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| 22 Year Old Gunman Jared Loughner |
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sadness Strickens Tucson, Arizona
Today marks a day that will stay with many forever. This afternoon, a young man opened fire at an event in front of a Safeway grocery store. 18 people were wounded and 6 people were pronounced dead. Among this group of victims was Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was shot in the head by the gunman and air lifted to the hospital. She has since undergone brain surgery and the doctors are saying that she is expected to live. Also among the fatally wounded were U.S District Judge John Roll, Giffords aide and probably most upsetting, a nine year old girl. The young man that was the gunman is 22 year old Jared Loughner. The police suspect that he had mental issues and that he acted alone. For the full story you can visit azcentral.com or cnn.com. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/08/20110108arizona-giffords-brk.html
It breaks my heart that people tend to think the only way to fix a situation is to go on a killing spree. This young man obviously had an issue with authority figures and our U.S government. I will not pretend to understand nor will I pretend to not understand. We have all had our doubts about our own government. This is no secret. We may all pretend we would go to an extreme but some obviously feel the need to act. Most disturbing about this young boy is that he posted on his Myspace this morning saying Goobye to his friends. Photos on his social networking site including pictures of his semi-automatic handgun and a video of himself burning the American flag. He voices his opinion on Youtube that he is worried about the literacy rate and that few people in the country speak English now. He went on further on his Youtube rant to say that "The government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar."
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