US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot (other persons killed or injured)

Nodin · 08-01-2011 07:50PM #1

Just noticed this....

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday.
The Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.
At least nine other people, including members of her staff, were hurt. Giffords was transported to University Medical Center in Tucson. Her condition was not immediately known.
Giffords was talking to a couple when the suspect ran up firing indiscriminately and then ran off, Michaels said.
The suspect was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody. He was not injured

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona

Einhard · 08-01-2011 07:59PM

That's absolutely shocking. If the attacker has anything to do with the Tea Party or fringe conservative movements, then the fears expressed by many about the potential consequences of the stoking of animosity and hate by right wing Republicans will have been confirmed. I hope she recovers and nobody else is seriously injured.

hotmail.com · 08-01-2011 08:02PM

On Sky News now. She was shot at point blank range while speaking at a public meeting. Her condition isn't known.

white1awake · 08-01-2011 08:05PM

What a disgusting comment 'einhard'.
What is your position going to be if it is a rabid leftist moonbat, or better yet, an illegal alien?

I pray Giffords survives this terrible attack no matter who did it.

the_barfly1 · 08-01-2011 08:08PM

www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona
According to this link she has died. RIP if true.

hotmail.com · 08-01-2011 08:10PM

Sky News is reporting that she has died.

Pygmalion · 08-01-2011 08:13PM

Interestingly enough, was just linked to this after the news came out, 4th name on the list.

hotmail.com · 08-01-2011 08:14PM

6 others killed according to reports.

Eliot Rosewater · 08-01-2011 08:16PM

This is such an absolute shame. Violence in politics is disgusting.

hotmail.com · 08-01-2011 08:18PM

Accessibility to guns in the US is a terrible problem.

Manach · 08-01-2011 08:19PM

I'd express sympathies to her family, and a hope the police have caught the assassin.

the_barfly1 · 08-01-2011 08:20PM

Pygmalion wrote: »

4th name on this list, I'm wondering how well this would go down if it was some random nut distributing this flyer.

Thats really disturbing

InTheTrees · 08-01-2011 08:21PM

God help anyone on palin's "target" list huh?

Maybe the "tea" party will realise that this is the future if they continue appealing to the lowest common denominator.

I hope fcuking palins happy.

RichieC · 08-01-2011 08:21PM

"her office was smashed up and surrounded by Tea Party members following her vote on health care"

hmm.

Nodin · 08-01-2011 08:25PM

According to CNN, the poor woman is dead.

hotmail.com · 08-01-2011 08:27PM

Gabrielle Giffords is the Congresswoman, a Democrat.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0108/giffordg.html

c_man · 08-01-2011 08:28PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

God help anyone on palin's "target" list huh?

Maybe the "tea" party will realise that this is the future if they continue appealing to the lowest common denominator.

I hope fcuking palins happy.

Parties here, there and everywhere use terms like 'target' and other militaristic/shooting terms.

Seems like a lot of people are creaming themselves at the thought that this may stem from Tea Party stuff. Pretty disgusting imo. We don't know anything yet bar that the poor woman is dead.

amacachi · 08-01-2011 08:29PM

Disgraceful stuff. At least they have the death penalty in Arizona, not something I imagined myself saying any time soon.

bmaxi · 08-01-2011 08:29PM

Pygmalion wrote: »

4th name on this list, I'm wondering how well this would go down if it was some random nut distributing this flyer.

Well it's not some random nut.

later12 · 08-01-2011 08:30PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Accessibility to guns in the US is a terrible problem.

I slept with an over and under in the wardrobe in my bedroom when I was a kid, up until the age of about, twelve. Guns have traditionally been very easy to gain access to in Ireland, and in many cases still are. The process for getting a gun in Ireland is ridiculous. You buy the gun all the accessories, and then you get your licence later.

hotmail.com · 08-01-2011 08:32PM

Mod feel to change title to reflect the fresh news and merge with thread on US politics.

Eliot Rosewater · 08-01-2011 08:36PM

Manach wrote: »

I'd express sympathies to her family, and a hope the police have caught the assassin.

According to RTE they have. Arizona have the death penalty, which was used last October apparently.

RichieC · 08-01-2011 08:41PM

"I think it's time we take a long look at the inflammatory crap coming out of the radio and the TV"

Tuscon Sheriff

steelcityblues · 08-01-2011 08:43PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Accessibility to guns in the US is a terrible problem.

The congresswoman was pro gun-rights, so how do you explain that?

white1awake · 08-01-2011 08:44PM

The Hill reports that Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-D) is proposing a bill that would cut Congressional pay and funding by 5%;

The pay cut would save taxpayers about $4.7 million by freezing the base pay of House and Senate lawmakers at $174,000. Majority and minority leaders each make $193,400 per year, and newly elected Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is to receive an annual salary of $223,500.
Members of Congress automatically receive a cost-of-living pay adjustment each year unless they vote against it. President Obama signed a bill in May halting Congress’s automatic cost-of-living increase for 2011 after it easily passed both the House and Senate.

On Fox News, Giffords said her bill would also cut members’ budgets by 5%, too.

Maybe someone didn't want their wages cut?

RIP Gabrielle

MagicMarker · 08-01-2011 08:46PM

BBC News are saying she's still in surgery.

Pygmalion · 08-01-2011 08:47PM

steelcityblues wrote: »

The congresswoman was pro gun-rights, so how do you explain that?

That's kind of irrelevant to the issue, saying that she was in favour of it doesn't imply it wasn't the problem, maybe she was wrong?

That said, I think dragging this thread into a gun rights debate would be a bad thing.
Personally I'm not 100% sure of my stance on the issue, and this isn't the thread for it.

amacachi · 08-01-2011 08:47PM

Still alive according to Fox now.

the_barfly1 · 08-01-2011 08:48PM

Sky news ticker is now saying the woman is in surgery in hospital...

kaiser sauze · 08-01-2011 08:48PM

Fox 'News' are reporting her alive and in critical condition.

IngazZagni · 08-01-2011 08:48PM

Fox News now reporting that she is still alive but in a critical condition...

US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot (other persons killed or injured)

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