Von Brunn in 'No Condition' for Court: Judge

(NEWSER) - Police discovered child pornography on a computer during a search of the home of suspected Holocaust Museum gunman James von Brunn, the Washington Post reports. FBI agents would not detail the amount or type of material discovered in the 88-year-old's Annapolis apartment. They also found a rifle, a handwritten will, and what seems to be a painting of Hitler and Jesus. More»

'Queasiness' aside, only guns can stop would-be killers

(NEWSER) - Yesterday’s Holocaust Museum shooting should stifle the queasiness American Jews feel around weapons, Jeffrey Goldberg writes for the Atlantic. “One of the lessons of the Holocaust to me is that it is more difficult to kill an armed Jew than an unarmed Jew,” he says. Had the guards been unarmed, “the Holocaust Museum would have been the scene of a massacre.” More»

Museum shooting proves conservatives, not just Jews, in danger

(NEWSER) - Glenn Beck offered his own bizarre take on the Holocaust Museum shooting last night, telling his flock that it was a warning of things to come. “The pot is boiling,” Glenn gravely intoned, and nut-jobs are going to come out of the woodwork. “Groups like al-Qaeda are even planning to work with white supremacists, coming through our southern border.” And target of said nut-jobs? Not only Jews but conservatives, like himself. More»

His rambling site has racist, anti-Semitic rants

(NEWSER) - White supremacist James Von Brunn is the injured suspect in today’s shooting of a National Holocaust Museum security guard, police tell the Washington Post. The guard has since died of his injuries at a local hospital, sources tell WJLA-TV. On his anti-Semitic website, von Brunn, 88, claims he served in World War II and that he was later convicted of an unstated crime by “a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys, and sentenced to prison by a Jew judge.” More»

Husband thanks nation for 'outpouring of support'

(NEWSER) - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in stable—though still critical—condition ahead of her alleged attacker’s court appearance today at 2pm in Phoenix, CNN reports. Giffords is "functioning at a high level," though "we’re not out of the woods yet," said a doctor. "At this phase in the game, no change is good, and we have no change." Seven other victims remain in the hospital, with five in serious condition; two are in good condition. More»