Via Truthout: Arizona Shooting Sets Off Debate on Violent Political Rhetoric

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) and seventeen others were shot Saturday after a gunman opened fire at a public event in Tucson, law-enforcement sources confirmed. Six people were killed, including a federal judge, an aide to Giffords and a nine-year-old girl.... The 40-year-old Arizona Democrat was shot in the head once at point-blank range and rushed to University Medical Center (UMC). During a press conference Sunday, Dr. Peter Ree of the University of Arizona Medical Center said that she was out of surgery and in critical condition, but was awake and following commands... The shooting has been connected to the heated political rhetoric around issues such as health care legislation and immigration ... [and] Giffords had been the target of death threats, vandalism and harassment in recent months."

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