Shooting tests US West love affair with guns

For those about to Glock (fire!), we do not salute you
Two truisms about America: 1) There's no such thing as bad publicity and 2) There are second acts in American life... ...especially if your name is Glock: After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. Wolff was right. Instead of hurting sales, the massacre had the $499 semi-automatic pistols -- popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters...

Tragedy Renews Debate on Gun Control Law
The tragedy in Arizona is renewing a heated national debate on Gun Control. Those who want stricter laws are using the shooting to make their case. Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 13, has Democrats in Washington calling for stricter limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner's pistol carried 33 rounds. "There is no reason for a citizen to have these large capacity clips," Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., said. "Police, militar...

Republican Wants To Ban Guns Within 1,000 Feet Of Members Of Congress
This is going to have the same problem that Gun Free School Zone Acts of 1990 and 1995 had. You cannot remove someone’s 2nd amendment right to keep and Bear Arms just because they live near a school, and I’m not sure that simply being near a member of Congress is enough to remove those rights either. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), one of the few pro-gun control Republicans in the House, wants to make it illegal for someone to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of certain high-ranking...

The Consequences of Inflamed Rhetoric
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about what happened in Arizona over the weekend.  In case you’ve managed to avoid the news for the past few days, though, Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords (D-Arizona), U.S. District Judge John Roll, and eighteen others were shot by a lone gunman at a “Congress on your Corner” event held by Rep. Giffords. A medical Helicopter evacuates Victims from a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson, Arizona, where U....

Gun Sales Surge With New Fears of Gun Bans
When Obama was elected there was a surge in gun sales nationwide because of fears that he, along with strong majorities in the Congress, would work to further ban guns. No new gun bans have come to pass, but the Arizona shooting and all the Rhetoric coming after it from Democrat legislators has once again stimulated the gun industry: After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get read...

Accused shooter's poems evoke his daily routine, scenes from Mauritius
Arizona shooting Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. Jared Lee Loughner is accused in a deadly shooting at a constituents meeting in Tucson, Arizona, held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords....

Gun-law arguments heat up after Arizona shooting
TUCSON, Ariz. | Jared Lee Loughner had trouble with the law, was rejected by The Army because of a history of drug use and was considered so mentally unstable that he was banned from his college campus, where officials considered him a threat to other Students and faculty. But the 22-year-old had no trouble buying the Glock semiautomatic pistol that authorities say he used in the Tucson rampage Saturday that left six dead and 14 injured, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Mr. Loughner...

The Great American Craziness
I do not believe that Sarah Palin and her blather about "reloading" or Sharron Angle, she of "Second Amendment solutions," have anything to do with the gunning down of innocents in Arizona. You can’t blame a third of a huge nation, who love simplistic hyperbole, for the actions of one crazy person in Tucson. What bothers me is people, sane and insane, with guns, better ones, another manifestation of technological revolution. What bothers me is the cowardice of national ...

Public memorial set for Arizona shooting victims
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The city shaken by a shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured prepared to come together at a church Tuesday to mourn the Victims, including a 9-year-old girl who sang in the choir. Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas will preside over the first official tribute to the victims at St. Odilia Catholic Church. The Diocese called the service a “Mass of healing for our community.” The modern turquoise-and-white church is only blocks from Saturday̵...

A Tale of Two Sheriffs
The Tucson massacre that left six dead and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, brought into sharp public focus the local sheriff, Clarence Dupnik. He’s been the sheriff of Pima County, which includes Tucson, Arizona’s second-largest city, for 30 years. For the 20 years before that, he was a police officer. Dupnik has gained attention this week for linking the shooting to the vitriolic political climate in the U.S., and in particular, Arizona. Speaking at a Press Conference...

Lost in a dark wood
In Foreign Policy this past Sunday, David Rothkopf asked, "How can a gun-crazed society lead the world?" The answer, of course, is that it can't. And anyone who doesn't realize that just hasn't been paying attention since 9/11. Bin Laden's still out there. We haven't laid a glove on him. But he's enlisted us in his war to destroy America's basic liberties--and we're doing him one better as we prepare to take a meat-ax to the social Welfare State that for seven decades created the greatest mass...

Republican Peter King Offers Sensible Gun Control Legislation
It’s pretty simple. No guns within 1000 feet of a federal politician. This means that those folks who feel the need to exercise their 2nd amendment rights won’t be allowed into political rallies any more. Good. The National Review asks King some leading questions… King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, acknowledges that his Legislation, if it had been on the books, might not have prevented the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D., Ariz.) and others. “...

Glock Sales Surge After Massacre
Bloomberg: After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. Wolff was right. Instead of hurting sales, the massacre had the $499 semi-automatic pistols — popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters — flying out the doors of his Glockmeister stores in Mesa and Phoenix. “We’re at double our volume over what we usually do,” Wo

Accused gunman's family 'so very sorry' for shootings
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. President Obama says the US continues to grieve the shooting in Arizona which left six people dead. The family of accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner has apologised to the relatives of those he is accused of gunning down, saying in a first statement since the shooting, "we are so very sorry f...

Speaker Boehner says no to new gun restrictions
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control Legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona.  Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce Legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of members of Congress.  King, who has previously called for the removal of illegal guns from the streets, made the announcement alongside N...

Omaha police review how guns stored after shooting spree
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Police are reviewing how off duty officers store their weapons after a Student used his detective father's police Handgun in a school Shooting Spree last week. Robert Butler, Jr, retrieved his father's gun from a closet on Wednesday and shot and killed High School assistant principal Vicki Kaspar, who had earlier suspended the boy from school for driving his car onto school athletic fields. He also wounded principal Curtis Case before killing himself. The debate over...

Family of Arizona shooting suspect expresses sorrow
By Brad Poole TUCSON, Arizona | Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:24pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The family of the accused gunman in the Arizona Shooting Spree expressed sorrow on Tuesday over the "heinous events" while the congresswoman shot in the head showed signs of improvement. In their first public statement, relatives of Jared Lee Loughner, 22, said it was a "very difficult time" and asked for Privacy. "There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish there were, so we could ma...

Family of accused Arizona shooter expresses sorrow
By Brad Pool TUCSON, Arizona | Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:11pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Family members of a 22-year-old man charged in an Arizona Shooting Spree that killed six people and injured 14 expressed sorrow on Tuesday and said they didn't understand why the rampage happened. In an eight-sentence statement that never mentions the accused gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, his family says the shooting's aftermath was a "very difficult time" and asked for Privacy. "There are no words that can p...

Rep. Brodeur files Doc, dont ask gun bill
TALLAHASSEE — Doctors and other medical providers would be barred from asking patients - or the parents of child patients - if they have guns in their home under a measure that promises a major showdown between powerful lobbying groups. The National Rifle Association’s top Florida Lobbyist and a Florida Medical Association member both say the issue is among the top priorities for the session, with the groups holding diametrically opposed positions on what doctors and thei...

Efforts to Politicize Arizona Tragedy
First of all, our prayers go out to the families and Victims of the horrific tragedy that took place in Tucson over the weekend. We pray that God will bring comfort to them in this time of trial. The political left is trying to pin this tragedy on gun owners and conservative Talk Radio. Never mind the fact that this creep hated The Bible and the U.S. flag, loved the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf and, according to his friends, was a drug abusing lefty. But why let the facts get in the way? A...

Sen. Barbara Boxer In Her Own Words
At a Press Conference in Southern California Tuesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer talked about the Mass Shooting in Arizona that left six people dead and 14 others injured included Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Sen. Boxer's remarks in her own words: Like many Americans, I have been deeply affected by political Assassinations in my lifetime – John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. – three figures who inspired me. And it took years and years and years – maybe 15 or 20 years &nda...;

3 questions facing New York elected officials
On January 10, 2011 M V Consulting, Inc. contacted the following New York State elected politicians: The reason for contacting all the above was obvious. The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and 19 other Arizonans, had ramifications that will affect every politician in the nation. The insane actions of Jared Loughner will renew debate over the 2nd Amendment, and Freedom of Speech. This is something that affects New York and the other States almost as directly as it does Arizona. In a letter ...

Tighter Gun-control Laws A Long Shot
(NewsCore) - The Tucson shootings have renewed an effort among Northeast lawmakers to strengthen federal gun-control laws, but a partisan climate and an influential gun lobby mean that talk may be as far as it gets, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. On Tuesday, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), whose husband was killed by a lone gunman in a 1993 Shooting Spree, said she would introduce Legislation to reinstate a ban on high-capacity magazines like the one used by the Tucson shooter. Rep. P...

Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick....
By John Ballard, just saying....   Glock pistol sales surge in aftermath of Arizona shootings After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. Wolff was right. Instead of hurting sales, the massacre had the $499 semi-automatic pistols -- popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters -- flying out the doors of his Glockmeister stores in...

Mayor Bloomberg, Rep. King Take On Gun Laws
Mayor Bloomberg, with former NYPD officer Steven McDonald who was shot and is now paralyzed on the left and Rep. King on the right With the country still reeling from the apparent Assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, which left six dead and many others injured, outside a Tucson, AZ Supermarket, New York politicians have been speaking out about Gun Laws. Rep. Peter King (R-LI) announced that he would introduce a gun safety bill that would prohibit people from carrying a gun within...