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Author Topic: American Congresswoman Shot ; 11 others shot, 6 killed, RIP  (Read 24473 times)

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American Congresswoman Shot ; 11 others shot, 6 killed, RIP
« on: January 08, 2011, 02:29:59 pm »
Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, and killed at a public event. A gunman opened fire on a crowd, hit 12 people, including Rep. Giffords, and killed at least 5 people, including Federal Judge John Roll and a 9 year old child(girl?).
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011, 02:31:41 pm »
That's what you goin from supporting gun rights.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011, 02:33:54 pm »
Quote from: Sheb on January 08, 2011, 02:31:41 pm
That's what you goin from supporting gun rights.  :D

Too soon, not funny.

I wonder if this has something to do with the immigration laws in Arizona.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 02:34:39 pm »
Quote from: Sheb on January 08, 2011, 02:31:41 pm
That's what you goin from supporting gun rights.  :D
What's wrong with you? Someone is murdered and you blame the victim?

Do we know why he was shooting everyone up? Did they catch him?
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011, 02:35:26 pm »
I'm not blaming the victims, I'm attempting to make a joke. I guess Vector's right: too soon, not funny.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2011, 02:37:05 pm »
It's not. Frankly, I'm shocked. There is no apparent motive.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2011, 02:39:17 pm »
 ...Can we have a normal discussion?
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2011, 02:39:38 pm »
It's mostly true though : without this "gun for all" nonsense, these shooting would be far less frequent/fatals.
But it's not as you could take them all out now.
I wonder if these democrat's killing will increase. The hardcore republican fan-base is fanatical enough.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2011, 02:39:46 pm »
Poor, poor taste, man.

It's likely not any one specific issue, but I've heard her offices were vandalized when she supported the health care reform push.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2011, 02:52:54 pm »
Quote from: tomas1297 on January 08, 2011, 02:39:17 pm
...Can we have a normal discussion?

Not likely, when anything even vaguely political is being discussed.

Though I think it would be best if posters simply expressed their condolences for the family and friends of the victim(s). I suspect that all of us can agree that this sort of violence is tragic, unnecessary, and above all, cowardly.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2011, 02:56:00 pm »
Quote from: inteuniso on January 08, 2011, 02:37:05 pm
Frankly, I'm shocked. There is no apparent motive.
Reminds you of the "Taxi driver", don't you think?
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2011, 02:56:52 pm »
Do you want to hear something disturbing?

But yeah, this isn't the stuff to joke about. Guns are srs bsnss, and it just sucks for the family of the victims.
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2011, 03:11:58 pm »
Didn't several republican candidates for congress threaten that "there'd be second amendment solutions" if they lost? Wasn't one of those in Arizona? Didn't said candidate lose? I can't recall the name at the moment, only that it was in one of the particularly assbackward central states.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2011, 03:13:43 pm »
I've heard conflicting reports on this one. It seems reports said she was alive in the hospital, though the AP just reported she died on their twitter like 30 seconds ago. :(

And yeah, I guess the shooter is in custody.

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Quote from: Sir Pseudonymous on January 08, 2011, 03:11:58 pm
Didn't several republican candidates for congress threaten that "there'd be second amendment solutions" if they lost? Wasn't one of those in Arizona? Didn't said candidate lose? I can't recall the name at the moment, only that it was in one of the particularly assbackward central states.
I believe that particular candidate was Sharon Angle, who ran against Harry Reid in Nevada. I don't exactly remember the context of the quote, but I don't think it was in reference to her losing the election.
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Re: American Congresswoman Shot, killed; 12 others shot
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2011, 03:14:41 pm »
Truly horrible.  It seems at least 4 people were killed in this attack...

Apparently, Sarah Palin's website used to have a picture with gun crosshairs over her head.  Bastard.

EDIT: Actually, not on a picture.  But she did have this image.

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