Crime

Report: Shooter Made Past Threats Against Giffords

Investigators are examining past interactions between Jared Loughner, the suspect accused of killing six and wounding 13 others, and Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in an attempt to shed more light on what kind of motives may have driven the young gunman to kill on Saturday. According to CBS News, Loughner had made threats against Giffords in the past and even met with her face-to-face at a 2007 event.

On “Face the Nation” Sunday, CBS’ Bob Orr reported that the 2007 interaction included a “benign” question from Loughner posed to the Congresswoman, but her response was apparently unacceptable in his eyes.

“She answered the question; he didn’t find it acceptable, he didn’t like the answer,” Orr said. “In the time since then, investigators believe perhaps he was tracking her and targeting her in a very loose way.”

“We should say that Loughner has made threats in the past,” Orr added. “Police knew this guy. He had made these threats, general in nature, not specific.” Loughner was never criminally charged for any of these threats.

“We want to be careful here to say that as far as we know, there was not specific intelligence that he intended to do anything yesterday. It’s not like someone missed a blinking red light here,” Orr said.

In the hours since Saturday’s horrific shooting incident, details about Loughner have slowly emerged. Many have described the 22-year-old as a disturbed individual who frequently disrupted his college classes and was rejected for service by the U.S. military. According to Loughner’s neighbors, the young man kept to himself, not overtly hostile or welcoming.

“He was a guy in high school who definitely had his opinions on stuff and didn’t seem to care what people thought of him,” Grant Wiens, one of Loughner’s former high school classmates told the Associated Press.

Pima County police authorities have also described Loughner as mentally “unstable.”

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  • Carol in MA
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:10pm

    Loughter had a page on the Daily-Kos website, his screen name was “Boy Blue”….on Jan 6th & 7th 2011 he wrote his last manifesto entitled “My CongressWOMAN voted against Nancy Pelosi”! And is now DEAD to me”! He wrote how he had spent alot of his time & money to help get her re-elected….and felt she betrayed him for voting against Nancy Pelosi. The Daily-Kos deleted his page yesterday, but different websites saved the page & comments before they deleted it. The Daily-Kos should be investigated for obstruction!

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    • Bullion Luminary
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:20pm

      Carol, Please give us a link…. need some reference on this.. as of right now it is just speculation and a rumor..Thx

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    • barbaraw62
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:24pm

      Agree with you there……. they are good at scrubbing huh?

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    • MotherRedDog
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:31pm

      Yep, I saw the BlueBoy page too. Lot’s of sites have saved it. It’s time for the left to STFU and let these people have some peace. Thankfully, it appears that someone shut down the sherrif’s pie hole.

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    • Carol in MA
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:08pm

      theobamafile.com website “the latest news” section….I read his page & comments and the comments others wrote back to him. I’ve been going to that website everyday for almost 3 years now and everything that is coming out about Obama & his ties was on “theobamafile.com” 3 years ago……you need to be a member to get access to “the latest news” section (it’s updated everyday & well worth the $5 a mth membership),…but the other sections of the websites (the archives) can be access without a membership….it’s worth your time to visit it & check it out.

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    • voodoo donut
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:11pm

      Carol, I got a screen shot of that before it was taken down, but I thought it was determined that it wasn‘t the shooter’s page or ID. It was just a coincidence, as far as I know…he didn’t have the screen name “Boy Blue”. That was someone else.

      Please someone, correct me if I’m wrong.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:33pm

      Plz take a looksy and save it :
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAho724BwmU

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 7:31pm

      Carol,
      I saw the Boy Blue post. I too go to KOS to check it out. I had no idea that it was Jared Loughter.
      I agree the KOS should be investigated.

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  • i4nsicmd
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:08pm

    Schumer and Hoyer…what a couple of JOKES!

    Let’s see…public approval of Congress well under 20% and declining, more of our freedoms, fortunes and futures diminishing due to the actions of our so-called representatives for decades whom we trusted were legislating to improve our lives, when instead as career politicians they’ve been enriching themselves with exhorbitant salaries, perks and gold-plated healthcare benefits bought and paid for by our hard-earned taxpayer dollars. It has come to the point that whenever I hear the phrase “hard working public servant” I just want to PUKE!

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  • donh2
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:07pm

    When the left make threats of deadly violance, its not the kind of bullying authorities are looking for.

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  • wildturkeywatcher
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:54pm

    There’s a certain amount of low-level intelligence and instability IN (correction) some of the comments that get posted on The Blaze. Maybe someone should monitor them more closely. Wonder?

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    • scuba13
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:19pm

      I’m wondering about your intelligence since it took you 3 times to post the same thing.

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  • wildturkeywatcher
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:53pm

    There’s a certain amount of low-level intelligence and instability is some of the comments that get posted on The Blaze. Maybe someone should monitor them more closely. Wonder?

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    • wildturkeywatcher
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:56pm

      There’s a certain amount of low-level intelligence and instability is (correction IN) some of the comments that get posted on The Blaze. Maybe someone should monitor them more closely. Wonder?

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  • VanGrungy
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:44pm

    Where is ABC?

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  • DeltaHawk
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:32pm

    How about Obama saying “The Police acted Stupidly? Or Let’s not jump to conclusios! ? What about that Lefties? This Whacko is oe of your own. Violence ALWAYS starts on the left,Always!

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  • ChromePony
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:29pm

    direct quote from above article-,” Orr added. “Police knew this guy. He had made these threats, general in nature, not specific.”
    Am I missing something here? did they not have security at this event? correct me if I’m wrong, but, didn’t Giffords get shot at point blank range? and the little 9 yr old, she was shot in the chest, was there not anyone there to disrupt the actions of this criminal? this seems to me that it was a high profile event including a judge, and with prior knowledge of past threats, they (police) didn’t have extra security, or any security at all?

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    • be1776
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:32pm

      I think that this is another angle of political correctness. The idea of “If you want to be a man or women of the people, you got to get out among the people” must drive security details bonkers to the point that they must not want to put their reputations on the line by guarding politicians and celebrities who insist on these type of appearances. I went to several political gatherings similar to this one in Arizona last year. I was in a small room at a fire house packed with people with Russell Pearce (wrote 1070), shortly after 1070 was passed. I now look at that as nuts. Neat to see him speak but from a security perspective, not so much. Bo Diddle would be a very interesting person ask about these security issues.

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:28pm

    - – Democrats Also Used Targets and Bullseyes Against Republicans – -
    http://www.hapblog.com/2010/03/democrats-also-used-targets-and.html

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  • Bullwinkle
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:20pm

    Anybody else wonder where whiteteaparty finds hats small enough?

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    • scuba13
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:32pm

      Down at the corner market. They are called condums, size small.

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  • IntrepidSI
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:20pm

    We will never know, but I guarantee you that this guy was a big “MSNBC” watcher and probably enjoyed the Mike Malloy show. If you Lefties can produce any speech from Misters Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck or any other MAJOR talk show host calling for violence, shooting or assignations, please be sure to post the time, date and exact quote.

    DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LEFTY FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE who was published last week, a female, who was calling for armed Revolution?

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  • IntrepidSI
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:11pm

    I just looked at EatMoreBaconUSA’s recommended website. How much you want to bet the original is gone in the next 48 hours? Wait until MSNBC Monday with Comrade Keith, Mr. Maddow and Sgt. Shultz. The word “Tea Party” and “Tea ******” will no doubt be thrown around multiple times.

    Facts? They won’t need no stinking facts!

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  • scola91660
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:10pm

    Bring a gun to a knife fight

    —Barack Obama 2007

    http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/14/obama-if-they-bring-a-knife-to-the-fight-we-bring-a-gun/

    Idiots abound on all sides. Some hold top political offices.

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    • gramma b
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:25pm

      A few more Obama quotes — “Argue with neighbors, Get in their face!,” “If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard,” “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry.” “Punish your enemies” “We talk to these folks… so I know whose ass to kick.“ “I’m itching for a fight.” “Hand-to-hand combat”. (Barack Obama)

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    • barbaraw62
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:23pm

      And to Hannity: “I am going to send Burgess to tear him up!”

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  • cjherin
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:07pm

    So Loughner had contact with Giffords in 2007. At that point in time, few people outside of Alaska had heard of Sarah Palin. Another leftist theory (pardon the expression) shot down.

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    • Paleo Archer
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:15pm

      great point

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:25pm

      OK you got them there.
      New blah blah points :
      Its Bush’s fault.

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    • Cliff
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:33pm

      AWESOME cjherin… you are right on “target” with that one… This totally proves they only want to use lies and deceit to win the minds of the uniformed… I can’t stand the way they LIE LIE LIE and then quietly retract the lie at the end of a 20 minute rant of lies… We need to disprove them every time they lie!

      http://www.mentordvd.com

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    • cykonas
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:49pm

      Great point? If I were one of them I would simply argue that maybe the shooter was a bit dissatisfied with her answer in ‘07 but he probably would have gone away. Except, then, Palin reignited his anger with the bullseye on her website and that eventually led to this terrible event.

      “They” are just as convinced that theirs is the just cause as “you” are that yours is. I really hate to see them play you this way.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:10pm

      @ cykonas
      Lemme give it a shot :

      This killer had been stalking Giffords since 2007.
      When Giffords came out in support of a secure border , Obama and Sharptoon and Holder called her position racist and bigoted.
      That triggered this killer to target her.
      He was forced to go shooting @ her @ point blank range when she did not vote for Pelosi.
      That was the last straw for him.

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    • cykonas
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:45pm

      @Whiz
      Congrats! You look good on the end of a hook.

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:06pm

    Here is a little something that Democrats produced in 2004 – “Targets for Democratic gains in 2004″ http://american-conservativevalues.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/BP_0405_heartland1.gif

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    • treshall
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:32pm

      Oh no! How can this be?? Does Paul Krugman know about this? He wrote in his NYT hit piece that one could “search in vain” for anything as vile as this coming from the left- they NEVER espouse violence! Except the book and film detailing plans to assassinate Bush, myriad threats to Bush from leftists for 8 long years, Amy Bishop, the Ft. Hood shooter, etc., etc., ad nauseam. These people quite literally make me sick to my stomach. God help us.
      p.s. Eat-More-Bacon-USA, love your piggie icon- awesome. :-)

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  • LIBSALWAYSLIE
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:05pm

    WhiteTeaParty, are all lefties this stupid, or just you?

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  • op3
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:01pm

    What a shock, He made threats against Giffords in the past.

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  • rght
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm

    I agree follow his teaching and Democrat affiliates far left leaning and U find he took out his own party member.

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  • huntee
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm

    difference between WHITETEAPARTY and a puppy, A puppy stops whining when it grows up.

     
  • Kpax
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm

    He is a left wing loon whose favorite books include The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. He is a radical cut from the same mold as people like Van Jones (who has been calling for violence and revolution) whom the White House embraces, the FBI will not investigate, and the lame stream media refuses to report on.

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  • shane2813
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 2:58pm

    Another typical Leftist Loon Democrat. Are all Democrats crazy???

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    • Paleo Archer
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:15pm

      No just mis-guided….those that are young think everything is rosy…then they either grow up and change,,,those that don’t are either union thugs or lifelong government workers….HA HA tweak of the day!

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    • bill7021
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:22pm

      Throughout history, liberalism has proven to be an evil, destructive force responsible for millions of deaths all over the world. The left wing agenda has failed everywhere it has been tried. The collapse of the old Soviet Union and the current decline and economic collapse of Europe are vivid examples.

      It has been proven that the liberal mind is mentally disturbed. The following book describes the liberal mind from a psychological perspective:
      http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Mind-Psychological-Political-Madness/dp/097795630X

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  • LIBSALWAYSLIE
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 2:58pm

    Such a tragic event. Its a shame he wasn’t stopped/locked up before he could do his evil deed.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:20pm

      Did anyone catch some official in AZ who was blaming th internet for the shootings ?
      I couldn’t watch it as I heard it while answering a phone call, but someone was blaming the shooter’s actions on the freedom that internet provides.
      Is this issue really going where I think its going ?
      Internet censorship ?
      After the 1st and 2nd Amendment rights are nullified by Obama ?
      Was this the crisis h was waiting for ?

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  • mrmikejohnson
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 2:55pm

    This guy was pretty freakin crazy.

    We know for a fact that he was a pot smoking, flag burning, communist reader who didn’t believe in God. That’s the exact opposite of what all Republicans believe. Anyone who tries to use this murder for political attacks is just evil.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:01pm

      Can anyone in AZ answer the following :

      What did this 22 yr old killer do for a living ?

      Who are his parents ?

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    • John 1776
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:11pm

      This is the kind of sickos that show up when you call for a “bottom up” revolution. As much as I want to, I can’t even blame van jones for this one. He was just a nut case that blew up like a time bomb. No one needed to lite the fuse.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:44pm

      @Cheezewhiz

      So far as I can tell, there is no work history on the shooter; so much info is flooding across the web right now I am having a hard time keeping track of things.

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    • AZBabe
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:47pm

      In answer to your question, this kid left school in 11 grade an did not graduate from high school…took classes at a community college, had no job, lived with his parents and one of the neighbors described him as “floating throught life”.

      He was a total whacko loser who was refused entry into the army…you know you have to be really insane for the army to turn you down.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:17pm

      So either the killer is on welfare
      or
      his parents are supporting him financially .
      So who paid for his gun ?
      Who ACTUALLY owns that gun ?
      Does he have a DL ? Who drove him to the Safeway ?
      Since this guy seems to be a useless POS, with plenty of time on his hands , have his parents aided him in his acts ?
      I still think there is no such thing as a lone nut-case.
      It takes a village

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  • WhiteTeaParty
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 2:55pm

    “We never ever, ever intended it to be gun sights,” [SarahPAC staffer Rebecca Mansour] said in an interview with talk radio host Tammy Bruce Saturday. “It was simply crosshairs like you’d see on maps.”….­Mansour added that “it never occurred to us that anybody would consider it violent” and called any attempts to politicize the Arizona tragedy “repulsive­.”

    What a repulsive attempt at [political­] spin.

    WhiteTeaParty  
    • Maggie in Indiana
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:04pm

      Your right …your post is a repulsive act on political spin. Do you stay up nights in your parents basement thinking up this stuff?

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:07pm

      The same “repulsive type of political spin” as our Dear Leader used when he talked about “punishing your ENEMIES” in his speach to a Latino audience….those “enemies” happen to be American citizens…..I know that he backtracked….he said that he should have “phrased that differently”. Not change the meaning but “phrase it differently”. Sarah Palin may be well-known and popular to Conservatives, but Barak Hussein Obama is the President of the United States of America….which one holds more sway?

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    • John 1776
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:08pm

      You want to see spin? Wait until this guy comes to trial. His lawyers will feed him all sorts of lines to say. Basically anything that will keep his butt out of the chair where it belongs. Blame will be pointed in every direction except where it belongs… On this sick individual who ended so many lives.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:08pm

      Soon we will have Thought Crimes that carry life sentences.
      Isn’t that what they have wanted since 1947 ?
      George Orwell 1984

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    • IntrepidSI
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:14pm

      Wow Maggie, how much do those Liberal Organziations pay you to troll websites like this one? After all, you‘re making fun of someone posting what’s in their heart, you simply perform like a trained seal for a fish. Tell who ever cut’s your paycheck to just leave the money on the dresser on his way out.

      IntrepidSI  
    • BeckIsNuts
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:15pm

      Here is some background on the people that were murdered:

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12146639

       
    • matinva
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:18pm

      Not only are you a pathetic loser, you are also a pathological liar. Hours ago you said you were leaving the Blaze site and going back to Huffington Compost, which was no surprise since you seem to suck up their drivel like a sponge. Just get lost. Every time you post, your nose gets longer.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:18pm

      Another act of drive by cut an paste… This shows how hard they are working to get Sarah. She has protection detail that Obama will has rejected in word and deed.

      God will deal with this world.

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    • ConsChristian
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:20pm

      Whiteteaparty, you sound neither “white” nor a “tea party” supporter; you sound like an idiot.

      Gun laws are fine when enforced. The problem is the lefties don’t want guns, but they don’t want gun laws enforced either.

      This guy never should have been allowed to purchase a gun. There are many, obvious reasons. One, in his short time at the Pima Community College, the campus police were called on him five times. That in itself should be a major red flag. Two, he posted a great deal of disturbing left-wing hate and crazy opinions on his Facebook pages and his friend’s Facebook pages. The police knew him well and admitted he had made threats against the congresswoman and others. At what point do they deny or take away a person’s right to gun ownership?

      And lastly, Sheriff Dupnik has shown himself to be a total disgrace and should be replaced immediately.

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    • eat-more-bacon-USA
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:21pm

      “Democrats Also Used Targets and Bullseyes Against Republicans”
      http://www.hapblog.com/2010/03/democrats-also-used-targets-and.html

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    • Quad-rip-legic
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:21pm

      WhiteTeaParty
      http://hillbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/screen-shot-2011-01-08-at-3-05-33-pm.png

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    • sgtlmj
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:23pm

      How about the Dems using maps to target Republicans, complete with target graphics and language like “Targeting Strategy,“ and ”Targeted Republican.” What say you? http://www.verumserum.com/?p=13647

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:29pm

      WTP once again, which you have ignored for 2 days now, what do we do about the Democrats map with Bullseyes on it to take out REpubs????

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:38pm

      @John 1776

      Unfortunately you are right; they will make this into some kind of insanity defense, probably claiming he was driven there by the radical right, racists rantings, and some kind of ‘twinkie defense’ or other kinds of rot.

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    • rhulburd
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:38pm

      This case is very similar to the Amy Bishop case. She was the professor who went on a shooting spree at University of Alabama at Huntsville. She had killed her brother in Massachusetts and sent a bomb to a professor, but her politically powerful parents got her off and she was never given the mental health she needed.

      This Jared kid did get into trouble with the law when the school ejected him from class by “An Officer” and was on drugs, yet his connections got kept private about him from being held accountable and allowed him to get preferential treatment. If he had not gotten deferred prosecution, he would have had a conviction and it would have been harder for him to get a gun.

      The crazy political sheriff in Arizona is more responsible for allowing this crazy kid to go unpunished. They knew “Multiple TIMES” he was volatile and unstable, and yet they let him get away without charges.

      I suspect the sheriff who was blaming politics, hate and bigotry was deflecting the blame from himself and his department, where it apparently belongs.

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:56pm

      SarahPAC thought it would be acceptable to use crosshairs after they saw the Targets that the Daily-Kos used against Gabrielle earlier in 2008.
      It’s just like those creeps at the D-Kos to make that acceptable.

      The left should be condemned for what happened. Darn right I blame the left, one of their own killed people!

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    • aragona
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:03pm

      I agree. Your political spin is repulsive. Perhaps we should take up our pitchforks? (And this is simply repeating the “violent” rhetoric recently spewed by those on the liberal progressive left – not an actual call to pick up pitchforks.)

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:12pm

      Let’s not forget the 2006 interview with Senator John Kerry by Bill Maher…

      Maher: You could have went to New Hampshire and killed two birds with one stone.

      Kerry: Or, I could have gone to 1600 Pennsylvania and killed the real bird with one stone.

      Imagine that. A sitting Senator talks about killing his president by his own hands. How much did we hear about this in the media????

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    • The1776er
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:26pm

      WhiteTeaParty, I respectfully ask you to go spam on some other poor website. I realize that you have a right to your opinion, but opinion and fact are not the same.

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    • bestartist
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:27pm

      enough is enough
      Ever since I first heard the news about the shooting and came to The Blaze , I have seen “Whiteteaparty” comment over and over and over ad nauseam, always repeating the same meme.
      This obsession with “crosshairs” has become obsessive compulsive and well, boring and unoriginal.

      When one wants to “target” a specific area or district on a map, what symbology is preferable?
      The “crosshairs” in question are also identical to registration marks that were used in traditional graphic arts to line up overlays. They simply are two intersecting lines within a circle and in this case it is painfully obvious that no one was being singled out for any violence but merely indicating a district to be defeated.
      Perhaps smiley faces would be preferable, or peace signs.
      I guess there will be national hysteria in the future if anyone is unwise enough to use “bullet points” in a memo

      This entire situation is sickening my soul…..other innocent people died in this massacre and to perseverate about Sarah Palin is frankly, crazy and illogical.
      I have a son that died and the anguish that the mother of the 9 yr old victim must be experiencing is unimaginable, to have so little respect in the face of all this pain and heartbreak is inexcusable.
      You should be ashamed of yourself.

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    • TrueToTheCoreAmerican
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:29pm

      Relax everyone. “WhiteTeaParty” is not so unlike the accused in this recent shooting. Just reading the posts left by “WhiteTeaParty” you can see the similarities. My analysis would conclude that “WhiteTeaParty” is another one of these nut-jobs hanging on the edge.

      “WhiteTeaParty” NEVER has ANY facts and seems to follow the same MO of a follower of a cult whose leader is way off bubble.

      No I have compiled a list of dates and times where “WhiteTeaParty” has left comments and also the content of those comments. Based on the time of the comments here is what I might deduce.

      Age: Adolescent to 27.

      Education: Struggling or struggled through school to make low grades and was not considered popular by any means. Not athletic and never able to complete anything he/she starts. Afraid of FAILURE so tasks are left unfinished so he/she figures if task unfinished you can’t say that I failed.

      Employment: Not likely but if by chance holds a very menial low level job with no satisfaction and no chance for accomplished success or growth. Dead end job.

      Temperament: Quick to anger especially if you don‘t agree with and lets those that don’t agree eat at him/her for long periods of time.

      Relationship: Not a chance on this one. Very lonely.

      Home: Either lives in basement of parents house or a very low rent apartment with a same sex roommate. Seldom baths and nearly never does laundry. Just recycles cloths from the floor. Spends endless hours doing nothing productive at the computer or game console and usually is wearing only dirty socks, soiled underwear and a shabby out of date T-shirt. The clothing matches the lack of personal hygiene perfectly.

      So, everyone.. either ignore the mentally challenged buffoon or have some fun with him/her. We all need someone to feel sorry for.

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    • MotherRedDog
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:30pm

      WhiteTeaParty, clearly you are as disturbed as the young man who stalked this congresswoman. You need to crawl on back to the DailyKos and wait for your next instructions.

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    • B4B
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:54pm

      WTP / idiot: still waiting for your take on the Daily Kos “targeting” Giffords by placing a “bull’s eye” on her district. Where is your outrageous outrage?
      I also wonder what your take is on the fact that this maniac’s list of “favorites” included such “right wing” standards as the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf.

      You’ll never let the facts get in the way of a good self-serving meme huh? An idiot and a hypocrite.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:16pm

      Hey White ….

      http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/08/my-congresswoman-voted-against-nancy-pelosi-and-is-now-dead-to-me-eerie-daily-kos-hit-piece-on-gabrielle-giffords-just-two-days-before-assassination-attempt-on-her/

      http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/gabrielle-giffords-Jared-Loughner/2011/01/09/id/382275?s=al&promo_code=B6DD-1

      Nice spin — how about the FACTS!

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 5:17pm

      ALSO 2007 .. long before Sarah Palin or the TEA Party!

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    • Midwest Blonde
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 6:06pm

      Stupid question – I do not see the “report post” link on anything whiteteaparty posts. Is anyone else NOT seeing this too?? Just curious. I see report post on everybody else’s posts but not his/hers.

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    • Damocracy
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 6:22pm

      yeah everytime I see or hear mention of crosshairs,,,I just want to kill everybody and everything,, really motivates me,,,are you serious,or just really gay and stupid White teaparty?

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    • exdem
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 7:19pm

      @WHITETEAPARTY
      Keith get off the internet spreading hate and lies. Don’t you have one of your insane shows tomorrow night to prepare for? If you don’t take your meds soon , you will lose all track of time and it will be morning before you know it. You still need time to pick out some fine piece of literatute to sit back in your chair with your pipe and read it to your audience pointing out some mundane way it relates to some imagined evil the conservatives have heaped on your world. Nighty nite Mr. Olbermann, go to sleep…….

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    • valarie
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 9:12pm

      wtp what a repulsive attempt to discredit a woman not only much more intelligent than our idiot in chief but your next President. Liberals. Are the wingnuts who do sick, violent things. Not good, American conservatives. Go troll somewhere else.

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    • Katayno
      Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:18am

      To WTP:
      Sarah P. in no more to blame in this shooting than Gabby is by saying that she owned a Glock 9 mm,, the same gun the shooter bought in Nov. to plan his assination. The shooter met his victim 4 years earlier and carried a wacked out grudge because she ignoried his question. Think be4 you talk.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:32am

      midwest blonde – Yes.. Now that you mention it, there is NO “REPORT POST” on whitetaparty’s posts. WHAT THE HECK??!!!

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  • TruthTalker
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 2:52pm

    Why didn’t law enforcement take action earlier?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 8:44pm

      @HILLBILLYSAM1 Do you think that just for one day you can stop throwing the hate at our President – just one day – he does not deserved to be drawn in to this discussion. Yet your hatred for him is so great that you bring him into every discussion. If we should have learned anything from the events of yesterday, it should be that the hatred has got to stop. And we all need to take the personal responsibly to stop the hatred! http://wp.me/pYLB7-v9

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:19am

      walkwithme- will you please ask the same of whiteteaparty in reference to his hatred of Sarah Palin that you are asking of Hillbillysam please?

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    • River0
      Posted on January 10, 2011 at 6:30am

      This happened because of the invasion of illegals. Arizona’s – and the feds’ – lack of diligence regarding the border allowed this psychotic creep to walk around loose because so many resources were going to illegals. A decade or two ago, Loughner would have been hospitalized for his own protection.

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  • 8jrts
    Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:32pm

    Sadly you are right. We are “on to them” and the stunts they once pulled in the dark of night. Fact is the people that want this destruction are few, and realize that. Most of Americans are closer to in their values to teaparty than to radical left even if that’s not what drive-by media tells them.

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