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Loughner Parents: We Don't
Know Why This Happened

Jan 11, 2011 5:07 PM CST

Loughner Parents: We Don't Know Why This Happened

Parents release first statement, express condolences for victims

(Newser) - The parents of Jared Lee Loughner have released their first statement, and they sound as perplexed as the rest of us. "We don't understand why this happened," says the statement, via AP . "It may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous...

Don't Blame Politics, Blame Easy Access to Handguns

richard cohen

Jan 11, 2011 1:55 PM CST

Don't Blame Politics, Blame Easy Access to Handguns

Richard Cohen: We can't get rid of the Second Amendment, but we can fix it

(Newser) - Everyone's casting about for blame in the Arizona shooting, but Richard Cohen thinks this one's easy: It's not Sarah Palin or other right-wing commentators at fault, but the "American gun culture." In what universe does it make sense to allow a clearly unbalanced young man to buy a...

Brooks Blasts Media;
Sullivan Thinks He's Pious

david brooks, Andrew sullivan

Jan 11, 2011 1:30 PM CST

Brooks Blasts Media; Sullivan Thinks He's Pious

They disagree on whether it's right to consider political motive for Loughner

(Newser) - Jared Lee Loughner fits the profile of a schizophrenic rampage-killer who "was locked in a world far removed from politics as we normally understand it," writes David Brooks in the New York Times . And yet the media quickly pounced on a political motive for the Arizona shooting, blaming...

To Buy a Gun, You Should
Need a Doctor's Note

OPINION

Jan 11, 2011 11:34 AM CST

To Buy a Gun, You Should Need a Doctor's Note

Why won't anyone talk about gun control?

(Newser) - We require a doctor’s note to buy certain medications—why not to buy guns? In the wake of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, pundits have talked unendingly about what role violent political rhetoric might have played in the shooting. But the real issue is a "dead debate, lost long...

Insanity Defense Will Be
Tough for Loughner

Jan 11, 2011 7:54 AM CST

Insanity Defense Will Be Tough for Loughner

Lawyer will be lucky if he avoids death penalty

(Newser) - Once upon a time, it would have been easy for Jared Lee Loughner’s lawyers to mount an insanity defense—after all, the guy sure seems nuts . But these days, that's easier said than done, legal experts tell the AP . Congress made it drastically harder to mount an insanity defense...

Fox News Prez Orders
Staff: Tone It Down

Jan 11, 2011 7:03 AM CST

Fox News Prez Orders Staff: Tone It Down

But he says claims that political attacks triggered shootings is 'bull----'

(Newser) - Fox News President Roger Ailes has warned his staff to tone down right-wing rhetoric as America debates whether political vitriol played a role in the violent attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. "I told all of our guys, 'Shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually. You don’t...

Giffords Boasted of
Her Prowess With a Glock

Jan 11, 2011 3:05 AM CST

Giffords Boasted of Her Prowess With a Glock

Startling comment highlights Arizona passion for weapons

(Newser) - Assassination target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords boasted in an interview last year: "I have a Glock 9 millimeter and I'm a pretty good shot." The startling comment coming from a woman who would soon be a shooting victim of the same gun model reveals perhaps the one thing she...

Limbaugh, Beck: Don't
Blame Us for Jared Loughner

Jan 10, 2011 6:57 PM CST

Limbaugh, Beck: Don't Blame Us for Jared Loughner

Limbaugh calls it 'embarrassing day for media'

(Newser) - There's been a lot of shouting today about the role of inflammatory rhetoric in the Tucson shootings, but Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are having none of it. Beck took aim at Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who, in the wake of the shootings, called Arizona a "mecca for...

Loughner Ordered
Held Without Bail

UPDATED

Jan 10, 2011 5:49 PM CST

Loughner Ordered Held Without Bail

Entire Arizona bench recuses itself

(Newser) - Jared Loughner got his first appearance in court today, sporting what the Arizona Republic calls a shaved head, "a smirk on his lips and a red strawberry bruise." The US magistrate appointed Judy Clarke—whose clients have included Timothy McVeigh and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski—his defense attorney. Highlights...

Jared Loughner
Appears in Court

Jan 10, 2011 3:41 PM CST

Jared Loughner Appears in Court

Suspect has been assigned Timothy McVeigh's lawyer

(Newser) - The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting is being held without bail and has been assigned a lawyer who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy McVeigh. Jared Loughner entered the courtroom today handcuffed and wearing a tan inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his...

Loughner Failed Drug Test
in Attempt to Join Army

Jan 10, 2011 2:50 PM CST

Loughner Failed Drug Test in Attempt to Join Army

He attempted to enlist in December 2008

(Newser) - More background on Gabrielle Giffords' would-be assassin: Jared Lee Loughner was rejected from the US Army in 2008 because he failed a drug test, says a military official. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he wasn't sure what drug Loughner tested positive for. The Army has...

Westboro Baptist Will Picket Arizona Victims' Funerals

Jan 10, 2011 2:02 PM CST

Westboro Baptist Will Picket Arizona Victims' Funerals

Fred Phelps has another disturbing video message

(Newser) - Well, you had to see this coming, but that doesn’t make it any less disturbing: The Westboro Baptist Church will picket at the funerals of Saturday’s Tucson shooting victims. In a video posted on the church’s official website, Fred Phelps thanks God for “the violent shooter,...

The Wild West Had Gun Laws, and So Should We

OPINION

Jan 10, 2011 1:33 PM CST

The Wild West Had Gun Laws, and So Should We

It's time for 'commonsense restrictions'

(Newser) - Following Saturday’s tragic shootings, the Pima County sheriff referred to Arizona as “the Tombstone of the United States,” a clear reference to the silver-mining town that played host to the OK Corral shootout some 130 years ago. "The irony of (his) remark," writes Katherine Benton-Cohen...

Giffords Stable, Husband Says 'Little We Can Do but Pray'

Jan 10, 2011 1:05 PM CST

Giffords Stable, Husband Says 'Little We Can Do but Pray'

Husband thanks nation for 'outpouring of support'

(Newser) - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in stable—though still critical—condition ahead of her alleged attacker’s court appearance today at 2pm in Phoenix, CNN reports. Giffords is "functioning at a high level," though "we’re not out of the woods yet," said a doctor. "At...

Let's Blame the Crazy Man,
Not Conservatives

OPINION: Counterpoint

Jan 10, 2011 12:11 PM CST

Let's Blame the Crazy Man, Not Conservatives

Inflammatory rhetoric mostly harmless, says Jack Shafer

(Newser) - The people blaming conservatives for the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords are "political vultures," practicing “the sick art of turning insanity into politics,” writes Victor Davis Hanson of the National Review . Jared Lee Loughner appears to be more “of an unhinged killer like Ted Kacyznski”; he...

Unabomber Lawyer
Set to Defend Loughner

Jan 10, 2011 10:45 AM CST

Unabomber Lawyer Set to Defend Loughner

Suspect silent, uncooperative, say police

(Newser) - The lawyer who defended the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh is poised to defend Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman in the Tucson shooting. The Phoenix Federal Public Defender’s office has suggested San Diego attorney Judy Clarke handle the case; she’ll join Loughner in court today and request to...

Clinton: 'We Have
Extremists in My Country'

Jan 10, 2011 10:15 AM CST

Clinton: 'We Have Extremists in My Country'

Hillary makes reference to Jared Lee Loughner on UAE talk show

(Newser) - No euphemisms for Hillary Clinton. While speaking on a United Arab Emirates talk show today, the secretary of state compared the Tucson shooter to a ideologically driven terrorist, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Look, we have extremists in my country,” she said. “A wonderful, incredibly brave young...

61-Year-Old Woman Stopped
Gunman From Reloading

tragedy in arizona

Jan 10, 2011 7:52 AM CST

61-Year-Old Woman Stopped Gunman From Reloading

Patricia Maisch pulled ammo away from Loughner

(Newser) - Talk about a brave 61-year-old: Patricia Maisch is being called a hero after wrenching away the Tucson shooter’s ammunition, preventing him from reloading as she helped press him to the ground, ABC News reports. Maisch was in line to meet Rep. Gabrielle Giffords when the shooting began. She threw...

Jared Loughner Has Skull,
Creepy Shrine in Backyard

Jan 10, 2011 7:33 AM CST

Jared Loughner Has Skull, Creepy Shrine in Backyard

A pot, filled with shriveled oranges, houses a skull replica

(Newser) - As though Jared Lee Loughner didn’t already seem crazy enough, a strange shrine complete with a replica of a human skull has been found in his backyard. Inside a camouflage tent, Loughner has a small altar, atop which sits a pot filled with shriveled oranges, the skull replica, a...

'Crosshairs' on Giffords District
Not Gun Sights: Palin Aide

Jan 10, 2011 5:50 AM CST

'Crosshairs' on Giffords District Not Gun Sights: Palin Aide

She calls them 'surveyor' marks, though Palin urged backers to 'reload'

(Newser) - The "crosshairs" on a Sarah Palin map of the district represented by shot Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords are not gun sights, according to an aide. The "Take Back the 20" campaign launched by Palin's PAC and posted on her Facebook page (taken down since the shooting) presented crosshairs...