Crime & Police

It seems that even if Jared Loughner didn’t own a gun, his murderous plan to attack Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords would have been carried out anyway.The Pima County Sheriff’s Office says, in addition to the semi-automatic Glock handgun Loughner used to shoot 19 people, killing six, he also carried with him…

Moments ago, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the names of everyone who was wounded during Saturday’s tragedy outside of a Tucson grocery store.The department already had released the names of the six people killed in the attack, which includes federal Judge John Roll, 9-year-old Christina Green, 30-year-old Gabe Zimmerman, 76-year-old Dorothy…

My colleague Ray Stern has responded to my reply to his recent pro-gun editorial. In it, Ray wonders what I meant at one point in my rebuttal, which is entitled, “Mental Health Check for Gun Buys? Talk About a Straw Man…” This is what Ray had to say, My colleague and…

Doctors treating those injured during the tragedy in Tucson on Saturday announced this morning that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to make progress in her recovery and that one of the congresswoman’s staffers wounded in the attack has been released from the hospital. Ron Barber, Giffords’ district director, left the hospital…

Following several attempts to get more information about a Walmart employee who reportedly refused to sell Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner ammunition on the morning of Saturday’s deadly shooting rampage, the retail giant has finally dignified us with a response — and it’s worthless. As the story goes, Loughner bought ammunition…

Federal Judge John Roll will be buried today in Tucson after losing his life during Saturday’s shooting rampage.   Roll was one of six people killed in Saturday’s attack, which left 13 others injured — including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Roll was one of several people who joined Giffords in front of…

Image: www.planetware.com ​Two cops — a man and woman — stood at the door when the senior citizen opened it one afternoon in Middle Village, Queens. The female cop had her hand on the butt of her holstered handgun. “You registered a couple of rifles last year,” the female cop…

People across nation have been offering their prayers and well-wishes to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona representative who was shot in the head during an assassination attempt that turned into a shooting rampage that left six people dead.  But others who have remarkably survived being shot in the head offer…

Sarah Palin, as you may know, posted a video on Facebook yesterday, in which she defends herself against charges that she’s in someway responsible for the tragedy that occurred in Tucson over the weekend.Sarah Palin isn’t responsible for what happened in Tucson — mental illness is — so her defending…

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirms that bullets were found in a bag authorities believe Jared Loughner, the suspect in Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, was carrying in the hours before the attack.The PCSD says about 10 a.m. today, an 18-year-old man was walking his dog near the home of…

In the wake of the Tucson massacre, there have been, as you might expect, a number of folks who have suggested that maybe Arizona, and the nation, would benefit from stricter gun legislation. My recent commentary “Day of the Dead,” published in this week’s New Times, argues that reining in…

Since our previous post about Jared Loughner’s yearbook photos, we’ve come across several more dating as far back as 1995 — when Loughner was in kindergarten.The scanned images were provided by the Marana Unified School District and include each year Loughner was a student at the district except for 1996,…

  Under the 1994-2004 Assault Weapons Ban, high-capacity magazines like the one used by Tucson massacre shooter Jared Loughner could still be found in Valley gun stores. That’s because the ban allowed the sale of magazines that had been manufactured before the ban took effect.   A law proposed by New York…

The Pima County Sheriff’s Office now confirms that a black bag sought by authorities, which may have belonged to Jared Loughner — the suspect in Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson — has been recovered.The bag was found by a man walking his dog in the vicinity of Loughner’s parents’ home.The…

A Republican congressman’s idea to ban weapons within 1,000 feet of federal officials fell flat with House Speaker John Boehner. New York Congressman Peter King’s proposed law had been embraced by gun control advocates like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but Boehner doesn’t want to discuss it, the Hill reports…

When Arizona Senator Russell Pearce voted in favor of a law prohibiting protests and pickets near funeral services, he called it a “balance of rights,” according to Arizona Republic reporter Alia Rau.Where is that balance of rights when Pearce proposes other laws that impact the rights and freedoms of Arizona…

Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords updated the media on the congresswoman’s condition this morning and say she’s making tremendous progress, given the circumstances.Doctor Peter Rhee confirmed what President Barack Obama told the world last night: Giffords opened her eyes on her own as some of her colleagues and friends visited…

Daniel Hernandez: An awesome dude. ​While most interns spend their time filling Starbucks orders and finding ways to screw up making photocopies, Daniel Hernandez was busy applying pressure to the entry wound on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ forehead to keep her alive.   Hernandez, who had only been Giffords’ intern for…

The Wall Street Journal, among other large-scale news outlets, has reported that Jared Loughner, the suspect in Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, bought ammunition used in the massacre at a local Walmart hours before the shooting. That, as the story goes, was only after an employee at a different Walmart…

Forget background checks for a moment. Maybe, in reaction to Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson, a whole new take on the problem is needed when it comes to potentially dangerous, mentally ill people buying guns. Maybe a complete mental health evaluation should be conducted on people who want to buy…

Authorities investigating the shooting rampage in Tucson on Saturday are looking for a black bag at the center of an argument between suspect Jared Loughner and his father, Randy Loughner.In an update provided by Pima County Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Jason Ogan, the PCSO confirms that Loughner was stopped by an…