It’s about home protection. If you are a single mom or dad and can’t afford a shotgun, we’ll give one to you.Tucson resident Shaun McClusky • Discussing his work with the Armed Citizen Project, a program whose goal is to hand out guns to people in working-class neighborhoods in cities around the country, including Tucson, which had a major shooting just two years ago. (Yes, they do background checks before handing them out.) The approach, understandably, has drawn controversy, along with a response from a local activist in Tucson, who launched a competing endeavor called the School Supply Giveaway campaign.
Gabby goes home: Over a year and a half after the shooting that nearly took her life (and nearly a week after the man who shot her, Jared Loughner, pleaded guilty), Gabrielle Giffords is heading back to Tucson. We wish her luck as she moves on with her life. (ht Andrew Hart)
We don’t speak for all of the victims or their families, but Gabby and I are satisfied with this plea agreement….Avoiding a trial will allow us — and we hope the whole Southern Arizona community — to continue with our recovery and move forward with our lives.Astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords • Confirming that his family supports the plea deal between Jared Lee Loughner and prosecutors that will reportedly see the alleged spend life in prison, but avoid any chance of receiving the death penalty. Loughner was declared mentally fit to stand trial in a hearing on Tuesday, after which he pleaded guilty. source (via • follow)
According to police, they got a call from a man saying he was going to commit suicide. Police have shut down Benson Highway in both directions in the area and are working to peaceful end the situation.
The SWAT team is on scene.
A developing situation in Arizona…we hope everyone is able to stay safe, and the man who made the call is able to get the help that he needs. (edit: thanks to bobbycaputo for pointing out our accidental state-swap)
(Source: twitter.com)
Gabrielle Giffords’ resignation letter, in Scribd format. (thanks Matt)
I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona I will step down this week.
I’m getting better. Every day, my spirit is high.
I will return and we will work together for Arizona and this great country.
Thank you,
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
Tough decision, to be sure. Here’s the video statement.
He said he and his wife had gone to Giffords’ town-hall meeting outside the grocery store in Tucson on Jan. 8, 2011, to complain to his congresswoman, who he says kept voting for liberal causes.
But before he had a chance to vent his anger, a gunman began shooting people in the crowd. Morris’ wife, Dorothy, 76, was killed in the rampage, and he was hit in the legs and back. Giffords was shot in the head.
In the days following the shooting, Morris, a self-described “ultraconservative,” even refused an invitation to have President Barack Obama visit him in his hospital room, the Arizona Republic reported.
“I will not kowtow to anyone,” he told the newspaper. “People would not believe that I would refuse the president.”
Sometimes, y’know, things transcend politics. Unfortunately, George Morris, who has a right to be angry about something, appears to have missed that point.
EDIT: Some of things Morris says in the full story — just unbelievable. “I think she ought to be thrown out of Congress posthaste. I do not think she is worthy of serving.” … ”I’d like to debate our dear captain astronaut (and ask) why he didn’t have security. My wife would still be alive.”
Speaking of Gabby Giffords, here’s how she spent her day: While the Congresswoman certainly didn’t have an easy time of it, she led the Pledge of Allegiance at a candlelight vigil today honoring the victims of last year’s Tucson shooting, where she nearly died. According to those at the memorial events today, the community finds strength in her recovery. “It’s given everybody a lift to see how she progressed,” said preschool aide Cheryl Lillie, 57. (Photo by Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times)
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So there was a gunman on a Tucson Air Force base, but no shots were fired. No word on his whereabouts. UPDATE: Now officials say he’s holed up in a building on the base. (via @BreakingNews)
» Update: Reports now suggest that there are unconfirmed reports of a gunman on the premises, not reports of a shooting.
“It was just a little alarming, especially since I have been observing the way he carries himself.” That’s a student’s reaction to Jared Lee Loughner bringing a pocketknife to class. According to a series of e-mails released by Pima Community College today as the result of a legal case, the gunman in the Gabrielle Giffords shooting exhibited a very standoffish demeanor (including what’s described as an “evil” look), expressed extreme views and told one professor he would keep quiet to avoid expulsion from their class. The e-mails show a struggle to keep Loughner, a student that many students considered threatening, in line. “I keep coming back to the conclusion that we did the best we could, given legal counsel’s advice and the limited resources available to us,” wrote the school’s former college counselor, Cecilia Alter, in the days after the Giffords shooting. Loughner voluntarily left the school months earlier. source
The Washington Post suspended one of its most seasoned reporters Wednesday after editors determined that “substantial” parts of two recent news articles were taken without attribution from another newspaper.
Sari Horwitz, a longtime Post investigative reporter, was suspended for three months for plagiarizing sections of stories that first appeared in the Arizona Republic. [read more]
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