US Congresswoman Shot In Head

TeddyTedson

US Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot in the head during an event in Tucson, Arizona.


US media is reporting six other people have been killed in the shooting with others wounded.
The gunman was reportedly shot and is now in police custody.
The congresswoman was holding an event called "Congress on Your Corner" outside a supermarket and had earlier tweeted for her constituents to attend.
Eyewitness Andrea Gooden told Fox News: "I heard about 15 shots consecutively and quickly after that there were people racing across the parking lot to the nearby store.
"I was working across the street...there was an immediate response and within a minute the sheriff and firefighters were on the scene."
More to follow...

Just saw this here
Is it terrorism I wonder...
I imagine Jim Corr will have a field day with this.

amacachi

This isn't something I thought I'd ever say but at least they have the death penalty in Arizona.

Also: http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/sarahpac_0.jpg

NSNO

She's still alive and in a critical condition. Currently in emergency surgery.

Monty Burnz

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just saw this here
Is it terrorism I wonder...
I imagine Jim Corr will have a field day with this.

Probably a right wing nutter. This is the type of thing you get when the biggest 'news' station in the US continually portrays the left as unamerican traitors - some nutjob may have finally acted on it.

I presume they will reflect that in their coverage of this tragedy...(probably by blaming the treacherous democrat for the deaths of the other people by placing them in danger )

CreepingDeath

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Is it terrorism I wonder...

Anyone can get access to a gun over in the States, it's more likely to be a disgruntled native.
Sure I spent 3 months over there and completed an NRA course in basic pistol, which would've let me apply for "concealed carry" of a gun in Virginia/Washington DC, Ie. carry a gun on my person in daily life.

JupiterKid

Another tragic gun spree in the USA. Will they ever learn?:(

I know that a very contentious political issue in Arizona over the thast few years was the proposal to arrest and incarcerate illegal immigrants (mostly from Mexico). Maybe the shooting was linked to this? I wonder what Gifford's position was on immigration?

hotmail.com

US media jumped the gun a little, pardon the pun. She's still alive.

JONJO THE MISER

Just in http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/

http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/congresswoman-giffords-killed-along-with-six/

KnifeWRENCH

According to CNN, it was a law enforcement official who delcared she was dead but her press secretary disputed this and said that she's in surgery.

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Anyone can get access to a gun over in the States, it's more likely to be a disgruntled native.

From her Wiki page:

Giffords has discussed her gun ownership and support for gun rights [14] opposing the DC gun ban and signing an Amicus curiae brief with the US Supreme Court to support overturning it. [14][15] She has a D+ rating from the NRA[16] and a D- from the GOA.

Oh the irony. If it was a disgruntled native who easily obtained a gun that was responsible, I wonder if Ms. Giffords will still be as keen on guns if she survives this attack.

TeddyTedson

hotmail.com wrote: »

US media jumped the gun a little, pardon the pun. She's still alive.

yea that's quite bad of them to get it wrong.

nice name :pac:

Mister men

Oh the irony

JONJO THE MISER

Fox News now saying 12 were shot...... more to follow.

Nozebleed

Please tell me it was sarah palin

minidazzler

WTF, IIRC then she is only the second Congress Person to be killed while on the job, the first being murdered by The People's Temple back in like 1978 in Guyana!

This is gonna stir a bit of a hornets nest methinks.

RIP to those that were murdered.

shinny

She is still alive, undergoing surgery (Sky News)

Cionád

Nozebleed wrote: »

Please tell me it was sarah palin

Palin had her in her crosshairs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/sarah-palins-pac-puts-gun_n_511433.html

minidazzler

Nozebleed wrote: »

Please tell me it was sarah palin

Um, she's not a congresswoman.

JONJO THE MISER

Expect increased secruity around all politicians in the u.s from now on.
Fox says a lone gunman walked into a crowd and just shot people in the head, he is now in police custody........more to follow.

OctavarIan

Better source

dr.bollocko

Threads merged.
Apparently she is in surgery at the moment.

JONJO THE MISER

Fox reporting that she won a narrow victory over a tea party candidate, could it be connected?

JONJO THE MISER

Associated press say her aide has passed http://twitter.com/ap

Grassroots_FF

I bet the gunman watched Glen Beck regularily

Cionád

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Associated press say she has passed http://twitter.com/ap

Saying her aide has died, not her.

mikemac

Arizona introduced the controversial law on illegal immigrants

If the gunman was an illegal immigrant there will be some backlash

JONJO THE MISER

Breaking....Capitol Police in D.C advising all politicians to take precautions at home and at work.

shinny

Cionád wrote: »

Palin had her in her crosshairs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/sarah-palins-pac-puts-gun_n_511433.html

She just posted this on her facebook page:

"My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona.

On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray for the victims and their families, and for peace and justice.

- Sarah Palin"

What is happening in that country?

tricky D

He said that one of the staffers tackled the gunman and that he and others helped detain the suspect. The doctor described the gunman as a white male in his mid-20s with short hair and “dressed in a shabby manner.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?_r=1&hp

Immigrant angle seems a lot less likely

Mark200

Reports are that she was shot point blank in the head. If she does survive you'd have to wonder what type of life she'll be able to live...

And on the question of terrorism.... apparently the gunman was white, so I don't think they'll call it terrorism.

Grassroots_FF

tricky D wrote: »

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09giffords.html?_r=1&hp

Immigrant angle seems a lot less likely

Definitely some tea party redneck

mehfesto

This was an ad run by her opponents, allegedly:


(Doesn't seem to embed, for some reason)

mikemac

Mark200 wrote: »

And on the question of terrorism.... apparently the gunman was white, so I don't think they'll call it terrorism.

Why not?

Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist

feelingstressed

feelingstressed wrote: »

Why not?

Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist

The IRA are white too.

Nodin

Grassroots_FF wrote: »

Definitely some tea party redneck

Its usually best to start the wild guessing at "nut" and add details as they come in.

stevejr

Gunman's name is Jared Laughner. The ironing is delicious!

Superbus

stevejr wrote: »

Gunman's name is Jared Laughner. The ironing is delicious!

That doesn't mean anything.


Anyway, wow, that seems to be two gun-related removals of her hinted at by the opposition. She should have been under police protection really.

amacachi

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Oh the irony. If it was a disgruntled native who easily obtained a gun that was responsible, I wonder if Ms. Giffords will still be as keen on guns if she survives this attack.

Delicious isn't it? If someone who was in favour of the healthcare bill later died due to a mistake by a doctor who they otherwise wouldn't have seen that would be even better.

I'm probably doing Overheal's job here.

Grassroots_FF

stevejr wrote: »

Gunman's name is Jared Laughner. The ironing is delicious!

You can't spell slaughter without laughter

amacachi

Through and through, lucky to survive.

Could hear the groans among the press when the child's death was mentioned.

RosyLily

Apparently her office was vandalised when she voted in favour of Obama's health reform. And someone rang her and threatened her life not too long ago.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/08/gabrielle-giffords-shot-tucson-arizona

JONJO THE MISER

A child was also killed, fry the bastard nice and slow:mad:

JONJO THE MISER

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

A child was also killed, fry the bastard nice and slow:mad:

Seriously?

Earlier there had been reports she died as a result of her injuries but a doctor at University Medical Centre confirmed she was alive and was "very optimistic of recovery".
Surgery on the congresswoman has finished and she is in intensive care.
Police have confirmed six people have been killed. Federal Judge John Roll is among the dead along with one child.
There are reports an aide to Ms Gifford has also died.
A further 12 people have been injured.
President Obama confirmed "some" have died in the attack and Ms Giffords is "gravely wounded".
He has called the shooting an "unspeakable tragedy" and a "senseless and terrible act".
The gunman is now in police custody in Arizona and has been named by sources as Jared Laughner.

From Skynews

JupiterKid

Latest reports just come in on the news is that Congresswoman Giffords has come through emergency surgery and is expected to survive.

A small child was among the dead in the shooting spree.:(:mad:

It looks like Giffords had a lot of political enemies becaue of her very liberal views. I'd wager that she was an advocate of gun control.

I sincerely hope she makes a full recovery and if anything good comes out of this - I hope it fatally damages the future of Sarah Palin and the hateful tea party Republican nutcases.

Holybejaysus

Latest reports are that the gunman is a veteran of Afghanistan.

stevejr

Poor kid, only 9 ffs! Screwed up country! Maybe this will affect some change vis-a-vis gun control.

amacachi

stevejr wrote: »

Poor kid, only 9 ffs! Screwed up country!

Nothing like that would ever happen in Europe.

Mark200

feelingstressed wrote: »

Why not?

Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist

Well the point being that shootings happen all the time. I'm not saying that this man was a terrorist. I'm saying that if he was Asian with a copy of the Qur'an in his pocket at the time then I think there'd be no doubt that he'd be labelled as such.

Anyway that's all irrelevant. She's out of surgery now and the surgeon is optimistic.

stevejr

amacachi wrote: »

Nothing like that would ever happen in Europe.

Not saying it wouldn't but it's a lot more unlikely considering Europe's generally more restricted gun control.

amacachi

"Posted on the Youtoob."

Seems he was one of those crazy right-wingers, ffs.

tricky D

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