Pelosi Leads Moment of Silence for Shooting Victims

Accused gunman appears in court
Jared Lee Loughner appeared in a Phoenix Federal Court Monday afternoon to face a string of federal charges, including one count of attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Loughner entered the courtroom handcuffed and wearing a Prison uniform. His head is shaved and he had a cut on his right temple. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset As he entered the room, he looked at the crowd gathered there. His attorney whispered to him. Loughner is charged with one count of attem...

Alleged Giffords Shooter Jared Lee Loughner Appears In Phoenix Federal Court
Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman behind the mass shooting on Saturday that killed six people (including a Federal Judge) and gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), appeared in Federal Court on Monday with his head shaved and wearing an tan inmate's outfit. Loughner, who the Associated Press said had a cut on his head, was held without bail as a judge called him "danger to society." Loughner says little in the courtroom and just answered procedural questions, David Nakamura of th...

Loughner: 'Social Outcast' With 'Indecipherable Beliefs'
What is this? As Jared Loughner's scheduled 4 p.m. ET court appearance draws near, here's some more of what's being reported about the 22-year-old community College Dropout who is accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others Saturday in a shooting rampage at a meet-and-greet in Tucson, Ariz., with Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: Also, the magazine writes, Tierney "describes Loughner as being obsessed with 'lucid dreaming' — that is, the idea that conscious dreams are an al...

Hill, Obama Observe Moment of Silence for Victims
Capitol Hill fell silent Monday morning as Members, staff, police and visitors paused to mourn the Victims of Saturday’s shooting in Arizona. The tragedy left six dead and 14 wounded including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who remained in serious condition after suffering a gunshot to the head. Hundreds of people gathered on the House side of the Capitol to participate in the observance, including Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga...

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...

Shooting Suspect's Family Blockades House
AzCentral.com reports that the family of Jared Lee Loughner has blockaded their house with 4-by-4 double-thick plywood. FBI agents working on the Gabrielle Giffords shooting encountered trouble gaining entry to the suspect’s family home Monday morning. Family members of Jared Loughner apparently had put on 4-by-4 double-thick plywood that blocked access to the front porch of their north Tucson home. At about 12:25 p.m., agents began banging on the Blockade, yelling, “This is the FBI....

In Rush To Get It First, NPR, CNN Get It Wrong On Giffords Story
It’s been almost thirty years since the shooting of President Ronald Reagan and a resulting moment of frustration on live television, when ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds , who’d been told wounded White House Press Secretary James Brady had died-only to be told moments later the report was false (Brady survived)-said the words that ring in many Journalists’ minds to this day: “let’s nail it down, let’s get it right.” The dual drives of getting...

Arizona Shooter To Get Unabomber's Lawyer
Looks like Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter in this weekend's horror in Tucson, has got himself a lawyer: The Federal Public Defender's Office has recommended Judy Clarke to work the case. Clarke, no stranger to such high-profile defense work, previously helped defend Timothy Mcveigh, the Unabomber, 9/11 conspira...

Loughner Held without Bail in Tucson Rampage
Like this Story? Share it: President Barack Obama stepped led the nation in a moment of silence to honor Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the six people killed and 14 wounded in a shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket. Erica Hill reports. Erica Hill has an exclusive interview with Debbie Scheidemantel, Adjunct Professor at Pima Community College, who called the cops after having a classroom confrontation with Jared Loughner, the alleged gunman in the Arizona shooting rampage. Erica Hill talks...

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. ...

Pelosi Leads Moment of Silence for Shooting Victims
Nancy Pelosi led a moment of silence Saturday, for the Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head earlier that day. At a planned event in San Francisco, Pelosi said Giffords is a "brilliant and patriotic American," according to the Associated Press. Giffords was hospitalized after being shot at a public event in Tucson, Arizona. The congresswoman is in critical condition after undergoing surgery Sunday morning. Doctors are optimistic for her survival, stating th...

"How Did He Fall Through the Cracks?"
The weekend shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which killed six bystanders, shows the consequences of an economy that focuses primarily on financial gain, and ignores the human cost. As About.com Guide to Conservatives Justin Quinn asks: The shooter was identified Saturday evening as Jared Lee Loughner, a man whose Internet ramblings (which were taken down after the shooting) further identify him as mentally ill. ...The real question for the people of Arizona should be how som...

Rush: Dont Blame Shooting on Talk Radio
CNN reports: Conservative Talk Radio host Rush Limbaugh offered a vigorous defense of himself and Sarah Palin Monday in response to claims from some media commentators and those on the left that some of their charged statements and colorful language may have inspired the Arizona shootings. “[The media] is unnecessarily stirring up the country in ways that don’t merit,” Limbaugh said on his radio program Monday. “It’s fatuous and silly to even verify and justify th...

Sheriff Clarence Dupnik: Where was patrol unit at Congresswoman Gifford's event?
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Pima County, Arizona, called his state a “mecca for prejudice and Bigotry” in the aftermath of the terrible shooting in Tucson on Saturday. He described certain political discourse as “vitriol” and implied that this kind of incendiary Speech created the environment for the shooter, 22-year-old Jared Loughner, to seek out Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a local Safeway Supermarket meet & greet and attempt to kill her by firing at her wit...

Brewer sets aside fiery rhetoric
PHOENIX — Today Gov. Jan Brewer set aside her signature fiery Rhetoric that marked the 2010 campaign season, instead striking a somber tone during her Speech that commemorated the Victims of a shooting rampage in Tucson and marked the start of the new legislative session. “I had intended to deliver a State of the State address to you today — remarks that outline an exciting and solid plan for Job Creation, education, and Tax Reform … But, not now. Not today,” Bre...

Shooting suspect denied bail in federal court
PHOENIX (AP) — The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting is being held without bail and has been assigned a lawyer who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh. Jared Loughner entered a Phoenix courtroom Monday handcuffed and wearing a tan inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. The 22-year-old is accused of killing six people on Saturday and injuring 14 others, including U.S.Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. His expression was impassive as he walke...

Frederick: On The Arizona Shooting
Everyone in the world by now is aware that 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a public event in Arizona on Saturday morning. Additional background information will, of course, roll out over the next few days and weeks.  For now, I’ll share with you just a few details regarding threat assessment relating to public figure attacks and the initial aftermath from this attack. Witnesses say that Loughner simply attended Rep. Giffords’ public meet-a...

Arizona Rampage Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
What is this? Jared Loughner has made his first court appearance and has been ordered held without bail as the federal case against him in the killings of six people and wounding of 14 others in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday gets underway. During a short appearance before federal Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson in Phoenix this hour, the 22-year-old Tucson man appeared to "understand everything the judge was telling him," CNN's Ted Rollins just reported. — Attempted Assassination of a membe...

Giffords Shooting: Christina-Taylor Green, 9-Year-Old Killed In Arizona Shooting, Was Daughter Of Dodgers Employee
Los Angeles — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is expressing condolences about the 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event. She is the granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green and the daughter of a Dodgers scout. Christina-Taylor Green was shot outside a Tucson grocery story when she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meeting with constituents there. McCourt says the team lost a member of the Dodger...

The Tucson tragedy: freedom from violent rhetoric and imagery
So far, there's no connection between alleged murderer Jared Lee Loughner and the extremes of the Tea Party movement. But that's beside the point now, if you ask me. The horrific violence in Tucson saw Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) go from being in the crosshairs of opponents metaphorically to literally being gunned down on Saturday. As a result, we are now finally engaging in a long overdue conversation about the violent Rhetoric and imagery polluting national political discourse. Since the...

Lawmaker Urges Ban on Clips Linked to Shooting
Monday, January 10, 2011 By David Espo, Associated Press Washington (AP) - A longtime Senate Gun Control advocate announced plans Monday to introduce Legislation banning high-capacity ammunition clips like the one linked to a weekend shooting that left six dead and an Arizona congresswoman gravely wounded. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said he would introduce the measure to re-establish a prohibition that lapsed in 2004 on clips that feed more than 10 rounds at a time. "The only reason to ...

Is There Really a Link Between Violence and Mental Illness?
Yahoo! Buzz If Jared Lee Loughner is mentally ill — as some say videos he posted online suggest — did his condition play a role in his decision to shoot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others? Psychiatric exerts tell the Health Blog that the behaviors that Loughner exhibited on his YouTube videos are consistent with that of a person with a severe Mental Illness like schizophrenia, but caution that a thorough and direct examination would be necessary to diagnose him with that or any condi...

Giffords Shooting Is Evidence of Conservative Policy Failures, Too.
Since Jared Loughner 's attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords , Republicans have united behind the idea that this was an isolated act by a crazy person. They argue that because Loughner was mentally unstable, their political Rhetoric, often filled with guns and other violent intimations, is not to blame. Loughner probably was a mentally ill person with no coherent political agenda, but that's actually a good indictment of the conservative policy failures that allowed the shooting to take...

Jared Loghner: A Homegrown Terrorist?
The suspect behind a deadly shooting in Tuscon, Ariz., that killed six people and injured 19 others including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was represented in court, Monday, by prominent attorney Judy Clarke. Clarke specializes in federal death penalty cases, and is the same lawyer who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy Mcveigh, and Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph. The Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are looking into 22-year-old Jared Loughner's motives. ...

Attempted incitement
If you weren’t on Twitter over the weekend, you’re smarter than me. The instant there were reports of a shooting in Arizona, the Left went ugly trying to pin it on the Tea Party. It was a wonder to behold. A giant steaming wonder. I couldn’t take much. After a while, even the pushback from our side began to feel a little opportunistic, so I just shut Twitter down for a while. This is part of a pattern since the rise of the Tea Party (helpfully recalled by Legal Insurrection): ...