Arizona Rep. Giffords' shooter called very disturbed.
Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona congresswoman, shot in Tucson
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Democrat Gabrielle Giffords is in critical condition after a gunman opened fire at a meet-and-greet at a supermarket. Six are dead, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and at least 12 others are injured.
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Meanwhile, a federal source said a suspect was in custody and identified him as Jared L. Loughner, 22, a U.S. military veteran who served in Afghanistan. The gunman reportedly fired a pistol with an "extended magazine," the source said.
This is a horrible tragedy.
Didn't do him any good apparently.
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Originally Posted by
slapout9
Link to an article about what her former opponent did before the election.
I didn't even know Hamsters could write... :D
The Thread Topic is the Gifford shooting.
This is not a political discussion board. Let's keep it on topic, please.
I said shooting, that encompasses both murder and /or assassination.
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Originally Posted by
slapout9
Ken,I understand why you put that up but IMO it was an assassination not a murder so politics plays a part.
Not a problem with your link -- to which I responded with a feeble attempt at humor :rolleyes: -- but over the follow on post that displayed the graphic and asked who might be influenced by it. Your post introduced the political angle but it was in keeping with the thread; the other post IMO left the thread and asked a broad political question not particularly appropriate to this board.
As for politics playing a part, they may or may not and if they do the likelihood of particularly skewed variants of political beliefs would appear to be probable. Howsomeever, we can always make standing broad jumps at conclusions... ;) . Grand ol' American pastime...
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Including the fact that the victim was alarmed by the very poster that is displayed in the previous post along with all the violent rhetoric associated with it...
She apparently was or she mentioned that 'alarm' as a political tactic -- we cannot know. Her Father blames the "Tea Party" (LINK). While my assessment is that statement by him is rather a stretch, I certainly cannot know what is in his mind and I'm not about to second guess him...
Early days and not enough information to make much of an assessment IMO. Regardless, this is still not a political discussion board so only those political aspects directly appropriate to the topic at hand and based on fact rather than supposition or speculation should ideally be added to discussions.