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Poll: Most Americans See Arizona Shooting as 'Isolated Act' of an Individual
By Bruce Drake
Confirming the results of other recent polls, a new Pew Research Center survey says nearly six out of 10 Americans consider shootings like the one in Tucson to be isolated acts of troubled individuals, and that the latest violent incident has produced no significant change in public views on the ...
From 9/11 to Tucson: No Wonder Our Politics Are So Paranoid
By Walter Shapiro
Nearly a half century ago – writing in the shadow of the John Birch Society and Joe McCarthy – liberal historian Richard Hofstadter identified what he called, "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." Perhaps too glibly, Hofstadter tried to link the anti-Catholic and anti-Masonic ...
Gun Control After Arizona: Will NRA Block a High-Ammo Clip Ban?
By Eleanor Clift
Speaking at the memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., President Obama said that it is human nature to look for explanations and to search for solutions when something horrific happens, as it did on an otherwise ordinary Saturday morning in a Safeway parking lot. The volley of shots that left six dead ...
Christina Green to Be Buried in Simple, Handcrafted Casket From Trappist Monks
By David GibsonThrough all the grieving and gnashing of teeth occasioned by the terrible gun massacre in Tucson, Ariz., 9-year-old Christina Green, the youngest victim, is emerging as the emblem of all that was lost last Saturday and of all that is to be rebuilt by those who live on. Christina was in many ways ...
Tom DeLay Says He Would Welcome Guns at His Public Events
By Tom DiemerUnrepentant but facing three years in prison on a money-laundering conviction, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay maintained his innocence Thursday and also said he hasn't changed his hard-line stance on gun control in the wake of the Arizona shootings. DeLay, who represented a Houston-area ...
Tucson Tragedy Will Happen Again if We Aren't Serious About Mental Health
By Joanne BambergerRep. Gabrielle Giffords didn't know she had a stalker, though she knew that she was being threatened after her Tucson congressional office was vandalized in the wake of her vote in favor of health care reform. She didn't know that several people had expressed concern about the mental stability of ...
Americans Split on Stricter Gun Control Laws, Continuing a Longtime Trend
By Bruce Drake
Most Americans don't believe that stricter gun control laws would have prevented the shootings in Arizona on Saturday and the public is split on the question of toughening the laws regulating who can own firearms, according to a CBS News poll conducted Jan. 9-10. (Story; Poll Data) The lack of a ...
After Tucson Shootings, a New Start for Congress? Unlikely
By Alex Wagner
It was only recently that John Boehner was sworn-in as speaker of the House, but it would seem that Wednesday, Jan. 12, will mark a rebirth, of sorts, for the 112th Congress -- barely a week old. In the wake of the Arizona shooting that killed six and injured 14, including Congresswoman Gabrielle ...
Jared Loughner Is a Tragedy, Not a Nut Job or the Embodiment of Evil
By Jill Lawrence
I'm haunted by last week's episode of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," in which a disturbed young man opens fire on dozens of people on a college campus. Several doctors are put to the ultimate test when they realize the man they are trying desperately to save is the shooter. Back in the waiting room, ...
Fox News Head Tells Hosts 'Shut Up, Tone It Down' After Giffords Shooting
By David Gibson
Roger Ailes, the conservative who heads the Fox News Channel, has told his traditionally outspoken hosts to "shut up, tone it down" in the wake of the massacre in Tucson that is putting overheated right-wing rhetoric under intense scrutiny. Related Stories Gabby Giffords' Husband Releases ...
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