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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Fox News
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Date: January 09, 2016 10:33AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/congresswoman-shot-head-arizona-multiple-wounded-article-1.150690
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords miraculously survived a point-blank gunshot to the head as a lone gunman killed six people Saturday during a routine voter meet-and-greet.
Giffords and another 19 people were caught in the fatal fusillade after the cold-blooded killer opened fire without warning outside a Tucson grocery store on a sunny weekend morning.
A 9-year-old girl was killed, while a federal judge and a Giffords staffer were also reported among the five dead in a shooting that shook the nation.
"This is more than a tragedy for those involved," said President Obama. "It is a tragedy for Arizona and a tragedy for our entire country."
The shooter - identified as Jared Laughner, 22 - marched up to Giffords around 10 a.m. local time as she spoke to a local couple, aimed his handgun and fired from just a few feet away.
Giffords, 40, had a bullet pass completely through her skull before she collapsed before horrified constituents. Witnesses said the shooter squeezed off as many as 20 shots before the carnage ended.
"She is in critical condition," said Peter Rhee, emergency director of trauma and emergency care surgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, after neurosurgeons worked on the three-term representative.
"I'm optimistic about her recovery," Rhee said. "We cannot tell what kind of recovery, but I'm about as optimistic as you can get in this situation."
Hospital officials said five people were in critical condition, while another five remained in surgery hours after the gory attack.
Arizona Federal Court Judge John Roll and an unidentified aide to the Congresswoman were killed. Several other aides were apparently wounded as the gunman sprayed bullets across the L-shaped shopping center.
Laughner was tackled by one of the attendees at the "Congress at Your Corner" event.
"He's in custody," said a federal law enforcement official in Washington. "We don't have any motive right now."
In a press conference Saturday night, the Pima County sheriff's department said that a second person may have been involved. "We're not convinced that [Loughner] acted alone. There is some reason to believe he came to this location with another individual."
Giffords had promoted the scheduled public event on her Twitter account shortly before the gunfire started.
"My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now," she advised local voters. "Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind."
The President labeled the attack "an unspeakable tragedy," and offered his prayers for Giffords and her family.
"Gabby Giffords is a friend of mine," the President said, adding he would provide full federal cooperation to "get to the bottom of" the attack.
Obama made a personal call to her astronaut husband.
Giffords, a lifelong resident of Arizona, was targeted during her re-election campaign last year by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and opponents of health care reform.
Palin, in identifying 20 vulnerable Democrats, actually created a map illustrating the targets with a gun sight on each district.
The front door of Giffords' district office was also smashed last March, apparently over her support of health care.
Rep. Steve Israel, D-L.I., made the connection between the shootings and the nation's oft-ugly political divide.
"This is both a personal tragedy and a tragic reminder that we cannot remain silent when political rhetoric turns violent," Israel said.
Jared Loughner is believed to be the shooter who fired on Giffords.
Palin was among a plethora of politicians condemning the attack and sending condolences to the Giffords.
"My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona," she said.
Outside Giffords' office on Capitol Hill, staffers - including one in tears - walked silently into her office. A bouquet of yellow flowers was left by one distraught woman.
In the wake of the shooting, U.S. Capitol police issued a warning urging all members of Congress and their staffs "to take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security."
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords miraculously survived a point-blank gunshot to the head as a lone gunman killed six people Saturday during a routine voter meet-and-greet.
Giffords and another 19 people were caught in the fatal fusillade after the cold-blooded killer opened fire without warning outside a Tucson grocery store on a sunny weekend morning.
A 9-year-old girl was killed, while a federal judge and a Giffords staffer were also reported among the five dead in a shooting that shook the nation.
"This is more than a tragedy for those involved," said President Obama. "It is a tragedy for Arizona and a tragedy for our entire country."
The shooter - identified as Jared Laughner, 22 - marched up to Giffords around 10 a.m. local time as she spoke to a local couple, aimed his handgun and fired from just a few feet away.
Giffords, 40, had a bullet pass completely through her skull before she collapsed before horrified constituents. Witnesses said the shooter squeezed off as many as 20 shots before the carnage ended.
"She is in critical condition," said Peter Rhee, emergency director of trauma and emergency care surgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, after neurosurgeons worked on the three-term representative.
"I'm optimistic about her recovery," Rhee said. "We cannot tell what kind of recovery, but I'm about as optimistic as you can get in this situation."
Hospital officials said five people were in critical condition, while another five remained in surgery hours after the gory attack.
Arizona Federal Court Judge John Roll and an unidentified aide to the Congresswoman were killed. Several other aides were apparently wounded as the gunman sprayed bullets across the L-shaped shopping center.
Laughner was tackled by one of the attendees at the "Congress at Your Corner" event.
"He's in custody," said a federal law enforcement official in Washington. "We don't have any motive right now."
In a press conference Saturday night, the Pima County sheriff's department said that a second person may have been involved. "We're not convinced that [Loughner] acted alone. There is some reason to believe he came to this location with another individual."
Giffords had promoted the scheduled public event on her Twitter account shortly before the gunfire started.
"My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now," she advised local voters. "Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind."
The President labeled the attack "an unspeakable tragedy," and offered his prayers for Giffords and her family.
"Gabby Giffords is a friend of mine," the President said, adding he would provide full federal cooperation to "get to the bottom of" the attack.
Obama made a personal call to her astronaut husband.
Giffords, a lifelong resident of Arizona, was targeted during her re-election campaign last year by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and opponents of health care reform.
Palin, in identifying 20 vulnerable Democrats, actually created a map illustrating the targets with a gun sight on each district.
The front door of Giffords' district office was also smashed last March, apparently over her support of health care.
Rep. Steve Israel, D-L.I., made the connection between the shootings and the nation's oft-ugly political divide.
"This is both a personal tragedy and a tragic reminder that we cannot remain silent when political rhetoric turns violent," Israel said.
Jared Loughner is believed to be the shooter who fired on Giffords.
Palin was among a plethora of politicians condemning the attack and sending condolences to the Giffords.
"My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona," she said.
Outside Giffords' office on Capitol Hill, staffers - including one in tears - walked silently into her office. A bouquet of yellow flowers was left by one distraught woman.
In the wake of the shooting, U.S. Capitol police issued a warning urging all members of Congress and their staffs "to take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security."
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Ying Ko
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Date: January 09, 2016 10:55AM
Thanks for another timely report, Fox Old News
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Why post
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Date: January 09, 2016 10:58AM
Why did you post this? Is this a reverse troll? Stupid.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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target practice
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Date: January 09, 2016 11:04AM
Again? Well they say third time's a charm. She might not be so lucky next time.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Fox News
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Date: January 09, 2016 11:06AM
Ying Ko Wrote:
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> Thanks for another timely report, Fox Old News
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-01-08/5-years-after-tucson-shooting-gabby-giffords-is-in-action
Gabby Giffords Remains in the Public Eye
In five years since Tucson shooting, Giffords has done a lot, and not just gun control advocacy
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In the past five years, Gabby Giffords has hiked the Grand Canyon, gone skydiving, raced in a 40-mile bike ride and founded an advocacy group that helped persuade President Barack Obama to take executive action on gun control.
That's while recovering from a gunshot wound that nearly killed her, learning to speak again and rehabilitating.
Friday marks the anniversary of the 2011 shooting at a Tucson constituent event that left six dead and 13 injured, including the former U.S. congresswoman, the target of the attack.
Giffords was shot in the head. She has a language disorder known as aphasia and speaks in short phrases or words. The right side of her body is largely paralyzed.
The shooter, Jared Loughner, pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges and was sentenced to life without parole.
"It's been a long, hard haul, but I'm getting better," Giffords said in an email this week. "I wake up every day grateful that I have a second chance at life and a second chance at service."
Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, a political action committee that calls for stricter gun regulations.
The couple had their hearts set on 2013 legislation that would have required background checks on all gun sales. But the bill failed, and Kelly and Giffords searched for an alternative, deciding presidential executive action was the next best option.
Kelly said he encouraged Obama to act, and the staff at Americans for Responsible Solutions worked with the White House on the plans for a year.
The president's action was aimed at narrowing the loophole that exempts gun sales from background checks if the seller isn't a federally registered dealer. It implements guidance specifying that even those who sell just a few weapons at gun shows, flea markets or online can be deemed dealers and required to conduct checks on prospective buyers.
Critics say the plan won't make a significant dent in unregulated sales and that Obama should have let Congress handle the issue instead of taking action himself.
Kelly said Americans for Responsible Solutions will take up the cause during the upcoming election season by advocating for candidates who support tougher gun regulations.
At their Tucson home, Giffords is merry, smiling as she plays with her service dog, Nelson, who likes to eat napkins but can also fetch a tissue box at the sound of a sneeze.
Giffords and Kelly were home for the holidays, but they spend a large part of their time traveling for their political action committee. In between, Giffords goes on bike rides — she spent the first half of last year strenuously training for a race — and continues speech therapy about three times a week.
She likes to watch TV and most recently binge-watched the Netflix hit documentary series "Marking a Murderer."
"When I met her, she could say some words but certainly struggled," said therapist Fabi Hirsch. "So she has just made tremendous progress, and I attribute at lot of that to the fact that she works constantly on improving her communication skills."
Giffords has full cognitive ability, but communicating is an ongoing challenge.
At times, Kelly has to guess what she's trying to say with one word. Other times Giffords can form several sentences, but not without extensive practice.
When she's traveling, Giffords works with Hirsch online. She does speech exercises using her iPad in her spare time.
Giffords said one of her biggest feats was riding the 40-mile portion of the El Tour de Tucson race in late 2015. Giffords and Kelly trained for a large part of the year, even after she took a bad tumble and broke her femur last spring.
"At the end of the day, I'm optimistic about my recovery and that our country will become safer from gun violence," Giffords said.
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> Thanks for another timely report, Fox Old News
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-01-08/5-years-after-tucson-shooting-gabby-giffords-is-in-action
In five years since Tucson shooting, Giffords has done a lot, and not just gun control advocacy
-
In the past five years, Gabby Giffords has hiked the Grand Canyon, gone skydiving, raced in a 40-mile bike ride and founded an advocacy group that helped persuade President Barack Obama to take executive action on gun control.
That's while recovering from a gunshot wound that nearly killed her, learning to speak again and rehabilitating.
Friday marks the anniversary of the 2011 shooting at a Tucson constituent event that left six dead and 13 injured, including the former U.S. congresswoman, the target of the attack.
Giffords was shot in the head. She has a language disorder known as aphasia and speaks in short phrases or words. The right side of her body is largely paralyzed.
The shooter, Jared Loughner, pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges and was sentenced to life without parole.
"It's been a long, hard haul, but I'm getting better," Giffords said in an email this week. "I wake up every day grateful that I have a second chance at life and a second chance at service."
Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, a political action committee that calls for stricter gun regulations.
The couple had their hearts set on 2013 legislation that would have required background checks on all gun sales. But the bill failed, and Kelly and Giffords searched for an alternative, deciding presidential executive action was the next best option.
Kelly said he encouraged Obama to act, and the staff at Americans for Responsible Solutions worked with the White House on the plans for a year.
The president's action was aimed at narrowing the loophole that exempts gun sales from background checks if the seller isn't a federally registered dealer. It implements guidance specifying that even those who sell just a few weapons at gun shows, flea markets or online can be deemed dealers and required to conduct checks on prospective buyers.
Critics say the plan won't make a significant dent in unregulated sales and that Obama should have let Congress handle the issue instead of taking action himself.
Kelly said Americans for Responsible Solutions will take up the cause during the upcoming election season by advocating for candidates who support tougher gun regulations.
At their Tucson home, Giffords is merry, smiling as she plays with her service dog, Nelson, who likes to eat napkins but can also fetch a tissue box at the sound of a sneeze.
Giffords and Kelly were home for the holidays, but they spend a large part of their time traveling for their political action committee. In between, Giffords goes on bike rides — she spent the first half of last year strenuously training for a race — and continues speech therapy about three times a week.
She likes to watch TV and most recently binge-watched the Netflix hit documentary series "Marking a Murderer."
"When I met her, she could say some words but certainly struggled," said therapist Fabi Hirsch. "So she has just made tremendous progress, and I attribute at lot of that to the fact that she works constantly on improving her communication skills."
Giffords has full cognitive ability, but communicating is an ongoing challenge.
At times, Kelly has to guess what she's trying to say with one word. Other times Giffords can form several sentences, but not without extensive practice.
When she's traveling, Giffords works with Hirsch online. She does speech exercises using her iPad in her spare time.
Giffords said one of her biggest feats was riding the 40-mile portion of the El Tour de Tucson race in late 2015. Giffords and Kelly trained for a large part of the year, even after she took a bad tumble and broke her femur last spring.
"At the end of the day, I'm optimistic about my recovery and that our country will become safer from gun violence," Giffords said.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
Posted by:
Gunlover
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Date: January 09, 2016 02:06PM
What ever happened the due who shot her? Nothing?
Never Run Out of Ammo
Guns Don't Kill People. People Kill People
Them or You
The two most important days in your life are the day your were born and and the day you find out why
Never Run Out of Ammo
Guns Don't Kill People. People Kill People
Them or You
The two most important days in your life are the day your were born and and the day you find out why
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
Posted by:
TyWtw
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Date: January 09, 2016 03:01PM
She needs to learn how to duck.
She made a quick recovery because she was with Obozo on TV just the other night.
She made a quick recovery because she was with Obozo on TV just the other night.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Jared L.
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Date: January 09, 2016 08:38PM
Gunlover Wrote:
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> What ever happened the due who shot her? Nothing?
140 year sentence in US Penitentiary, Tuscon.
Scheduled to be pardoned by Obama on January 19, 2017.
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> What ever happened the due who shot her? Nothing?
140 year sentence in US Penitentiary, Tuscon.
Scheduled to be pardoned by Obama on January 19, 2017.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
Posted by:
Shoot Me
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Date: January 09, 2016 09:54PM
WTF? Isn't she still recovering from the first time? Does she have a "Shoot Me" sign on her back?
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Mike O'Meara Show Fan
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Date: January 09, 2016 10:02PM
It's funny in a sad way that the one Jared Lee Loughner failed to kill is the one we remember, and not the two who are actually dead.
And fuck her gun-law breaking straw-purchasing astronaut husband too.
And let us not forget that as a group of people were taking the shooter down, someone carrying legally made a split-second shoot-don't-shoot decision and didn't draw on the first of the people intervening to capture Loughner. He had to make that decision because for a fraction of a second he thought the guy was the shooter. Imagine the carnage if cops had been there.
And fuck her gun-law breaking straw-purchasing astronaut husband too.
And let us not forget that as a group of people were taking the shooter down, someone carrying legally made a split-second shoot-don't-shoot decision and didn't draw on the first of the people intervening to capture Loughner. He had to make that decision because for a fraction of a second he thought the guy was the shooter. Imagine the carnage if cops had been there.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Dang. . .
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Date: January 10, 2016 12:17AM
Must've had a hole in her head to take that job.
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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dumbass rightwingers
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Date: January 10, 2016 06:13PM
Mike O'Meara Show Fan Wrote:
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> It's funny in a sad way that the one Jared Lee
> Loughner failed to kill is the one we remember,
> and not the two who are actually dead.
>
> And fuck her gun-law breaking straw-purchasing
> astronaut husband too.
>
> And let us not forget that as a group of people
> were taking the shooter down, someone carrying
> legally made a split-second shoot-don't-shoot
> decision and didn't draw on the first of the
> people intervening to capture Loughner. He had to
> make that decision because for a fraction of a
> second he thought the guy was the shooter.
> Imagine the carnage if cops had been there.
you = gay
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> It's funny in a sad way that the one Jared Lee
> Loughner failed to kill is the one we remember,
> and not the two who are actually dead.
>
> And fuck her gun-law breaking straw-purchasing
> astronaut husband too.
>
> And let us not forget that as a group of people
> were taking the shooter down, someone carrying
> legally made a split-second shoot-don't-shoot
> decision and didn't draw on the first of the
> people intervening to capture Loughner. He had to
> make that decision because for a fraction of a
> second he thought the guy was the shooter.
> Imagine the carnage if cops had been there.
you = gay
Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
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Date: January 10, 2016 08:45PM
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Re: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition after being shot, 9-year-old and judge dead
Posted by:
Mike O'Meara Show Fan
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Date: January 10, 2016 09:37PM
dumbass rightwingers Wrote:
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> Mike O'Meara Show Fan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It's funny in a sad way that the one Jared Lee
> > Loughner failed to kill is the one we remember,
> > and not the two who are actually dead.
> >
> > And fuck her gun-law breaking straw-purchasing
> > astronaut husband too.
> >
> > And let us not forget that as a group of people
> > were taking the shooter down, someone carrying
> > legally made a split-second shoot-don't-shoot
> > decision and didn't draw on the first of the
> > people intervening to capture Loughner. He had
> to
> > make that decision because for a fraction of a
> > second he thought the guy was the shooter.
> > Imagine the carnage if cops had been there.
>
>
> you = gay
You = wishful thinking.
Find a friendly local bar and meet like-minded ass wranglers.
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> Mike O'Meara Show Fan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It's funny in a sad way that the one Jared Lee
> > Loughner failed to kill is the one we remember,
> > and not the two who are actually dead.
> >
> > And fuck her gun-law breaking straw-purchasing
> > astronaut husband too.
> >
> > And let us not forget that as a group of people
> > were taking the shooter down, someone carrying
> > legally made a split-second shoot-don't-shoot
> > decision and didn't draw on the first of the
> > people intervening to capture Loughner. He had
> to
> > make that decision because for a fraction of a
> > second he thought the guy was the shooter.
> > Imagine the carnage if cops had been there.
>
>
> you = gay
You = wishful thinking.
Find a friendly local bar and meet like-minded ass wranglers.