Jared Loughner's Parents Express Sorrow

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton on Jared Loughner's 'Extremism'
ABC's Luis Martinez Reports: In a sit-down interview with CNN’s Jill Dougherty, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked to explain comments she made on an overseas trip about Extremists and Jared Loughner, the man accused of shooting of Rep. Giffords and 18 others in Tucson over the weekend.    Read more about her initial comments, in which she called Loughner an extremist, HERE . Clinton explained on CNN that pursuing criminal activity connected to politica...

Is Jared Loughner Jewish?
A report stating accused Congressional shooter Jared Loughner is Jewish through matriarchal descent has become a hotly-debated issue, following earlier rumors that the Saturday morning shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords had an anti-Semitic slant. In an exclusive interview with Mother Jones, long-time Loughner friend Bryce Tierney told the blog the alleged lone gunman’s mother, Amy Totman Loughner, is Jewish. Through Jewish Matriarchal Law, as explained in Deut. 7:3-4 of the Penta...

Rep. Charles Rangel: STANDING UP TO GUN VIOLENCE
The tragic massacre in Tucson, Arizona last week is a grim reminder of what can happen when political Rhetoric spirals out of control. Constant vitriol creates a climate that can turn volatile by the ease in which people have access to dangerous guns.  My constituents have a special understanding of this tragedy because of the amount of gun violence that has been in my district. In fact, far too many people across our great nation have attended funerals of family members, friends and other l...

In Arizona, Obama Prepares To Console Nation
President Obama flew to Arizona Wednesday and headed straight to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' bedside to pay his respects to the wounded lawmaker as he sought to unify a mourning nation. Obama and his wife, Michelle, were visiting privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other Victims of the weekend shootings that killed six people and wounded 13. He was then meeting with family members of those killed before speaking at a nighttime memorial service in Tucson, Ariz. "The president wa...

Due To Arizona Conflicts, California Judge Takes Over Loughner Case
U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns will handle the case against Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman behind the Mass Shooting on Saturday, according to documents filed with the court on Wednesday. All Federal Judges in Arizona have been conflicted out because U.S. District Judge John M. Roll was one of the six Victims of the shooting. "Based upon the circumstances occurring on January 8, 2011 in Tucson and the initiation of proceedings in conjunc...

Obama visits wounded Congresswoman Giffords
By Jeff Mason and Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:05pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday to begin an emotional trip to Arizona as political leaders condemned the deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson. Obama's Motorcade carried him to University Medical Center shortly after he landed in Tucson to address a memorial service for the six killed and 14 wounded by a gunman who opened fire while Giffords me...

Obama visits wounded Congressman Giffords
By Jeff Mason and Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:05pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday to begin an emotional trip to Arizona as political leaders condemned the deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson. Obama's Motorcade carried him to University Medical Center shortly after he landed in Tucson to address a memorial service for the six killed and 14 wounded by a gunman who opened fire while Giffords me...

Obama visits wounded Congresswoman Giffords (Reuters)
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – President Barack Obama visited wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday to begin an emotional trip to Arizona as political leaders condemned the deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson. Obama's Motorcade carried him to University Medical Center shortly after he landed in Tucson to address a memorial service for the six killed and 14 wounded by a gunman who opened fire while Giffords met voters last Saturday. "The president wanted to begin this s...

Obama to visit Rep. Giffords before speech
Reporting from Tucson and Los Angeles — President Obama headed to visit critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday after arriving in Tucson to deliver a Speech designed to heal the nation while paying tribute to the 19 Victims of a weekend Shooting Spree. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recuperate," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. With his wife and a bipartis...

Obama visits wounded Congressman Giffords
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday to begin an emotional trip to Arizona as political leaders condemned the deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson. Obama's Motorcade carried him to University Medical Center shortly after he landed in Tucson to address a memorial service for the six killed and 14 wounded by a gunman who opened fire while Giffords met voters last Saturday. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by st...

Obama visits wounded Congresswoman Giffords
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday to begin an emotional trip to Arizona as political leaders condemned the deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson. Obama's Motorcade carried him to University Medical Center shortly after he landed in Tucson to address a memorial service for the six killed and 14 wounded by a gunman who opened fire while Giffords met voters last Saturday. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by st...

Jared Loughner's Parents: 'We Don't Understand Why This Happened'
​The parents of Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people after shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head at a public event, have released a public statement via a written hand-out distributed to members of the media staked outside of the family's home in Arizona on Tuesday, according to the Arizona Daily Star. "We care very deeply about the Victims and their families," it reads. "We are so very sorry for their loss." Full text of their message after the jump. This is...

Gunman Jared Lee Loughner's Parents Speak
Here is the full statement put out this afternoon by the parents of Jared Lee Loughner, the young man in custody for the horrific Tucson Shooting Spree that resulted in the grave injury of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the deaths of six others: "This is a very difficult time for us. We ask the media to respect our Privacy. There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were so we could make you feel better. "We don't understand why this happened...

U.S. Marshall Describes Loughner's 'Paranoid Headlights' Stare
What is this? Accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner. Accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner. In his Mug Shot, Jared Loughner appears to be smirking at the camera. He has a shaved head and his eyes seem puffy but it's that uncomfortable smirk that's left many asking what he was thinking after the 22-year-old was arrested at the scene of Saturday's Mass Shooting. In a piece for Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Eve Conant talks to David Gonzales, a U.S. Marshall in Arizona, who gives a little context to Loug...

David Frum Blames AZ Shooting on Reefer Madness
Jared Lee Loughner is accused of shooting 20 people in Tucson, Arizona. The former Bush Speechwriter who coined the term “Axis of Evil” claims a link between Jared Lee Loughner, schizophrenia and pot-smoking. Forget guns, “The Tucson shooting should remind us why we regulate Marijuana.” Much of our culture’s historic intolerance for marijuana grew out of Racism and the quack science used to justify it. Frum acknowledges in his blog post that “The connection b...

Jared Loughner's Family Issues Statement, Giffords Remains Critical (LIVE UPDATES)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The parents of a man charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are devastated and guilt-ridden, a neighbor said, mourning their own tragedy as Tucson residents prepared Tuesday for a community memorial service and a visit from the president. (SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATES) Jared Loughner's mother has been in bed, crying nonstop since the shooting rampage on Saturday, neighbor Wayne Smith, 70, told KPHO-TV. Amy and Randy Loughner want to know where they went wr...

A Statement from Loughner's Parents
“This is a very difficult time for us. We ask the media to respect our Privacy. There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were, so we could make you feel better. We don’t understand why this happened. It may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous events Saturday. We care very deeply about the Victims and their families. We are so very sorry for their loss. While surveying the newly-elected right-of-center governors, Ri...

Blue Trees and Orange Skies, Or, the Mind of Jared Loughner
I understand why people want politicians to be nicer to each other on Cable Television. It's not an overwhelming concern of mine, but I understand it. However, please don't tell us that the corrosive state of political discourse in this country has much of anything to do with the shootings in Tucson. This is the latest information on Jared Loughner's interior life; it does not seem as if he has been operating under the influence of Roger Ailes: The new details from Mr. Gutierrez about Mr. Loughn...

Obama to attend Arizona memorial
President Barack Obama has arrived in Arizona to pay tribute to six people killed in a shooting and to honour US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured in the attack. The president is due to speak at a memorial service for Victims of the shooting in Tucson later on Wednesday. Suspected gunman Jared Loughner has been charged with several offences and could face the death penalty if guilty. Ms Giffords was shot in the head and remains in a critical condition. Thousands have gathered thr...

Gregory Kane: Sheriff Dupnik shoots before aiming
It wasn't long after the Tucson, Ariz., shootings before Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik went into full blowhard mode about who was responsible for the massacre. A hint: it's not suspect Jared Lee Loughner. According to a story on the Web site www.CNN.com, Dupnik "used a nationally televised Press Conference to condemn the tone of political discourse in his state." Oh, this gets better. Here's a direct quote from Dupnik, taken from the www.CNN.com story: "We need to do some soul-searching. ...

Obama arrives in Tucson for memorial
US President Barack Obama was Wednesday visiting injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital shortly after arriving in Arizona to address a poignant memorial service. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recover," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president would also meet with the families of the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, before leading the memori...

Obama visits shot lawmaker in hospital (AFP)
TUCSON, Arizona (AFP) – US President Barack Obama was Wednesday visiting injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital shortly after arriving in Arizona to address a poignant memorial service. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recover," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president would also meet with the families of the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage...

Minnesota Rep. to Honor Giffords
(NewsCore) - Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) announced Wednesday that he will hold a special “Congress on your Corner" meeting in his district in honor of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who survived an Assassination attempt at her political event Saturday. The event will be similar to other meetings hosted by the Minnesota Democrat -- who is the first Muslim to be elected to Congress -- in which constituents are able to speak directly with the congressman. Jared Lee Loughner, 22, killed s...

Can't We All Get Along?
Hillary Clinton's comments today, describing Jared Lee Loughner as an Extremist, were unfortunate and are probably much regretted by now. I attribute them to jet lag and total immersion in the difficult, high pressure, multi-country trip she's undertaken, which probably caused her to lose track of the emerging portrait of the shooter as a dangerously disturbed young man. There is no comparison between Loughner's acts and Islamist Terrorism, the latter being violence undertaken in the service of ...

Art of War, Media Messages, and Conservative Terrorists
The debate rages on, and thanks to media spin and constant false equivalencies, at least one poll has 57% of its respondents rejecting any possibility of inflammatory Speech having any influence over Jared Lee Loughner's actions on Saturday morning. Welcome to the confluence of media echoes and denial. It was predictable, this la-la-la response. Kneejerk, even. No one wants to believe that words can influence, because that would require individuals to own their own words. God forbid. This is tru...