Arizona Congresswoman Shot at Public Event

[ChunkyMonkey]

House of Representatives

Arizona Congresswoman Shot at Public Event
Published January 08, 2011

| FoxNews.com

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with three of her aides by a gunman Saturday morning outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Fox News has confirmed.
Twelve others were shot as well at Giffords' "Your Corner" event held at Safeway. The gunman is in custody.
Giffords was taken to a hospital but the condition of those shot was not immediately known, a senior congressional aide told Fox News.
The three staffers who were shot worked out of Giffords' Arizona office.
Giffords has held multiple "Your Corner" events over the past four years, the aide told Fox News, adding that she had held three previous events that this venue before.
Giffords was re-elected to her third term as representative of Arizona's 8th Congressional District. She is married to astronaut Mark Kelly.
Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report.


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Rest in peace

[esaabye]

Not good, never want to see this sort of thing.

[sniper7]

I was just getting ready to post this as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thetic...-giffords-shot

that link says the sheriff is saying she is still alive though.

either way, not good at all. hopefully she is alive and recovers, if not rest in peace.

she was married to an astronaut -- Mike Kelly

[sniper7]

some of the comments that caught my eye:

"One of the more outlandish was a statement she made during a radio interview last January in which she floated the idea that the public would bring down an out-of-control Congress with 'Second Amendment remedies."

"Get On Target for Victory in November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly—Conservative Republican for Congress. Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 10:00. Minimum Contribution of $50. Pima Pistol Club.

I'd say there is some explaining to do/liability...R.I.P"


"She was "targeted" on the sick www.sarahpac.com poster. Do the math."


looks to me like someone wanted to push a message. maybe it was a simple outlash among a troubled person, but it could be something deeper from a group telling elected officials people are tired of their bullshit.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Honestly..this whole thing sounds more and more like Mexican politic. Death threats to govt official... gun down public official and count on the backlash.

I hope the motivation is clearly investigated and the shooter is prosecuted to the full extend of the law. Prayers to the family.

[jim02]

The reports I see say she is still alive and in surgery at this point.
Suspect arrested. Im glad this dude was arrested an not killed so we can find out why.

[ldmaster]

Early twenties, or late teens? Automatic weapon? Sounds like a drug cartel hit.

But hold onto your guns folks, congress is going to defend themselves the only way they know how, by curtailing our rights.

All murder is tragedy, this is not more or less tragic than the young black street drug dealer gunned down by a rival, ALL murder is wrong - but this was a congresscritter - so you know it's going to get a lot more attention than the normal murder. Whenever an elite member of society dies, police departments soil themselves in getting the investigation done.

While I think it's appropriate for us gun owners to decry the crime and dwell on it, remember that she and other members of the crowd SHOULD have been able to stop this madman with their own firearms.

I can see several billion being allotted for congress to hire themselves a few thousand personal bodyguards.

It does seem like she violated a big rule of security, as, apparently, she had held this same type of meeting in that exact spot several times before.

Throughout the history of this land congress members have been murdered by someone who disagrees with them, but our country is in a unique situation at this moment with massive federal government programs to combat 'terrorism' - this will shift our paradigm greatly.

but speaking politically, while I may have despised her elitist stance on things, I'm an American and there are ways to protest someone's political record in the USA - this murderer clearly wasn't an American in any sense that I recognize.

[waxthis]

A cartel drug hit would not surprise me one bit, as something like this was going to happen sooner or later due to our BULLSHIT stance on border control. One thing that was clearlry apparent while watching the news this morning, was how many times the term "Semi Automatic weapon" was used. Once again, the Frickin media trying to pour more fuel on the fire...This will be interesting...Thoughts and prayers go out to her family..

[Irving]

I'm not sure what to think yet.

[Elhuero]

The reports I see say she is still alive and in surgery at this point.
Suspect arrested. Im glad this dude was arrested an not killed so we can find out why.

the next jim brady is born.