TUCSON, Arizona– Representative Gabrielle Giffords was fatally shot during a public appearance on Saturday, National Public Radio said. A gunman ran up to Giffords, 40, a Democrat, and opened fire. The suspect was taken into custody. Media reports said about a dozen other people also were shot.
This is tragic, my thoughts goes out to her family and friends. Though I must say this even if it's too early to say but FOX News must tone down their hosts and stop inciting groups like the Tea Party . . . this is the result.
Mr. UnChosen, as of this time 02:51 Eastern Standard Time it is being reported that she is still alive fighting for her life.
I am not sure if the shooter is a nut job tea bagger, right wing extremist, an illegal, a mexican drug lord or a wacko liberal. Eventho she was a democrat, I think she was not with Obama and his party in regards to border control, immigration and other issues, so it could've been a bumper sticker worshipping, tree hugging wacko liberal too, who knows. Sad, she was a young politician, they gunned her down. Now the media is reporting that she is shot on the head critically and her aide is killed
She is a blue dog conservative democrat who was hard on the immigration issue to control the border. I hope the shooter was not an illegal immigrant (mexican hit man). His identity is being kept quiet. We cannot speculate at this time the media is telling us.
I agree, it is too early to speculate, but the congresswoman was on the "cross-hairs" or SaraPAC. http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/palin-crosshairs.jpg
Um, A MILLION DOLLARS says the shooter is a regular viewer of Fox News. But this is typical, I expect the conservatives/tea baggers to run away from responsibility for this senseless slaughter after fomenting hatred and violence in the U.S. the last two years. If you keep telling lies about Libs and the President long enough, how long did you think it would be before people started acting on that bullshit??:smt018 What the hell do people think '2nd amendment remedies' means anyway?? Sharon Angle, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and thier ilk should be rounded up as co-conspirators IMO. Another lie, Obama is in FAVOR of comprehensive immigration reform. You guys just don't get it. When you demonize a political opponent and their party, instead of criticizing their policies, you end up with people D-E-A-D.
She defeated a Tea Party candidate for Congress. Stop acting like she wasn't a DEMOCRAT, or that her party affiliation wasn't the main factor in why was shot. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head because she wasn't a member of the GOP/Tea Party. EDIT: The Huffington Post already said the shooter was a clean cut White male.
She is currently in surgery. She's alive," University Medical Center spokeswoman Darci Slaten told Reuters. "She was shot in the head," Slaten later told CNN. Slaten added that nine others were being treated at the hospital, all of them in critical or serious condition. One of the wounded was a child.
It's shame this happened, for whatever reason. Though, I definately shake my head at the thought that this could be over politics. I guess people hate it when you disagree with them or have power that they don't. A sad event indeed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congresswoman_shot aide dies this shit is crazy tho....who the hells shoots congressmen? on another note, this is why automatics are banned mothafucka shot up the whole joint