Dem Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot In AZ (Update 4pm EST - Giffords Alive, Surgeons Optimistic)

tcrlaf | 1-8-11 | Fox News

[tcrlaf]

Shot at point blank range in the head, in Tuscon

[onyx]

That’s interesting, too.

[Raebie]

Bet you a bunch she’s a green liberal.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

On one of the long threads mentioning that his Dad had some interesting and perhaps unsavory connections....

I forget just who commented on that.

My eyeballs are screaming at me...or I would retrace some of my steps and find it...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Might have been this thread...

[gleeaikin]

I am curious as to what you see is the parallel. Here is another link posted at FR about this story, a statement from Pima College about how they asked him to leave this September and recommended counseling.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2653663/posts

[gleeaikin]

I posted an FR link that should interest you at or near Comment 445. It concerns Pima College which asked him to leave after a number of disruptive acts. He was suspended in Sept. 2010, and after they visited him and his parents with the information, he formally withdrew. They also stated that he would need the approval of counselors to be readmitted Question: what did the partents do with this information? He was obviously on a downward spiral. Unlike the student shootout in Virginia, the College acted with responsibility toward their students. So the murder venue was moved to another location. How do we prevent this happening with known crazies? And how and when did he buy a semi-automatic gun? What kind of notification exists there and elsewhere for this kind of sequence?

[Celtic Conservative]

Perception of time for those who have been in traumatic incidents like this o one are notoriously unreliable due to stress reactions in the body. It's called tachypsychia . the subject is hyperaware, causing a shift in time perception.

CC

[reg45]

NPR confirms she died, along with others.

NPR - Wrong, as usual.

[editor-surveyor]

The spelling trick is because they’re trying to hide who he is. He is from a well known radical family.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Are we sure Boy Blue is this guy...” <<

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You have to realize that Tucson is a hotbead of radical environmentalism, much like Corvalis, Eureka, and Santa Cruz.
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[CedarDave]

Yeah, I know about Tucson and the enviros. I had friends who were acquainted with them when I lived there in the 70’s when I was in college. Ed Abby lived in cabin in Ventana Canyon (IIRC) and Dave Foreman who later founded Earth First was from Tucson.

I still don’t know how you make the connection with this nutcase unless the family changed its name.

[Kaslin]

You are correct. She is not pro gun, just the opposite

2010 In 2010 Gun Owners of America - April Ratings gave Representative Giffords a grade of 27

. 2010 In 2010 Gun Owners of America - Candidate Ratings gave Representative Giffords a grade of D.

2008 In 2008 National Rifle Association gave Representative Giffords a grade of D+, in its scorecard for candidates seeking office in 2008.

2004 Representative Giffords supported the interests of the Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Association 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all state legislative candidates in 2004, the assigned Representative Giffords a grade of F (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).

2002 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all state legislative candidates in 2002, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund assigned Representative Giffords a grade of D (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).

1991-2009 Representative Giffords supported the interests of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 0 percent between 1991-2009.

1988-2008 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all candidates from 1988-2008, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence assigned Representative Giffords a grade of 0 percent.

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There is no information for 2007 and 2009