my congresswoman was shot today

[emily_in_nc]

I heard that the weapon was a 9mm handgun, and was acquired legally, but I haven't really confirmed that.(

Last night on ABC news, they said it was a semi-automatic Glog (?? I know nothing about guns so that may be the wrong term) and was indeed obtained legally a few weeks ago by the shooter.

I could say a lot about that, but I will bite my tongue.

[Trek420]

Last night on ABC news, they said it was a semi-automatic Glog (?? I know nothing about guns so that may be the wrong term) and was indeed obtained legally a few weeks ago by the shooter.

I could say a lot about that, but I will bite my tongue.

Not sure of the spelling; Glok, Gloque? Glock? Semi Automatic with extended clip (room for extra rounds). I'm all for self defense, the right to arm bears etc but this is not on the order of "I'm just keeping this in case someone breaks in one night to steal my commuter bike"

BTW I was wrong about it being elderly gents who restrained the shooter. This is a great tragedy and yet could have been much worse but for a woman who had been shot and yet disarmed him: and the two gents who tackled him afterwards.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_806434.html

[OakLeaf]

Okay, I've gotta say it.

Let's assume the equivalencies were true.

On what planet is that relevant?

"They're doing it too-oo" wasn't an excuse for leaving my toys lying around when I was three, and it certainly isn't an excuse for adults inciting to murder.

What happened to personal responsibility?

[PamNY]

On what planet is that relevant??

This planet. It's completely relevant in a discussion of whether political vitriol contributed to this crime (I don't personally think it did, but that's probably age).

Partisan finger-pointing (featuring plenty of "my side is being treated unfairly" whining) is inevitable and completely useless, but pointing out the bipartisan nature of vitriol is valid.

[badgercat]

I hope we can all agree that Fred Phelps is a jerk, because it looks pretty certain that the Westboro Baptist Church will be descending upon our city to picket the funerals of the fallen. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...?ref=fb&src=sp

[Owlie]

I hope we can all agree that Fred Phelps is a jerk, because it looks pretty certain that the Westboro Baptist Church will be descending upon our city to picket the funerals of the fallen. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...?ref=fb&src=sp

I was going to ask "Do these people have any common decency?", but that would be a waste of effort.

Ugh. Just ugh.

[Eden]

That is just beyond sickening. They are even justifying killing a *child* - who's the baby killers.....