The now-infamous sinister smirk by Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner — in a photo taken by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department after the January 8 shooting rampage that left six people dead and 13 others wounded — reportedly hasn’t changed since he’s been in federal custody.During his time in federal stir, Loughner’s eyes…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced last night that the congresswoman’s condition has been updated from critical to serious following a procedure Saturday morning.According to an update from the University Medical Center, where Giffords is being treated, doctors performed a procedure that removed the breathing tube from the congresswoman and…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords following last weekend’s shooting rampage in Tucson announced today that the congresswoman is no longer on a ventilator.According to an update from the University Medical Center, where Giffords is being treated, doctors performed a procedure this morning that removed the breathing tube from the congresswoman…
Pima Community College released a video shot by Jared Loughner in the months before last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson. In the video, Loughner walks around the school’s campus and rambles on about many of the same bizarre conspiracy theories he wrote of in other bizarre Youtube videos he’s believed…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to be miraculous after being shot through the brain one week ago today, and doctors treating the congresswoman say her breathing tube could be removed as early as today.”We couldn’t have hoped for any better improvement than we are seeing now given the severity of her…
It seems I’ve introduced my dear colleague Ray Stern to the fascinating world of facts, statistics and sources, as he finally breaks down and uses a few in his latest pro-gun nut diatribe, “The Anti-Gun Culture…”In it, Ray returns once again to his us-versus-them, all-or-nothing theme, calling out those who want…
Safeway is weighing whether to hold Congress on Your Corner events in the future following Tucson’s tragic shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people. “The security of our customers and anyone who comes to our store is always very important to us,” says Safeway spokewoman Teena Massingill, at…
Just when we thought the tragic story of Jared Loughner couldn’t possibly get any more bizarre, it’s now being reported that he took photos of himself in a G-string while holding a gun the day before the incident.As we reported earlier, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released a timeline of…
Trent Humphries, one of the leaders of the Tucson Tea Party, tells New Times that comments he made to a British news outlet regarding the shooting rampage in Tucson were taken out of context.The Guardian quoted him saying that, “The real case is that she [Giffords] had no security whatsoever…
The one thing you find in the debate about gun control is that there really is a gun culture. And an anti-gun culture. The anti-gun culture probably is never going to agree with the gun culture, because the two cannot see eye to eye. The people on one side owns…
A timeline of Jared Loughner’s activities the morning he allegedly went on a shooting rampage at a Tucson grocery store show that he checked into a hotel hours before the shooting occurred — but it appears he never actually slept.According to the timeline, provided by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department,…
Reports that Tucson Tea Party leader Trent Humphries is laying some of the blame for the shooting rampage on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords seem outrageous.But they are out there, and they stem from comments Humphries made to the British newspaper The Guardian. He said that if Giffords felt so threatened by the dialed-up…
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…
