Palin to speak at gun convention

Sarah Palin to speak at gun convention
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Safari Club International (SCI) gun convention on Jan. 29. According to the organization's Web site, the event is sold out. News of the Speech comes a little less than a week after the Mass Shooting in Tucson that left Federal Judge John Roll, 9-year old Christina Green and four others dead, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 12 others wounded. A graphic featuring the image of crosshairs over Giffords'...

Palin to deliver address at gun convention
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month.  Palin (R) will speak to the Safari International Club (SCI) in Reno, Nev. on Saturday, Jan. 29, according to the group's website. The organization bills itself as "the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting Wildlife Conservation worldwide." The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee's Speech is expected to touch on "her past hunting experiences and how politics affects the curren

Palin to Keynote Gun and Hunting Convention in Nevada
Sarah Palin, who took a pummeling this week in the heated debate over guns following the Mass Shootings in Tucson, will make a keynote address to a gun convention later this month. Coming off what some critics call her "worst week," Palin has had little success fending off accusations that she had directly or indirectly helped fuel the vitriolic and violent climate that some say may have contributed to the shootings that left six dead and 14 wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a moderate...

Palin back on the speaking circuit
(CNN) - Sarah Palin is venturing back on the speaking circuit, scheduled to appear at the Safari Club International's annual hunter's convention at the end of the month in Reno, Nevada. The convention is the largest Fundraising event of the year for the group, which calls itself the "leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting Wildlife Conservation worldwide." According to the convention's website, Palin is the Keynote Speaker of the event that is expected to draw thousands. The...

Sarah Palin Taking Blood-Libel Show On the Road With Larry the Cable Guy
Sarah Palin has learned she can get a lot of attention from liking guns and such, and that is going to continue JANUARY 29 in RENO, Nevada, addresses the SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL GUN SHOW! Unfortunately the event, a “dinner & auction” (you can bid on guns AND eat them!) is already sold out. Who else is going to be there? Why, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Elvis impersonator, NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, Talk Radio host Michael Reagan, and, of course, Larry the Cable Guy...

The Top 10 Most Ridiculous Left-Wing Attacks on U.S. Conservatives Following the Arizona Shootings
From Nile Gardiner, at Telegraph UK, "A Shameful Week for America's Liberal Elites": This has been a hugely shameful week for sections of the American Left, who have exploited a horrific tragedy that claimed six lives, in order to advance political attacks upon some leading conservative politicians and media commentators, as well as an entire political movement in the form of the Tea Party. The vitriolic and hate-filled attacks have marked a low point for liberal media elites in America in the 2...

Outrage: Palin To Address Hunting Group!
From the surely outraged folks at The Hill: Palin to deliver address at gun convention By Jordan Fabian - 01/14/11 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month. Palin will speak Saturday, Jan. 29, to the Safari International Club (SCI) in Reno, Nev.,  according to the group’s website. The organization bills itself as "the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting Wildlife Conservation worldwide."...

Ventilator removed as Giffords continues recovery
US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords no longer needs a ventilator after doctors replaced her breathing tube with a different one. Hospital officials say that Giffords underwent a procedure on Saturday to have a tracheotomy tube inserted in her windpipe to protect her airways, freeing her from the ventilator. She had been breathing on her own since she was shot in the head on January 8. Doctors said Giffords remains in critical condition, but is recovering well. Giffords was gravely wounded in a m...

Tucson moves on: Safeway reopens, gun show draws thousands
Reporting from Tucson — A week after a Mass Shooting left six dead and 13 injured, Tucson struggled to return to normal on Saturday as thousands packed a gun show and the Safeway Supermarket where the attack took place reopened. At both places, mourners observed a moment of silence to pay tribute to the 19 people shot a week ago. At both sites, people said they were saddened by the senseless violence but were ready to move on. At 10:11 a.m. Mountain time, many at the shopping plaza fell...

Giffords continues to improve: doctors
US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords no longer needs a ventilator after doctors replaced her breathing tube with a different one. Hospital officials say that Giffords underwent a procedure on Saturday to have a tracheotomy tube inserted in her windpipe to protect her airways, freeing her from the ventilator. She had been breathing on her own since she was shot in the head on January 8. Doctors said Giffords remains in critical condition, but is recovering well. Giffords was gravely wounded in a m...

Palin to keynote gun convention
There's nothing like the soothing feel of cold hard cash to relieve the sting of humiliation: Palin to deliver address at gun convention Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month. Palin (R) will speak to the Safari International Club (SCI) in Reno, Nev. on Saturday, Jan. 29, according to the group's website. The organization bills itself as "the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting Wildlife Conservation worldwide." The ...

Palin to Headline Hunters Convention
Yahoo! Buzz Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will headline one of the nation’s biggest gun shows and convention later this month in Reno, Nev. Ms. Palin, who is widely considered a top presidential contender, will speak Jan. 29 at the Safari Club International convention, which describes itself as the “leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting Wildlife Conservation worldwide.” The group said last year’s event drew nearly 20,000 people. Other speakers include Michae...

Palin to speak to hunting group
ABC News' John Berman reports: Sarah Palin is set to deliver a Speech to hunting enthusiasts about “how politics affect the current state of hunting and fishing.”  On Saturday January 29th, Palin will deliver a keynote address to at the Safari Club international convention in Reno, NV.  The group’s website says Palin will address the politics of hunting along with discussing her “past hunting experiences.”

Tucson shooting spree victim arrested
TUCSON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- One of those wounded in the Tucson Shooting Spree that left six people dead was arrested Saturday after making a verbal threat, authorities and witnesses said. Jason Ogan, a spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff's office, said J. Eric Fuller, 63, was "involuntarily committed for Mental Health evaluation," The New York Times reported. Fuller, a Military Veteran who was shot in the Left Knee and the back at U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Jan. 8 constituency gathering, atten...

US shooting victim arrested after threat
A man who was shot in the knee during last week's Tuscon shooting rampage was arrested on Saturday after threatening a local conservative leader during an emotional town hall event, ABC News reported. During taping for a Sunday special on the US shooting, witnesses told ABC affiliate KGUN9 News that James Eric Fuller grew agitated when Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries suggested that any conversation about Gun Control should be put off until after the funerals for all the Victims. Fuller ...

Tucson shooting survivor arrested after making death threat to tea partier
In the middle of a taping of a town hall meeting to be aired Sunday on ABC's This Week, a survivor of last week's Tucson shootings issued a Death Threat to a Tea Party member in attendance. According to the website of ABC affiliate KGUN, the man in question, J. Eric Fuller, was arrested and charged with threats, intimidation, and disorderly conduct. Fuller, who was shot in the knee and back in last Saturday’s Shopping Mall massacre, is described by the New York Times as a Military Veteran ...

Tuscon rampage gets weirder
From the Daily Caller on Friday: “A survivor of Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson blamed Fox’s Glenn Beck, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and former Senatorial Candidate Sharron Angle for the actions of alleged schizophrenic Jared Loughner.” The quote: “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target. Their wish for Second Amendment Activism has been fulfilled.” From the New York Times tonight: “TUCSON — A Victim of the shoo

Inept Laws could make Criminals of us all.
Have you heard about Representative King (R-NY) and his proposal for a new law? King is on the house Homeland Security commission. The law prohibits anyone with a firearm to come within 1000 feet of a government official.  Do these politicians think before they propose Legislation? If Representative King would have thought about this legislation, he would have understood how ineffective the law would have been. In fact, this law would make criminals out of many law-abiding Americans. First,...

Hypocrisy on Steroids
A televised town hall meeting in Tucson, moderated by ABC News Anchor Christiane Amanpour, has given righties their Grievance du Jour. One of the people in attendance was J. Eric Fuller, who was shot in the knee last Saturday. According to local news - When Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries rose to suggest that any conversation about Gun Control should be put off until after the funerals for all the Victims, witnesses say Fuller became agitated. Two told KGUN9 News that finally, F...

The Top 10 Most Ridiculous Left-Wing Attacks on U.S. Conservatives Following the Arizona Shootings
From Nile Gardiner, at Telegraph UK, "A Shameful Week for America's Liberal Elites": This has been a hugely shameful week for sections of the American Left, who have exploited a horrific tragedy that claimed six lives, in order to advance political attacks upon some leading conservative politicians and media commentators, as well as an entire political movement in the form of the Tea Party. The vitriolic and hate-filled attacks have marked a low point for liberal media elites in America in the ...

McCain Praises Obamas Memorial Service Speech
Yahoo! Buzz In the aftermath of the Arizona shootings, Sen. John McCain is generously praising President Barack Obama ’s memorial service address, defending Mr. Obama’s character and vowing to do his part to bring more civility to political discourse. The Arizona Republican also appears to defend the woman he brought to the national stage, Sarah Palin , his 2008 Running Mate, saying it must have been painful to have been blamed for helping cause the tragedy. Ms. Palin’s video re...

Ouch: Man who blamed Palin and right for Az Shooting Arrested
Dang…. Rememeber this guy here that I wrote about? Well, now he is in the pokey…. Shooting rampage Victim arrested at ABC-TV town hall meeting - KGUN9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports The theme of the event was “An American Conversation Continued” - the idea being to continue the conversation that a madman’s brutal rampage had interrupted. So it was inevitable that the conversation would eventually turn to politics. It did, toward the en...

J. Eric Fuller, Tucson Shooting Victim Arrested at Town Hall Meeting For Threatening GOP Rep Terri Proud & Tea Party Spokesman
One week after the Tucson, AZ tragedy and there is an arrest at a town hall meeting for death threats … So much for that call for peace, calm and tranquility in the aftermath of the shooting last week at the hands of Jared Loughner. Tucson Shooting Victim J. Eric Fuller threatened Trent Humphries, the Pima County Tea Party Leader, stood up to speak during the event. He was being very respectful. Trent told the audience that before we start placing blame on individuals we need to get al...

Tucson gun show attracts big crowd
TUCSON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- An area gun show Saturday attracted thousands of people one week after a Tucson Shooting Spree left six dead and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords among 13 wounded. The "Crossroads of the West" gun show at the Pima County Fairgrounds was held about 10 miles from the Tucson shopping center Parking Lot where a young man suspected of being mentally unbalanced, Jared Loughner, is accused of going on a rampage with a semiautomatic Glock 19, causing widespread anguish and stirring ...

Mission accomplished, Markos Moulitsas.
The Left gets its violent responder to Hate Speech, after all: the only problem is, from their point of view he’s aimed the wrong way. I started following the saga of J. Eric Fuller a couple of days ago: the short version is that he was one of the Victims of the Tucson attack of last week that killed six people and nearly killed Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.  Despite the fact that the consensus is, from the President on down, that harsh political Rhetoric had nothing to do with the ...