Loughner: 'Social Outcast' With 'Indecipherable Beliefs'

Sheriff seeking state murder charges against Loughner in Tucson shooting
Local authorities are asking the state to file Murder charges against Jared Loughner in Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson, Ariz., in addition to the federal counts he already faces. Capt. Chris Nanos of the Pima County Sheriff's department said Monday that deputies will recommend to the county attorney that Loughner be charged with at least four counts of Murder and additional counts of Attempted Murder or Aggravated Assault. The Murder charges would cover the four Victims who were not federal ...

Political cartoons exploit Arizona tragedy in effort to score crude political points
Amanda Carey is a political reporter at the Daily Caller. She previously worked for Robert Novak and Reason Magazine. Carey is a graduate of Clemson University in South Carolina. The partisan Rhetoric in the wake of the Arizona shooting was escalated to a new level Monday. Appearing at the WashingtonPost.com, two political cartoons sought to capitalize on the aftermath of the shooting that claimed numerous lives and critically injured Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to score political points. One,...

Despite violence, Rep. Shelley Berkley plans 'Congress on the Corner' event
Rep. Shelley Berkley will host a "Congress on the Corner" event Friday in Las Vegas to honor Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically shot last weekend at a similar event. "I'm not going to let any wing nut keep me from doing my job," Berkley said. Berkley invited constituents to meet with her from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday in her district office at 2340 Paseo del Prado, Suite D106. "To do less than that, to hide behind the walls of this office, is a huge mistake," Berkley said. Giffor...

Loughners Fixation On Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Started In 2007
Which sort of makes it hard to blame Sarah Palin or the Tea Party for the shooting. After all, in 2007 Palin wasn’t well known outside of Alaska (she rose to prominence in the 2008 Presidential Election) and the Tea Party movement didn’t start until spring of 2009. TUCSON, Ariz.—Accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner appeared to have been long obsessed with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A safe at Mr. Loughner’s home contained a form letter from Ms. Giffords’ office thank...

Disgusting Media Determined to Pin Shooting on Palin Despite the Fact That Liberal Killer Was Targeting Giffords Since 2007
The state-run leftist media is determined to take Sarah Palin down after the tragedy in Tucson this past weekend. The democrat-media complex wants to pin the shootings on Palin and the Tea Party despite that fact that the young leftist killer had been targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since 2007. They won’t be happy until she’s dead and gone. Within an hour of Saturday’s tragic shooting in Arizona, the Twittersphere had quickly seized on a map put out by Sarah Palin’s po...

Heroism on a Day of Horror
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. As Jared L. Loughner opened fire on Congressman Gabrielle Giffords and a small crowd of supporters, killing at least 6 and wounding many others, there appears to be at least three people who, in the face of horror, performed unimaginable heroic acts: Bill Badger, Daniel Hernandez, and Patricia Maisch. Instead of running away, Bill Badger, a former Army colonel, tackled the shooter, subduing Loughner and preventing him from hurting e...

Described by Classmate as 'Left-Wing Pothead'...
​A classmate of the man accused of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords this morning describes him as "Left Wing" and a "pot head" in a series of posts on Twitter this afternoon. Caitie Parker did not immediately respond to our request for an interview, but her "tweets" in the hours after the shooting paint a picture of Jared Loughner as a substance-abusing loner who had met Giffords before the shooting. She says, Loughner described the congresswoman as "stupid and unintelligent." We'...

Arizona rampage renews questions about gun screenings
Los Angeles (Reuters) - The deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson, Arizona, has renewed questions about a 13-year-old U.S. system that relies on personal Background Checks at the time of gun sales to keep Firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people. Despite ample evidence that the suspect in Saturday's rampage, Jared Lee Loughner, was engaged in bizarre, disruptive behavior well before the shooting, this did not stop him from legally buying the gun he is accused of using in the attack. "The trou...

No explanation for why suspect's hearing was moved
More than two dozen reporters lined up outside a federal courtroom in downtown Phoenix Monday before a hearing for the man charged in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson. Cameramen and photographers were stationed on corners, but there were no Protesters. Jared Loughner (LAWF'-nuhr) is accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. No official explanation has been given for why the court hearing was moved, and Court Records didn't offer an explanation....

Obama: US grieving, shocked over Ariz. rampage
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Monday the nation is still in shock over the shooting rampage in Arizona that left a Democratic congresswoman fighting for her life, but he commended the courage of the people on the scene who rushed to help, saying their actions reflect the "best of America." The president told reporters that Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others injured on Saturday are still fighting to recover. He said he anticipated some type of national memorial that wou...

Obama: US grieving, shocked over Ariz. rampage (AP)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Monday the nation is still in shock over the shooting rampage in Arizona that left a Democratic congresswoman fighting for her life, but he commended the courage of the people on the scene who rushed to help, saying their actions reflect the "best of America." The president told reporters that Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others injured on Saturday are still fighting to recover. He said he anticipated some type of national memorial that ...

Arizona Shooting Victims' Neighbor: High School Sweethearts 'Were Very Devoted'
Don and JoAnn Newland met their neighbors George and Dorothy Morris when the couple moved to their Oro Valley, Ariz. Retirement community in the late 1990s. "They were our neighbors," JoAnn Newland told HuffPost on Monday. "We would see them at the mailbox and we would talk." Dorothy Morris, 76, was one of six people killed Saturday by a crazed gunman at a "Congress on the Corner" event hosted by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). George Morris is still in the Hospital after reportedly sufferi...

Should Congressional Staff be armed?
In the wake of the terrible Assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the Murder and assaults on so many of her constituents, some members of Congress are talking openly about their concerns for their safety and security. While this incident seems to clearly be the work of an insane individual without rational motivation (other than an obsession with Giffords which dates back several years), concerns about the safety of members of Congress for any future attacks will remain a topic of...

BREAKING NEWS Jared Loughner Is a Muslim!
The news breaking today comes as a great shock to the MSM and has caused great consternation for the left-wing blogosphere - Jared Loughner is a Muslim. Asked for comment on the developing revelation, Obama said “now is the time to slow down and not get too irresponsible with the blame game.” Eric Holder added, “we must try to find out what Gabrielle Giffords did to deserve this and reach out and begin a meaningful dialogue that could lead to better understanding so tha...

Ariz. Shooter Loughner Not Linked to Hate Groups
Like this Story? Share it: As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains in a Tucson Hospital after being shot in the head, investigators find evidence at the main suspect Jared Lee Loughner's house. Ben Tracy reports on the attempted Assassination. Bob Schieffer spoke with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Cordes, Jan Crawford, and Bob Orr on Jared Loughner's past, the gunman who killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. and injuring congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. This March 2010 pho...

Loughner's family blockades Tucscon home
Family members of the accused-gunman Jared Lee Loughner have blockaded the entrance to their Tucson home with plywood, preventing FBI agents from entering, the Arizona Republic reports. ...

Polls suggest gun control unlikely to be a campaign issue
With some Democratic lawmakers calling for stricter gun-control measures in the wake of Saturday's shooting in Arizona, polling suggests it's unlikely to morph into a campaign issue for 2012.  Across the board, polling from the past several years shows that support for stricter gun-control laws has declined, even after Mass Shootings like the one that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech in the spring of 2007, which killed 32 people. Saturday's shooting killed at least six people and criti...

Internet hate: The backdrop to the Tucson tragedy
The tragedy in Tucson has put a focus on the overheated partisan debate and commentary that plagues America.  The assumption is that such a polarized political and media environment may have contributed to the shootings and deaths. It is too early to tell whether Jared Loughner’s inner demons were the sole reason he chose to shoot and kill or whether the political climate  played any role.  That is something we may never truly know. But we do know that words have consequences, that th

Shooting opens divide on inflamed rhetoric
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a town where politics never rests, the shooting of U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords quickly opened a sharp divide on the role of inflamed Rhetoric in the assault and on the proper response to its growth. The Arizona attack ignited a flood of finger-pointing and pontificating on the sometimes overheated state of U.S. political discourse, even as politicians largely vowed at least a temporary halt to the battle of words in Washington. The motives of suspect Jared Lee...

Manchin: 'I have never targeted an individual'
In the aftermath of the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, freshman Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday defended his Controversial campaign ad involving a gun. In a 30-second ad that aired at the height of the campaign in October, Manchin (D-W.Va.) was shown shooting a hole through what is supposed to be a copy of the cap-and-trade Energy Bill.  Manchin said people should not confuse his actions with those of Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of shooting Giffords (D) on Saturday. “I've...

Gingrich blasts liberals over Giffords
Newt Gingrich is upset with liberals who are blaming Conservatives for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The former speaker of the House and possible 2012 presidential hopeful said Monday that some people on the left jumped too quickly to conclusions about accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 “[P]eople who would immediately scream about ethnic profiling, people who on the left have every possible incentive to never allow anyone to ...

The World is Full of Scary Freaks
Jared Loughner lived with his parents.  Where were they through his disturbed teen and young adult years?  Where were they while he stalked Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for three years?  What did they do to get him help when teachers, Students, counselors and administrators expressed their concern about his mental status?  Fellow College Students were afraid of him and kept diaries about him.  Friends say, and documents confirm,  he stalked Giffords for three yea...

Friend: Loughner Had Grudge Against Giffords
Mother Jones reports: At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday—about eight hours before he allegedly killed six people and wounded 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), in Tucson—Jared Lee Loughner phoned an old and close friend with whom he had gone to High School and college. The friend, Bryce Tierney, was up late watching TV, but he didn’t answer the call. When he later checked his voice mail, he heard a simple message from Loughner: “Hey man, it’s Jared. Me and you had goo...

Arizona Shooter's College Professor Says She Called Police After Classroom Confrontation With Loughner Last Year
Says she saw warning signs, the Professor talks to CBS News cbsnews.com TUSCON -- Debbie Scheidemantel got to know Jared Loughner when he was a Student in her biology class at Tucson's Pima Community College last summer. The adjunct Professor says she once had to call police and have Loughner removed from her class. Scheidemantel shared her story exclusively on "The Early Show" with co-anchor Erica Hill. Scheidemantel said on September 23, Loughner was "very destructive" in class . She explai...

Tucson Shooter Described By Classmate As Left-Wing Pothead
Phoenix New Times: A classmate of the man accused of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords this morning describes him as “Left Wing” and a “pot head” in a series of posts on Twitter this afternoon. Caitie Parker did not immediately respond to our request for an interview, but her “tweets” in the hours after the shooting paint a picture of Jared Loughner as a substance-abusing loner who had met Giffords before the shooting. She says, Loughner described th...