Congresswoman Gabby Giffords Shot in Head

[Sailsia]

Congresswoman Shot in Head

Congresswomen from Arizona was shot in the head along with three staff members. it is unclear whether she is dead or alive. An additional 11 others were also shot.

[DEFCON-1]

Quick, let's jump to conclusions with zero information

[Dyakovo]

Anyone want to take bets as to whether or nor the shooter was a teabagger?

[SaintB]

And people wonder why the American right is portrayed as a bunch of violent crazed gun nuts.

[Katganistan]

My God. I hope she recovers.

[WWII History Geeks]

Quick, let's jump to conclusions with zero information

Well, it's NPR...

[Dyakovo]

Quick, let's jump to conclusions with zero information

Well, it's NPR...

So? What part of the story do you take issue with?

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday.

The Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media.

At least 10 other people, including members of her staff, were hurt. Giffords was transported to University Medical Center in Tucson. Her condition was not immediately known.

Giffords was talking to a couple when the suspect ran up firing indiscriminately and then ran off, Michaels said.

The suspect was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody. He was not injured.

Giffords was first elected to represent Arizona's 8th District in 2006. The "Congress on Your Corner" events allow constituents to present their concerns directly to her.

More details to come.

[Dakini]

That's shitty. I hope she gets better.

[Czardas]

Quick, let's jump to conclusions with zero information

Martians did it. Jewish martians. From Mexico.

[Katganistan]

Quick, let's jump to conclusions with zero information

Well, it's NPR...

Which has stated nothing other than she's been shot, her condition is unknown, and the shooter's in custody, yes?

[Norstal]

Quick, let's jump to conclusions with zero information

Its the NSF! No wait, its UNATCO!

[Brogavia]

Anyone want to take bets as to whether or nor the shooter was a teabagger?

Way to jump to a conclusion without any inormation at all.

[Coccygia]

Doesn't the GOP have enough Congresshumans already, now they want more?

[Dakini]

Wiki has her as dead already.

[Dyakovo]

Anyone want to take bets as to whether or nor the shooter was a teabagger?

Way to jump to a conclusion without any inormation at all.

I wasn't jumping to any conclusion, I was attempting to start a betting pool.

[Occupied Deutschland]

This is terrible.

Any chance people can maybe try to NOT make it into some kind of political point for their side?

[Dyakovo]

Wiki has her as dead already.

Yeah, but it is referencing the same article that the op used as a source for her being dead...

[Dakini]

Wiki has her as dead already.

Yeah, but it is referencing the same article that the op used as a source for her being dead...

I was more remarking on how fast this got edited. Like, I think that wiki declared her dead before the BBC reported her shot.

[Gauthier]

Anyone want to take bets as to whether or nor the shooter was a teabagger?

Even if it was, the Teabaggers as a whole will automatically disavow the shooter as not being truly one of them. The only way anyone can get the link to stick was if the Tea Party was secretly Muslim.

[Risottia]

Anyone want to take bets as to whether or nor the shooter was a teabagger?

Nah, only teh ebil darkiez would shoot a politician.

My sincere congratulations to those who were in charge of Mrs.Gifford's security. Bunch of incompetents.

[Brogavia]

Way to jump to a conclusion without any inormation at all.

I wasn't jumping to any conclusion, I was attempting to start a betting pool.

Which implies that you have already made a conclusion about who is likely to have carried out this attack, dispite the tea party movement having zero history of violence.

[Delator]

This is terrible.

Any chance people can maybe try to NOT make it into some kind of political point for their side?

...'fraid not.

...this event has me rethinking my stance on gun control.

[A Rightist Puppet]

I hope she's okay!

though, knowing NSG, a bunch of blowhards will show how it conclusively shows that they were right all along.

seriously, my heart goes out to her family.

[Laerod]

Anyone want to take bets as to whether or nor the shooter was a teabagger?

Nah, only teh ebil darkiez would shoot a politician. :unsure:

My sincere congratulations to those who were in charge of Mrs.Gifford's security. Bunch of incompetents.

It was a "Congress on Your Corner" event, so managing security for that would probably have been a nightmare if at all possible.

[Dyakovo]

I wasn't jumping to any conclusion, I was attempting to start a betting pool.

Which implies that you have already made a conclusion about who is likely to have carried out this attack,

Only if you're looking for a reason to take offense to my joke.

dispitedespite the tea party movement having zero history of violence.

But a long history* of threatening violence...

*long history as in their history of threatening violence is as long as their entire history.