Gabrielle Giffords Remains Sedated Following Arizona Shooting

U.S. cites evidence of assassination plot
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Piece by piece, details of the weekend rampage in Tucson are beginning to emerge: The heartbreaking tales of people slain on a sun-splashed morning, the courage of those who overpowered the gunman and the state of mind of the suspect, a young man who the authorities say had plotted for weeks, and perhaps longer, to assassinate a member of Congress. As the full scope of the tragedy sank in Sunday, it also had rekindled a national conversation, sparked by the outspoken sheriff of...

After AZ shootings, Rep. Denny Davis told hes next
Stumble This! After Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot on Saturday, Congressman Danny Davis' (D-IL) office reportedly received a threatening email warning that "Danny Davis is next." Davis, a Democrat from Chicago's West Side who has represented Illinois's 7th Congressional District since 1997, said he would normally ignore a threat such as this, but thought he should take action in light of the recent shooting. "You know some things are cranks, some things are pranks," Rep. Davi...

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...

Obama Leads Moment of Silence after Shooting
Monday, January 10, 2011 By Lou Kesten, Associated Press In this March, 2010 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords poses for a photo. Giffords was critically wounded during a shooting at a political event Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) Washington (AP) - A somber President Barack Obama led a moment of silence on Monday for a nation stunned by an attempted Assassination against an Arizona congresswoman that left...

Arizona Shooting Evokes 'Horrific Memories' for Speier
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), who was shot in the 1978 attack that killed Rep. Leo Ryan (D-Calif.), said Saturday’s attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) brings back “horrific memories” of the Assassination of her former boss. Speier was an aide to Ryan when they took part in a fact-finding trip to Guyana to investigate allegations of Human Rights abuses by the Rev. Jim Jones and his followers, most of whom were American Citizens. Ryan was among five people killed as the...

Giffords Shooting Leads Two Lawmakers to Carry Guns
BY James Gordon Meek DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Two lawmakers said Sunday they'll pack heat back home after the deadly attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The decision by Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) raises new questions about whether lawmakers should carry guns for self defense - or need to. [Photo Gallery: Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Arizona.] "After the Elections, I let my guard down," Shuler, an ex-NFL player, told Politico. "...

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...

Arizona sheriff sees others like Loughner
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik sounds worried about the possibility of other attacks on elected officials like Gabrielle Giffords. Not that he’s got evidence of another shooter or anything. But Dupnik says there are thousands of people like Jared Lee Loughner, the shooting suspect described as a mentally disturbed loner. “These people are very susceptible to emotions like anger and paranoia and so forth, and I think that the tone of Rhetoric that has occurred in this country ove...

Jared Loughner and Charles Guiteau
 I said who was it that did it who was it that shot the president? And he said it was Charlie Guiteau that shot Mr. Garfield and I said Johnny Cash, "Mr. Garfield," 1965. Okay, point your finger at me if you must, but in my speculation about why Jared Loughner shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and killed six others--I see a man who had a distorted view of the world--who believed he had to insert himself into the public eye to make some sort of bizarre statement. Don't blame Tea Partie...

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...

Obama leads moment of silence after shooting
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are joined by government employees on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to observe a moment of silence for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the other Victims of an Assassination attempt against her. The shooting at a town hall-style event outside a Supermarket in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday left six dead, including a Federal Judge, and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A somber President Barack...

Moment of silence observed at Capitol
Hundreds of congressional Staffers have gathered on the east steps of the Capitol to observe a moment of silence for critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others killed or wounded in Saturday's attack in Arizona. Congress was not in session Monday and most of those participating were employees of congressional offices and others who work in the Capitol. Girl killed in Arizona Mass Shooting has Md. roots Bye-bye bland! Multiple uniforms game's new craze Bye-bye bland! Multiple uni...

Girl killed in Arizona mass shooting has Md. roots
The 9-year-old girl killed in the shooting that has critically injured Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was born in Maryland. Christina Taylor Green was born shortly after the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks in 2001. Her father, John Green, is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Earlier, he was a scout with the Baltimore Orioles and had a family farm in Conowingo, Md. Christina's mother, Roxanna Green, says Christina was always aware she was born on 9/11 and was very patriotic. A year after her birth...

Giffords' Husband Asks People to Pray for Injured
Monday, January 10, 2011 By Staff, Associated Press Tucson (AP) - The Astronaut husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords expressed his thanks for the outpouring of support since Saturday's shooting in Tucscon. Shuttle commander Mark Kelly said in a statement that his wife was doing what she loved most - hearing from her constituents. He expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support the family has received from Arizona and around the nation, and thanked medical and Law Enforcement pers...

Toxic talk claims yet more victims
Ever since we heard the tragic news from Tucson, there’s been lots of speculation about why a young man like Jared Loughner would go on a shooting rampage, severely injuring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killing six of her constituents. There are those who deny this has anything to do with politics. Nonsense. It has politics written all over it. Where did Loughner go to commit mass Murder? To a political event. Whom did he target? An elected politician. And what congresswoman from Ar...

Free speech and bullets
First, let me say I believe absolutely in the First Amendment to the Constitution, which says “Congress shall make no law … abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Don’t wait for a “but,” or an “except,” or “in some cases.” I don’t have one. Second, at least one idea arising from the tragic, despicable and appar...

Video of Dem Leader Clyburn: AZ Shooting Tied To Sharron Angle Statement Or Something
The Arizona shooter was a left-wing lunatic who's favorite book was the Communist Manifesto. His favorite YouTube video is of the American Flag being burned. He's described by his classmates as a "left-wing pothead." That of course hasn't stopped the left from desperately trying to tie him to the Tea Party. From NewsBusters via memeorandum: Dem Leader Clyburn Ties AZ Shooting To Sharron Angle Statement Curiously, here's a piece of what Clyburn said: James Clyburn: I think that what is happened ...

Violent rhetoric and the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords
In the two days since the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the debate has been raging over the culpability of the violent Rhetoric that is so commonplace in today's political climate. Which of course has led to the rapid-fire peddling of false equivalencies by the right, where now, saying a Congressional District is being targeted is the same as actually putting crosshairs on a district and saying it's time to "RELOAD." And while there are many examples of the violent languag...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Arizona
Politico reports (as of 1:36pm ET): Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot Saturday outside a Grocery Store in Tucson, Ariz., while holding a public event. NPR reported that she and six others were killed, but her office denied she had died. “That report is incorrect.” Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said. Karamargin said he could not comment about whether other Giffords Staffers were struck in the shooting, but that he was not hit. Giffords, who was first elected in 2006, was hosti...

Libertarian Party condemns shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
Mark Hinkle, Chair of the Libertarian Party, issued a statement condemning the shooting of Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and others in Tucson, Arizona. According to reports, Federal Judge John Roll and five others were killed in the shooting, and several others were seriously wounded. “The Libertarian Party condemns the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and others today. We are saddened by the loss of life, the suffering of those who survived the shooting, an...

Arizona Shooting: Photo Of Possible Second Suspect Released
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has released a photograph of a man they believe may be associated with Jared Lee Loughner: “He is described as a Caucasian male, approximately 40-50 years old, dark hair and was last seen wearing Blue Jeans and a dark blue jacket.” TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained hospitalized Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an Assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampag...

Heroes, including shot retiree, disabled US gunman
The gunman who allegedly attacked dozens here, including a US congresswoman, was reloading his weapon when bystanders, including a 74-year-old who had just been shot in the head, sprang into action to disarm him -- and likely saved multiple lives. Authorities are scrambling to piece together the events outside a Supermarket here in which suspect Jared Loughner is believed to have fired a full clip of 31 bullets into a crowd, killing six people and wounding 14 including US Representative Gabriel...

Vigil
Outside the University Medical Center in Tucson Saturday night. The Safeway Supermarket where six people were killed and 13 wounded in the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was still cordoned off when I arrived in Tucson on Saturday afternoon. Although Jared Lee Loughner’s alleged plan to assassinate the Democratic and Jewish Congresswoman had apparently failed, he had succeeded in turning the La Toscana Village Shopping Mall into an appalling yellow-taped crime scene. Fiv...

Sheriff: Suspicious package at Giffords HQ
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona sheriff says authorities are investigating a Suspicious Package sent to the headquarters of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting rampage. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik gave few other details about the possible package, which he says was found after the attack on Giffords at the Parking Lot of a Tucson, Ariz., Supermarket. No other details were available. Giffords was holding a forum for constituents when the violence erupted Saturday...

Documents detail evidence of assassination plot
An envelope found in the home of the 22-year-old who opened fire at a Tucson Supermarket Saturday was marked with the words “My Assassination,” according to documents released by Federal Prosecutors Sunday. Jared Loughner, 22, was charged with five federal counts of Murder and Attempted Murder for what prosecutors say was a premeditated attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), her staff and a group of people gathered to meet the congresswoman at a local Safeway. The congresswoman...