Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down

tkprit writes "What a shame that a Congresswoman makes herself available to her constituents and she and six of her staff were gunned down for the effort. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot, along with members of her staff, for trying to hear the concerns of the people she represents." CNN reports that at least 12 people were shot by the gunman. According to NPR, "The suspect ran off and was tackled by a bystander. He was taken into custody. Witnesses described him as in his late teens or early 20s." Update: 01/08 20:07 GMT by S : Other sources are reporting she's still in surgery, and early reports have been amended to list Congresswoman Giffords in critical condition.

Comments

Ban guns

[devxo]

Their only reason is to kill people. Just ban guns already.

Re:Ban guns

[navyjeff]

It's insane just to think that you actually need a car at home. After all, there are no roads inside your house.

Re:Ban guns

[hairyfeet]

I agree. And for the "ban guns" advocates out there? I hate to break the news to ya but criminals don't follow laws which is why they are called criminals and not boy scouts. I can buy the finest crank, coke, smack, hell 16 year old girls, thanks to the giant leaking border that is less than a day from where I live. You think it would be ANY TROUBLE to add guns to that list?

ALL YOU DO with your stupid "lets ban guns!" crap is take them away from the people and give them to the criminals because if I'm looking to rape, rob, and kill I don't really think I'm gonna give a shit if you tack on a weapons possession charge. Where I live you see thieves break into businesses but not many home invasions. In fact it is almost unheard of, why? Because you might get your balls blown off by the owner of the home, that's why. Take away guns and the dealers will just have a nice selection to go along with the smack and coke, and it will be open season on anybody else. You've tried the "lets ban!" bullshit for about a century with dope, hows that working out?

Re:Ban guns

[joshki]

I find that when someone starts calling inanimate objects things like "specially designed murder weapons", it tells me more about their mental state than they might have wished.

My guns don't "murder" anybody. Never have, never will. They might get used to protect my family's lives someday though.

Criminals might use guns to murder people. Guess what -- they might use a knife or a bomb to do the same thing. Or maybe a baseball bat. UK banned guns, now they have knife crime. When they get knives completely banned they'll have baseball bat crime. Criminals don't follow the law. Law-abiding people are your last defense against them.

Regardless, you can't put the genie back in the bottle. There are more firearms in the US than there are people. We own them for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which is because our Founding Fathers wrote our right to do so into our Constitution to ensure no one ever took it away from us.

looks like this was called for

[nitehawk214]

Republicans are sore losers.

Shame it wasn't George W. Bush

[Anonymous Coward]

There are a few politicians whom should be killed. When a few have played a large part in bankrupting a nation of 300 million, death is a small price. It is unfortunate they can not be killed many times.

She's not dead

[gavron]

1. She's not dead.
2. It's definitely wrong that she was shot.
3. She voted for the healthcare bill despite knowing that 67% of her constituents opposed it. She's no "representative." Just a political whackjob.
Condolences for those who died. May justice be served.
E

Dead or alive. Doesn't matter.

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Reports are that she got shot in the head.

Even if she were in critical condition but still alive, if she makes it, she's probably going to have long term brain damage that will keep her from working at McDonalds much less working in the House(No, now is not the time for jokes about brain damaged people in Congress).

This is purely political terrorism egged on by a political party that doesn't seem to have a human heart, in particular, Sarah Palin.

When people say, "There's no difference in the parties." no, there is. And this is it. The Weather Underground put down their weapons in the 70's and 80's. Yet the Birchers still go on. God bless America. God damn America.

Re:Dude.

[commodore64_love]

Is this the comment you wanted me to see?

"Congresswoman Giffords was known for her desire to crack down on illegal aliens and secure the southern border, putting her at odds with Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress." I doubt anybody affiliated with Obama would do this, but can easily imagine ACORN or similar organization doing it. The other possibility is that it's just a nut, like the guy who flew his plane into the IRS building.

We'll just have to wait and see. Of course the Dems/MSNBC are already blaming people like me (tea partier) and I didn't have anything to do with it. BTW it was a citizen with a gun that killed the nutjob and restored peace. That's precisely what guns are for: To protect yourself, your family, and your neighbors from nutters.

This is why we have a Second Amendment.

[couchslug]

Her staff should have been armed and ready to respond. Do you anti-gunners out there think LEGISLATION is going to protect you from POLITICAL attacks?

A motivated attacker can fashion weapons from raw steel if he's motivated. (Can you say Sten gun? Probably not, but anyone with a basic lathe and hand tools can make them all day.) If politics in the US turns into a streetfight, there aren't enough cops to issue everyone a bodyguard.

Laws only restrain the lawful. Arm up and mobb deep.

Re:sad

[stonewallred]

Eh, a scumbag politician got shot, might be dead. So hurry up and let us know when she is dead, so we can breach the keg and get to partying. Ron Paul is the only politician in the US government who I do not believe needs to be taken out front and hung with piano wire. Evey other one of the scumbag fucktards needs to be executed for crimes against the US and failing to follow the US Constitution.

Re:Very spot-on (and unexpected) insight from a "L

[DigiShaman]

Ok, and? Were you trying to make a point or something? Because if you are, no way in hell should we suppress the freedom of speech just because some mentally ill wackjob decides to go to war with civilians.

gun control

[Tom]

She was actually against gun control and for anyone being allowed to carry guns. I wonder if that will change now.

I wonder what the gun-nuts say who always claim that guns make you safer because the criminal will be gunned down by the honest citizen. Didn't happen in this case, did it?