Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Arizona

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She seemed to be pretty much in the middle politically. That seems to bother some people.

Maybe she wasn't conservative enough. Maybe she wasn't liberal enough. Or maybe it's because she's Jewish.

Or maybe it's just a random lunatic shooting.

It doesn't matter. What happened simply is not right.

My guess is this kid already was troubled and perhaps bought into some of the rhetoric going on in this country and decided to make a name for himself. They're going to have to beef up security for public events like this from now on, which is a tragedy because less lawmakers will be brave enough to make public appearances without a secure venue.

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3:55 PM ET 2nd Person Arrested?

Tucson Citizen:

"Police arrest man near Thornydale and Magee Roads who is suspected of being connected to the shooting of Giffords and others. A third man is being sought."

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My guess is this kid already was troubled and perhaps bought into some of the rhetoric going on in this country and decided to make a name for himself. They're going to have to beef up security for public events like this from now on, which is a tragedy because less lawmakers will be brave enough to make public appearances without a secure venue.

Agreed.

And a nine year old child killed. Just not right.

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3:55 PM ET 2nd Person Arrested?

Tucson Citizen:

"Police arrest man near Thornydale and Magee Roads who is suspected of being connected to the shooting of Giffords and others. A third man is being sought."

Uh-oh.

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This has to win the award for the most retarded headline so far.

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We spoke to an eyewitness, Steven Rayle, who was on the scene at the time of the shooting and helped to hold the suspect down while waiting for police. Here's what he said:

The event was very informal: Giffords had set up a table outside the Safeway and about 20-30 people were gathered to talk to her. The gunman, who may have come from inside the Safeway, walked up and shot Giffords in the head first, "point blank". According to Rayle, who is a former ER doctor, Giffords was able to move her hands after being shot.

After shooting Giffords, the gunman opened fire indiscriminately for a few seconds, firing 20-30 rounds and hitting a number of people, including a kid no older than 10 years old. Rayle hid behind a concrete pole and pretended to be dead. When the gunman apparently ran out of ammunition he attempted to flee, but a member of Giffords' staff tackled him. Rayle helped hold the gunman down while waiting for the sheriff to arrive, about 15-to-20 minutes later. The EMS came about 30 minutes later. Rayle said he was "stunned" by how long it took medical help to arrive.

The gunman was young, mid-to-late 20s, white, clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing and said nothing during the shooting or while being held down, although he struggled at first. He was "not particularly well-dressed"; he didn't look like a businessman, but more of a "fringe character," Rayle said. The sheriff's department arrived, arrested the gunman and cordoned off the parking lot.

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What a brave man.

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Someone I know who has worked in the Press and has also worked in the state capital says he knows her very well - he's saying she was targeted, although I'm not sure why.

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Shooter name has been updated to Jared Lee Loughner. Not Laughner.

Here's a YouTube channel owned by somoene named Jared Lee Loughner. Watch the first video, he says he lives in District 8. Giffords represnted Arizona's 8th dist.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10

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He favorited this YouTube vid.

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Shooter name has been updated to Jared Lee Loughner. Not Laughner.

Here's a YouTube channel owned by somoene named Jared Lee Loughner. Watch the first video, he says he lives in District 8. Giffords represnted Arizona's 8th dist.

http://www.youtube.c...ser/Classitup10

He attended Mountain View High School (that's in Mesa).

From his blog site:

favorite books: Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of OZ, Aesop Fables, The Odyssey, Alice Adventures Into Wonderland, Fahrenheit 451, Peter Pan, To Kill A Mockingbird, We The Living, Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Pulp,Through The Looking Glass, The Communist Manifesto, Siddhartha, The Old Man And The Sea, Gulliver's Travels, Mein Kampf, The Republic, and Meno.

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He attended Mountain View High School (that's in Mesa).

From his blog site:

favorite books: Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of OZ, Aesop Fables, The Odyssey, Alice Adventures Into Wonderland, Fahrenheit 451, Peter Pan, To Kill A Mockingbird, We The Living, Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Pulp,Through The Looking Glass, The Communist Manifesto, Siddhartha, The Old Man And The Sea, Gulliver's Travels, Mein Kampf, The Republic, and Meno.

Sounds like a nutjob. Mein Kampf and Siddhartha???

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His comments to his favorite video are bizarre:

If there's no flag in the constitution then the flag in the film is unknown.

There's no flag in the constitution.

Therefore, the flag in the film is unknown.

I think he's wacked.

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His comments to his favorite video are bizarre:

I think he's wacked.

I read those comments to mean this country can survive without its flag. In other words, America can exist without its current form of government.

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His comments in one of his videos about how he's a sleepwalking terrorist who refuses to pay the debt of others and refuses to trust in God are interesting.