An eclectic collection of politically involved Arizona women have graduated from Scripps College, Gabrielle Giffords’ alma mater. Margaret Hance, Phoenix mayor from 1976-83 went there. Class of ’45. So did Ann Symington, ’74, wife of former (disgraced) Arizona Governor J. Fife Symington. And Christa Severns, a former congresional staffer (and…
Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, which left six people dead and 14 others injured — including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — is just the latest in at least 30 documented rampage shootings in American history.Listed below are 10 of the deadliest:…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said this morning that the congresswoman is now breathing on her own after a bullet, allegedly fired by 22-year-old Jared Loughner, went through her brain.Giffords remains in critical condition, and her breathing tube has not been removed, but doctors say she’s “holding her own” following…
Gun sales in Arizona are surging in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson. The Bloomberg news site is reporting that one-day gun sales in Arizona jumped 60 percent yesterday over the same day last year, and that Glocks like the one used by maniac Jared Loughner are in…
What motivated Tucson shooter Jared Loughner to gun down 20 people outside a Safeway, killing six people and critically injuring Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords?Nearly 60 percent of Americans do not believe that “heated political rhetoric” is to blame for the shooting rampage in Tucson that left six dead and critically wounded…
By now you’ve probably seen the chilling photo of Jared Loughner taken by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office after Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson. If not, look to the right (unless you ever want to sleep again).Loughner’s not the first maniac to look like, well, a maniac. Below is a…
As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remains hospitalized and in critical condition after taking a bullet through the brain during Saturday’s shooting spree in Tucson, it’s unclear who will fill her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives if she’s unable to finish her two-year term. Should the congresswoman not be able to…
What kinds of firearms-related bills will Arizona lawmakers be working on in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting of 20 people? Well, it’s still early in the new legislative session. But so far, Republicans are continuing their mission to loosen firearms restrictions, not tighten them. Here’s a look at four…
Speaker John Boehner issued the statement in the video below after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Boehner’s brief, unemotional comments were a far cry from his typical sob fest. The Speaker is perhaps best known for tearing up whenever he opens his mouth to talk about political victory,…
Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson has prompted another idea for gun-control legislation: Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York, says he plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit people from bringing guns within 1,000 feet of government officials. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an avid gun control advocate, immediately embraced the proposal, according to…
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A former classmate of Jared Loughner, the man accused of the maniacal murders of six people — and the senseless shooting of 14 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — tells New Times memories of Loughner “haunt me.”Caitie Parker, a former classmate of Loughner’s at Mountain View High School in Tucson…
In addition to protesting the funeral of the 9-year-old girl murdered during Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, the lunatics from the Westboro Baptist Church tell New Times they plan to protest the funeral of Federal Judge John Roll and picket the very corner at which the massacre took place.Shirley Phelps-Roper,…
What type of legal defense will Jared Loughner’s legal team mount? How do you defend a suspect who carries out a violent crime as publicly as the one Loughner allegedly carried out in Tucson?Sometimes getting a life sentence in a capital murder case is the best an attorney can do.These are…
Arizona’s gun laws are on national display following Saturday’s shooting, but whether they’re “weak” or “strong” depends on whom you ask. According to an article today in the Los Angeles Times, “Arizona has some of the weakest gun-control laws in the nation.” (Emphasis ours.) Put that way, it’s certainly true…
National Public Radio made the worst mistake imaginable in its coverage of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting on Saturday. In the mad stampede to report the latest developments from the tragedy, NPR was first to break word that the congresswoman had died from her injuries about an hour after the shooting. Crediting sources from…
Events across the nation were postponed in the wake of the Tucson shooting massacre that claimed the lives of six people and injured 14 others others, including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The nation paused as it mourned the senseless killings, recognizing it certainly wasn’t the time for politics as usual. Even…
The Saturday shooting rampage in Tucson that felled Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others, six of whom died, wasn’t the first such mass-killing spree in Arizona.Listed below are other Arizona mass shootings, dating back to a 1966 massacre inside a Mesa beauty school…
Their comments relate that the 22-year-old was a “weirdo” and “outcast,” and they paint a picture of what high school life was like for him. Tyler Zuern, who claims he knew Loughner while they both attended Mountain View High School in Tucson, left comments on his Facebook wall on Saturday…
According to the National Rifle Association’s list of grades and endorsements for Arizona’s Congressional delegation, Gabrielle Giffords earned a ‘C’ for her stance on gun rights. The list, reserved for NRA members only, was obtained today by New Times from an NRA representative. For each election, the NRA’s Political Victory Fund…
Click on the icons above to reveal more infomation about Loughner’s home, schools and key locations in the case. And click here to view the city and places in a larger map. Twenty-two-year-old Jared Loughner grew up in Tucson. He went (and dropped out of) high school there, and attended…
Large-capacity magazines for firearms are becoming a focus for gun-control advocates following Saturday’s shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others. The magazine — also known as the “clip” — of a firearm is a spring-action stick of ammo that allows multiple rounds to be fired quickly from semi-automatic guns. (With…
