The Tuscon people were good at stopping a shooting spree that might have gone on much longer.

Christina Taylor Green Funeral To Include World Trade Center's Largest Surviving Flag
Phoenix — A U.S. flag that flew atop the World Trade Center is on its way to Arizona to be displayed at the Funeral of the girl killed in Saturday's Shooting Spree who was born on 9/11. The Arizona Republic reports the 20-by-30-foot flag was the largest to have survived the collapse of the twin towers. Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green was born the day the towers fell and will be laid to rest Thursday in Tucson. She and five others were killed Saturday in a shooting that wounded 13 ot...

Father chased son into desert before shooting
Mysterious black bag in hand, Jared Loughner ran into the desert, his angry father stopping pursuit in his truck. Hours after Randy Loughner’s futile confrontation with his 22-year-old son Saturday morning, six people were shot dead and more than a dozen others wounded — and Jared Loughner was in custody. The sheriff’s deputies who swarmed the Loughners’ house removed what they describe as evidence Jared Loughner was targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who doctors said Tue...

Giffords: Arizona's first Jewish House member
President Obama and First Lady Michelle fly to Tucson on Wednesday for a memorial service for Victims of Saturday's Shooting Spree that killed six and wounded 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Az.)--whose grandfather was a Hornstein. Read about Giffords embrace of Judiasm---the daughter of a Jewish father and Christian Scientist mother--is here. ...

Update: 19 People Were Hit By Shots Fired During Arizona Rampage
What is this? The Pima County Sheriff's office has released a statement that clears up the issue of how many people were wounded by gunfire during Saturday's deadly attack in Tucson, Ariz., on those gathered at an event held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). While officials had said that there were 20 Victims (six of whom died), they've clarified the record to state that: "Nineteen people were shot, six of whom succumbed to their injuries. There were other minor injuries as a result of people t...

Update: 19 People Were Hit By Shots Fired During Arizona Rampage
What is this? The Pima County Sheriff's office has released a statement that clears up the issue of how many people were wounded by gunfire during Saturday's deadly attack in Tucson, Ariz., on those gathered at an event held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). While officials had said that there were 20 Victims (six of whom died), they've clarified the record to state that: "Nineteen people were shot, six of whom succumbed to their injuries. There were other minor injuries as a result of people t...

WTC flag to be displayed at girl's Ariz. funeral
A U.S. flag that flew atop the World Trade Center is on its way to Arizona to be displayed at the Funeral of the girl killed in Saturday's Shooting Spree who was born on 9/11. The Arizona Republic reports the 20-by-30-foot flag was the largest to have survived the collapse of the twin towers. Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green was born the day the towers fell and will be laid to rest Thursday in Tucson. She and five others were killed Saturday in a shooting that wounded 13 others, including U....

Palin slams 'blood libel', takes no blame for violence (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Sarah Palin on Wednesday slammed as "blood Libel" charges that overheated political Rhetoric contributed to a weekend shooting rampage in Arizona that left a US lawmaker fighting for her life. "Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn," she said in an online video message. The conservative former Re...

Chris Christie Fires Back at Rudy: 'Maybe He Had a Bad Breakfast'
You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. 'Cautious Optimism' for Rep. Giffords Mark Kelly, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband, holds her hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. the day after the shooting rampage in ...

The Exploitive Rhetoric of Tragedy
In the wake of the horrendous shooting rampage in Tucson, why isn't anyone talking about banning "Mein Kampf"? Or "The Communist Manifesto"? Or for that matter, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," "Peter Pan" or "The Phantom Tollbooth"? After all, unlike Sarah Palin's absurdly infamous Facebook map with crosshairs on Congressional Districts that some pundits have blamed for the violence, we have some evidence--suspect Jared Lee Loughner's own words--that these books were a dire...

A good snow, and a comment on the snow job
Major snow dump overnight - lost power for a while, lost my links. I'll post this, instead: Giffords Shot: Now, A Word from Our Gun Control Sponsors… Rhode Island Governor Bans State Officials from Talk Radio Dem Congressman: If Violent Rhetoric Didn't Cause This Shooting -- It Will Cause Next One! Dr. Torrey: A Predictable Tragedy in Arizona - We emptied state mental Hospitals starting in the 1960s without providing adequate treatment alternatives. And "Dr." Matthews Video: Slain girl’...

Hundreds Attend Mass to Remember Those Shot in Tucson
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 By Pauline Arrillaga and Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Roxanna Green, mother of murdered nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, center, attends a community Mass to mourn the Victims of Saturday's shooting on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 at St. Odilia Catholic Church in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/David Sanders, Pool) Tucson, Ariz. (AP) - They came by the hundreds, a few cradling their own small Children even as they gathered to remember someone else's baby. Young a...

Snow, and a comment
Major snow dump overnight - lost power for a while, lost my links. I'll post this, instead: Rhode Island Governor Bans State Officials from Talk Radio Dem Congressman: If Violent Rhetoric Didn't Cause This Shooting -- It Will Cause Next One! Dr. Torrey: A Predictable Tragedy in Arizona - We emptied state mental Hospitals starting in the 1960s without providing adequate treatment alternatives. And "Dr." Matthews Video: Slain girl’s father says attack the price of “a free society” OK, t

Democrats denounced the rhetoric, Republicans denounced the violence
My weekly column in the Charleston Daily Mail: Saturday’s snow in Poca was a reminder of why I like December snow but hate snow in January and February. The novelty has worn off. That afternoon, I drove into the cold to fill the tank of my wife’s car. Coming back, I could not make it up the hill, so I parked the car and walked home. “You know all those dumb things I have done over the years?” I asked my wife when I made it home. “Well, you can add this to the list...

'Cautious Optimism' for Rep. Giffords
AP/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Mark Kelly, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband, holds her hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. the day after the shooting rampage in a photo just released by congresswoman's office. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who s...

Random Shooting in Egypt or Sectarian Hatred?
Was it sectarian hatred or a policeman’s random meltdown? The answer is not clear, though many press accounts are rushing to judgment. ‘ Minya Governor Ahmad Dia-al-Din asserted on Tuesday (11 January) that there are no sectarian motives behind the Shooting Spree … “He (the shooter) took the train and randomly opened fire…There are no indications of sectarian reasons,” he told Nile News. “He did not know any of passengers and he was not familiar to the p...

Proposed House resolution condemns 'horrific' Arizona attack
(CNN) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a resolution Wednesday condemning the "horrific" Arizona shooting rampage, as President Barack Obama prepares to attend a memorial for Victims of the attack....

If This Were 1800 Sarah Palin Would Be Challenging Some People to Duels
There has been a concerted effort on the part of the wacky left and its handmaidens in the media to blame Sarah Palin, among others, for the violence in Arizona. It's an incredibly intellectually dishonest effort and one that is now beginning to meet with the disgrace it deserves. As I watched this unfold it appears this was not a spontaneous effort, but a coordinated effort among the left, with possible White House prompting, to smear a potential 2012 challenger to Obama. Do I have evidence of...

'Our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not'
Today, we are called here to mourn.  An unspeakable act of violence has taken six innocent lives, and left several more – including our colleague, Gabrielle Giffords – battling for theirs.  These are difficult hours for our country. Among the fallen is Gabe Zimmerman, a member of Congresswoman Giffords’ staff … a public servant of the highest caliber … one of our own.   Even in our shock, we are composed and determined to fulfill our calli...

Sharron Angle defends rhetoric in wake of Arizona (The Ticket)
Former Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle is pushing back against critics aiming to link her campaign Rhetoric to the shootings in Arizona. "I condemn all acts of violence. The despicable act in Tucson is a horrifying and senseless tragedy, and should be condemned as a single act of violence, by a single unstable individual," Angle said in a statement, per CNN. "Expanding the context of the attack to blame and to infringe upon the people's Constitutional liberties is both dangerous and ...

Ariz. Rep. wishes there was 'one more gun' in Tucson
Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican who has been outspoken in remembrance of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the wake of the shooting, said he wishes there was one more gun in Tucson, Ariz., the day of the massacre. "I wish there had been one more gun there that day in the hands of a responsible person, that's all I have to say," Franks said, visibly irritated at a question about increased Gun Control. The comment came as GOP lawmakers were being briefed by the FBI, sergeant at arm...

How Obama Can Talk About Tolerance without Trivializing a Tragedy
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are joined by government employees on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to observe a moment of silence for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the other Victims of an Assassination attempt against her. (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) This post originally appeared on Slate. For the second time in his tenure, President Obama will eulogize the Victims of a shooting. In November 2009--it now seems...

House pays tribute to victims of Arizona shooting
The House is honoring Victims of Saturday's shootings in Tuscon, including one of its own. Republican Speaker John Boehner is opening the session of remembrances and tributes to the 19 people shot, six fatally. The remarks are expected to focus on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat shot in the head as she spoke to constituents outside a Supermarket. Later Wednesday, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other lawmakers are flying with President Barack Obama to Arizona to co...

Republicans, Democrats, Tea Partiers Uniting to Protect Youngest Ariz. Rampage Murder Victim
KIRK ADAMS, SPEAKER OF Arizona STATEHOUSE: All indications are that they [Westboro Baptist Church] do plan to Protest, that this will not stop them. But there's an interesting story, Greta, that's developed here. Republicans and Democrats and Tea Partiers in Tucson are coming together to provide sort of a human buffer to the Protesters so that the families will not have to hear the disgusting cries of the Protesters against this 9-year-old girl. And I think this is an example of the community co...

Eric Holder, Martin Luther King and Gabrielle Giffords
That sounds like a pretty good lineup at your local hangout — I’d love to knock back some half-price burgers and beers with that crew. Due to circumstances beyond their control, that’s probably not going to happen anytime soon. In the meantime, our first black Attorney General had these deep and appropriate remarks to say in his remarks at a Civil Rights commemoration for MLK Day which is coming up this weekend. This is indeed a time for those who believe that the response to S...

N.J Governor: 'No magic wand' for economic, school problems
Arizona shooting Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke with CNN about education, The Economy and "The Jersey Shore."...