L.I. Rep. To Introduce Gun Legislation In House

Democrats move to limit guns, threatening language in shooting's wake
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., plans to introduce a bill that would ban high-capacity ammunition clips. Reacting to the assasination attempt on one of their own, two House members on Monday said they will introduce Legislation that would ban certain amunition clips and make it illegal to threaten a federal official, both of which they say contributed to the mass casualties in a shooting rampage in Tuscson over the weekend. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., plans to introduce a bill that would ban h...

CBS Poll: By 57% to 32% Margin Americans Say Political Rhetoric Had Nothing to do With Giffords Shooting
MSM Propaganda FAIL. (The Hill)- Almost 60 percent of the public believes that heated political Rhetoric has nothing to do with an Arizona Shooting Spree that gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and killed a Federal Judge. Many pundits and lawmakers have keyed in on political vitriol as a potential contributing factor to the shootings allegedly carried out by Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old Tucson man who faces five federal Felony Charges. Loughner’s writings and videos suggest a...

Dems ready gun control legislation regulating ammunition clips
Stumble This! Democrats in the House and Senate are preparing to introduce Legislation that would limit purchases high-capacity gun ammunition clips like the one used Saturday in the tragic shootings of 20 people in Arizona. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), two of the most outspoken Gun Control advocates in Congress, are sponsoring the Legislation in their respective chambers. "The only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a Handgun is to kill a lot of people very q...

Wonkbook: Gun control legislation being introduced; the Fed is the most profitable bank in history; previewing the oil spill rep
Companion bills banning the gun magazine used in the Tucson shooting are being introduced, reports Shira Toeplitz: "One of the fiercest Gun Control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, promising to introduce Legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition clip the gunman used. McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband was gunned down and her son seriously injured in a shooting in 1993 on a Long Is...

Nation gets first look at suspect, Tucson grieves
A woman prays at the memorial located in front of the University Medical Center, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. The memorial has been set up for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who is in critical condition at the Hospital, and other Victims who were shot on Saturday, leaving six dead and more injured. When Jared Loughner walked into the courtroom, everything fell silent. Law clerks, courtroom artists and reporters alike turned from the wooden benches to look at the vacant-e...

Jon Stewart delivers special message on Tucson shootings (Video)
Last night Jon Stewart cut away from his normal comedic routine to deliver a more serious message on the shootings in Tucson, Arizona over the weekend.  Six people were killed and fourteen more were injured in the shooting.  United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is currently recovering from a gunshot to the head, was the apparent target of the shooter.  As usual, Stewart brought a different perspective to a story which has come to be dominated by partisan “poli...

Sorry Libs Only 32% of Public Agrees That Political Rhetoric Was Cause of Tucson Slaughter
Sorry libs. Only 32% of the public believes that political Rhetoric caused the “quite liberal” Tucson crackpot to go on a shooting binge at a Safeway. Even a majority of honest Democrats believe the shootings were not caused by heated political rhetoric. Almost 60 percent of the public believes that heated political Rhetoric has nothing to do with an Arizona Shooting Spree that gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and killed a Federal Judge. … Republicans who responded...

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy to introduce gun legislation in wake of Giffords shooting
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat representing NY's 4th District, is introducing Legislation this week that will ban assault weapon magazines like the ones used to kill six people and critically wound thirteen others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on Saturday in Tuscon. Read Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's official statement on the Gabrielle Giffords shooting . Firearm magazines made after 1994 that  hold more than 10 bullets had been llegal under the assault weapo...

Tucson Massacre: McCarthy Plans to Introduce Gun Legislation
Mon Jan. 10, 2011 8:35 AM PST Spurred on by Saturday's horrific attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), New York Democrat Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has promised to introduce new Gun Control Legislation in the House, reports Politico. The extended magazine on the Glock 19 Loughner used was illegal under the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. Gun control advocates hope the tragedy might provoke fresh discussion on the ban, and on the ability to buy weapons that appear des...

Shooting debate omits gun control
In the wake of the attempted Assassination of a member of Congress, politicians on both sides of the aisle are passionately debating the role of incendiary Rhetoric. Very few of them are talking about guns. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 Those who have brought up Gun Control in light of the Tucson shooting have largely been the issue’s regular standard-bearers on Capitol Hill. Even gun-control advocates aren’t very optimistic about their chances. The fact that...

Profiles of the victims of the Tucson shooting rampage
Christina-Taylor Green Christina-Taylor Green's short life was pinned between two national tragedies: She was born Sept. 11, 2001, and she died as a gunman apparently targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) shot 20 people in Tucson. Christina, a budding Elementary School politician, was once featured in the book "Faces of Hope," about Children born on the day the World Trade Center collapsed. She was the youngest among the six killed in Saturday's shoo...

Hate Speech the Rights Magic Bullet (Guest Voice)
Hate Speech the Right’s Magic Bullet by Michael Winship The Russian playwright Anton Chekhov had a rule: if you show a gun in the first act, by the time the curtain falls, it has to go off. For weeks and months, that gun, the weapon of angry Rhetoric and intemperate rabblerousing, has been cocked and loaded in plain view on the American stage; Saturday morning outside a Shopping Mall in Tucson, Arizona, it went off again and again and again. The target, Gabrielle Giffords, a member of the Un...

Tea Party Chair recalls the hate speech she endured during her own campaign
Article sent to [email protected] (read the full thing here): ORLANDO – One of the first things that Peg Dunmire thought of when she heard about the tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona that critically injured a local congresswoman was the final day of her own campaign for Congress last November. On that single day, Dunmire and her staff and supporters watched uncomfortably as four men followed them from one event to the next. It was Election Day, and Dunmire 

Poll: Rhetoric, Arizona shooting unrelated
Almost 60 percent of the public believes that heated political Rhetoric has nothing to do with an Arizona Shooting Spree that gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and killed a Federal Judge. Fifty-seven percent of respondents in a new CBS News poll said Rhetoric is unrelated to the shooting, while 32 percent said they believe the two are connected. Many pundits and lawmakers have keyed in on political vitriol as a potential contributing factor to the shootings allegedly carried out by...

Americans observe moment of silence for Arizona victims
From the White House to Outer Space to the City Coffee Shop in Camden, Americans paid homage to the Victims of last weekend's shootings in Tucson, Ariz., by halting the buzz and motion of their day for a moment of silence at 11 a.m. Monday. On the White House South Lawn, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, presided over a national moment to pray and reflect on the event. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D., Ariz.) was wounded and six people were killed Saturday, including a Federal Judge and 9-year-...

Ann Liguori: No Joy in Sports World this past weekend despite exciting NFL Games
The Jet's win this past weekend over the Colts and the improbable victory by the Seattle Seahawks over the Saints punctuated by Marshawn Lynch's electrifying run, provided, perhaps, a bit of joy in a weekend dominated by the tragic loss of six people in Arizona, 14 others who were injured and the Assassination attempt of Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords who remains in critical condition after a lunatic shot her in the head and killed and injured others. Sports indeed serve as an...

Group leader says 'God sent' Ariz. shooter
TUCSON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The leader of a Kansas sect of self-proclaimed Baptists says "God sent" the man accused of shooting 20 people in Arizona, killing six of them. In a telephone interview with the New Times in Phoenix, Shirley Phelps-Roper, a leader of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, said 22-year-old Jared Loughner acted on God's instructions. "God sent the shooter -- that guy's bat-[expletive] crazy -- but God sent him," she said. The congregation that publicizes Protests at U.S. s...

Senate sergeant-at-arms: Lawmakers carrying guns not a good idea
It's not a good idea for lawmakers to carry guns for personal protection in the wake of Saturday's shooting in Arizona, the Senate's sergeant at arms said Tuesday. Terrance Gainer, the Senate's top Law Enforcement official and the former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, urged lawmakers to leave their security to professionals following the shooting on Saturday of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). "I don't think that's a good idea," Gainer said on "Good Morning America" on ABC. "I think we ...

The gun consensus
Molly Ball and Shira Toeplitz write: A Bipartisan truce is in effect on Gun Control issues in Washington — a truce on the National Rifle Association’s terms. The NRA’s recognition of this is evident in the group’s response to the Arizona tragedy. It hasn’t bothered to mount a major Lobbying push to make sure lawmakers have their guns-don’t-kill-people talki...

Brady to initiate House bill to protect Congress against threats
The Hill reports that Congressman Robert Brady (D-PA), plans to introduce Legislation prohibiting "language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a federal official or member of Congress." Brady is quoted as telling CNN that "The president is a federal official. You can't do it to him; you should not be able to do it to a congressman, senator or Federal Judge." A quick search of Google News shows that so far reaction from News Media political pundits has ...

New calls for gun control following Staurday's rampage
One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce Legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition clip the gunman used. McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband was gunned down and her son seriously injured in a shooting in 1993 on a Long Island commuter train. “My staff is working on looking at the different Legislation fixes that we might be able to do an...

That was fast: Democrats use Arizona shooting for fundraiser, and as excuse to crush 2nd amendment
The bodies were still warm as Democrats ironically targeted an explicit individual right in the US Constitution. From The Politico via memeorandum: Carolyn McCarthy readies Gun Control bill One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce Legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition the gunman used. McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband was gunned down an...

McCarthy Pushes For Smaller Gun Clips After Tucson
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-L.I.) drafted Legislation today in response to the Arizona shootings to renew the ban on gun clips that carry more than 10 rounds. "As someone who’s experienced senseless gun violence firsthand, I’m praying for my colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords" (D-Ariz.) and other Victims of the Shopping Mall shootings last Saturday, McCarthy said in a statement. Jared L. Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect in the shootings, allegedly had an “extender&rdquo...;

Giffords attack sparks gun control fight
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-L.I.) pushed to ban high-capacity gun clips on Monday in response to the Arizona shootings, but quickly got pushback from her Staten Island rookie colleague. McCarthy, whose husband was killed in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre, noted her experience of "senseless gun violence firsthand" in drafting Legislation that would ban gun clips and magazines with more than 10 bullets. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island), the newest member of the New York delegation, tol...

Tucson shooting and the predictable Congressional response begins
It’s ironic that when you look up the definition of “knee-jerk” on Merriam Webster, they use “knee-jerk liberals” as an example of usage of the term. It’s proven true once again as the Tucson shooting, starring an idiot acting out his “conscience dreams” using a gun, brings the Gun Control freaks out of their closets with their Morality banners held high. Congress… who’ll take any advantage of a crisis or tragedy to exerciser power or ...