John Boehner Releases Statement on Giffords Shooting, Doesn’t Cry

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,…

Peter King, GOP Rep From NY, Wants Guns Kept at Least 1,000 Feet From Government Officials

  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…

Westboro Baptist Church: Gabrielle Giffords an “Arrogant Pinhead;” 9-Year-Old Victim “Going to Hell” — and More Idiocy From Clan of Kooks

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,…

Arizona and Guns Go Together: State Laws Give Firearms Owners Legal Cover

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…

Talk About Bad Timing: Phoenix Councilman Claude Mattox Solicits Political Support One Day After Congresswoman Gunned Down in Tucson

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…

Gabrielle Giffords’ Recovery Chances Boosted by Advances in Brain-Trauma Surgery Since JFK’s Assassination in 1963

Wikimedia Commons Gabrielle Giffords, following her 2010 election victory. ​In the aftermath of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, many people are wondering about her chances of recovery. They’re the best they can be, given advances in brain surgery, according to a neurosurgeon from Barrow Neurological Institute.Giffords was…

Tuscon Artists and Writers Blog About Shooting

As news media across the nation turned to the Web to report updates about Saturday’s tragic shooting, Tucson residents went online to vent their personal perspectives.What follows is a list of links to Tucsonans’ political frustrations, personal mourning, and collective grief expressed through the blogosphere.A Tucson writer for the Arizona Jewish Post…