTON – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says Democrats have used maps using targets to identify Congressional Districts they wanted to win. Palin appeared Monday on Fox's Sean Hannity show to defend herself from criticism following the shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Critics have noted that Palin's political action committee used crosshairs to identify congressional districts, including that of Giffords. Palin said the gra...

Sarah Palin: Crosshairs Used By Democrats, Critics 'Not Going To Shut Me Up'
WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says Democrats have used maps using targets to identify Congressional Districts they wanted to win. Palin appeared Monday on Fox's Sean Hannity show to defend herself from criticism following the shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Critics have noted that Palin's political action committee used crosshairs to identify congressional districts, including that of Giffords. Palin said the gra...

Rallies in Richmond target gun laws
By Joanne Kimberlin and Michael Sluss RICHMOND It's one of the most heated debates of our time: Would fewer guns equal fewer killings, or is it just the opposite? In the shadow of the recent shootings in Arizona, the argument is as contentious as ever. Both sides came to the capital Monday to air their starkly different views to lawmakers. The face-off, however, was more subdued than in years past. Each camp staged its own rally and kept largely to its own. The irony of dueling over guns on Mart...