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…
Quick quiz: The perfect number of bullets in the magazine of a handgun is — A) Zero. Bullets and handguns shouldn’t be sold to anyone but cops. B). Ten. That’s the maximum in California, and was the maximum under the expired federal assault rifle ban. C). 16. This is roughly…
At a memorial service held for those killed and wounded in Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, President Barack Obama offered the most encouraging update yet about the condition of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords since she survived being senselessly shot in the head four days ago.”I have just come from the University…
Seung Hui Cho slipped through a loophole in Virginia law when he bought his gun. Lawmakers in that state fixed the problem. The deadly mass shooting in Tucson on Saturday was by no means the first to raise questions about how a mentally ill person was able to buy a firearm. …
A mention of Columbine evokes images of two teenage gunman shooting up a school full of terrified classmates. Waco? The public mind recalls the infamous standoff and siege, the flames that ripped through a compound and the more than 80 people who died. Will the same be true of Tucson? For people across…
Getting any information about how Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect in Saturday’s deadly shooting rampage in Tucson, has been acting since he’s been in custody has not been easy (trust us, we’ve tried…and tried). However, the Daily Beast caught up with U.S. Marshal David Gonzales who described Loughner as often…
In the wake of Saturday’s shooting rampage that left six dead and 13 wounded, the satirical masterpiece that is The Onion is poking fun at Arizona’s Wild West image. In short, the paper jokes that the suspect in the Tucson shooting, Jared Loughner, was released from custody because murdering six…
In an attempt to clear up any misconceptions that the Pima County Sheriff’s Office had prior knowledge of death threats made by Jared Loughner — accused of shooting 19 people, six of whom are dead, in Tucson over the weekend — the Sheriff’s Office released all the paperwork documenting its contact with the…
In 2008, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was given the chance to choose the “wake- up” music to roust her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, and the rest of the crew slumbering above Earth aboard the Discovery mission.The song she chose, “Crystal Frontier,” had several layers of significance. First, it’s a loud, fast-track…
Bill Nugent lives in the heart of Tucson and has done so for the better part of his 65 years. His family has lived here since before the first battles of the Civil War. After his mother passed away in 2000, he took charge of The Shanty on 9th Street,…
Jared Loughner may find it hard to plead insanity after shooting U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others, but perhaps he’ll consider pleading “dreaming.”According to one of his classmates, Jared Loughner kept a journal of his dreams, which is most likely being pored over by Tucson investigators. And if…
We spoke too soon. Speaker John Boehner prepared for his tissue call yesterday and addressed the house as it debated over the resolution slated to honor the victims of the mass murder in Tucson. “Look at Tucson right now and you will be reminded that America’s most plentiful source of…
Congressman Ben Quayle may think Barack Obama is “the worst president in history,” but he’s apparently still good for a lift.Quayle is among several lawmakers who will hitch a ride from Washington to Tucson aboard Air Force One with Obama today in order to attend a memorial service for those…
Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that was expedited through the House and Senate to prevent members of a fundamentalist church from disrupting the funerals of victims from the January 8 shooting spree in Tucson.Brewer called the measure “a truly bipartisan effort to assure that grieving families and…
