Jared Lee Loughner

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Another Loughner Ex: He's Faking Mental Illness

Says he went on 'rants' about government

(Newser) - Another of Jared Lee Loughner’s high school girlfriends has come forward, and this one suspects he’s “faking" mental illness to keep out of prison, Fox News reports. He was a smart, quiet kid whose anger flared when government came up, she says. He had a “temper...

Ex-Girlfriend: Don't Blame Me for Loughner's Meltdown

Kelsey Hawkes describes 'completely normal' teen

(Newser) - When Kelsey Hawkes dated Jared Loughner he liked to play clarinet and Super Mario Bros. They did their homework together. They shared a love of classic rock. She once taught him how to make French toast. He was, in other words, a “completely normal” 16-year-old during the 10 months...

Shooting Victim Speaks: 'This Is Not Happening'

'Good Samaritan' stayed with Pam Simon

(Newser) - Pam Simon's first thought was "this is not happening." The aide to Gabrielle Giffords' next thought was "that's a toy gun." A moment later: "It's happening." Then she was shot, and lay on the ground pretending to be dead, she tells the Wall Street ...

Black Bag With Ammo Found Near Loughner House

Police think it's the one Jared Lee Loughner pulled from a car

(Newser) - Looks like Arizona police have found the black bag that Jared Lee Loughner pulled from a family car the morning of the shootings. A teenager walking his dog near the Loughner house found a bag containing ammunition and took it to a neighbor who called police, reports the Arizona Daily ...

Loughner More Insane Than Left or Right
Loughner More Insane
Than Left or Right
analysis
Jan 13, 2011 12:55 PM CST

Loughner More Insane Than Left or Right

He embraced fringe theories on both sides

(Newser) - Analysts looking through Jared Lee Loughner's deranged online ramblings say that while some influence from the extreme left and extreme right is apparent, the only pigeonhole that fits is the one marked "insane." Some elements of the fringe right share Loughner's fixation on grammar conspiracies, currency manipulation, and...

Loughner's Ex-Girlfriend: This Isn't the Jared I Knew

Kelsey Hawkes says he was a 'pretty great guy' in high school

(Newser) - Jared Loughner may have been seen as “creepy” and “hostile” in recent years, but it wasn’t always so, says his ex-girlfriend. Loughner dated Kelsey Hawkes six years ago, in high school, and she tells the Early Show she saw him as a “completely different … person,...

We Regulate Toys, So Why Not Guns?
We Regulate Toys,
So Why Not Guns?
nicholas kristof
Jan 13, 2011 11:54 AM CST

We Regulate Toys, So Why Not Guns?

Nicholas Kristof: Better laws would be the greatest tribute of all

(Newser) - Nicholas Kristof makes his case for stricter gun control today in the New York Times , but not before laying out his credentials first: He's "an Oregon farm boy" who got a .22 for his 12th birthday and still shoots occasionally—meaning he's no "city slicker" alarmist who thinks...

College Shares Chilling Details of Loughner's Behavior

Paperwork documents his multiple run-ins with campus police

(Newser) - Jared Loughner’s bizarre behavior before the Tucson shootings is already well-documented , and more details are emerging. Documents released by his community college yesterday relate a number of disturbing classroom incidents that caught officials' attention; campus police had seven run-ins with Loughner over seven months. Via the New York Times...

Loughner 'Just Sits in a Cell With a Smirk on His Face'

US marshal says he's barely talking to anyone

(Newser) - Prison hasn't done much to wipe the scary-looking grin off Jared Lee Loughner's face. A US marshal tells the Daily Beast that the Arizona shooting suspect "doesn't say much, he just sits in his cell with a smirk on his face, nothing else." Loughner has what the marshal...

Palin Causes Stir by Evoking 'Blood Libel'

Charged phrase has long history

(Newser) - Sarah's Palin's "blood libel" is the phrase of the day, even setting off an online debate at Politico about her loaded word choice on victimhood. Palin didn't invent the phrase: As AOL News explains, it goes back to the Middle Ages, usually in reference to the myth that Jews...

Police Pulled Loughner Over Hours Before Shooting

He ran a red light

(Newser) - Jared Lee Loughner had a minor run-in with the law less than three hours before he opened fire at that Tucson supermarket. A wildlife officer pulled Loughner over for running a red light at 7:30 that morning, the AP reports, but he let him go because there were no...

Limbaugh: Loughner Has Democrats' 'Full Support'

Rush thinks lefties don't want him convicted of murder

(Newser) - Sure, Jared Loughner might have shot a Democrat, but in Rush Limbaugh's fevered imagination, Democrats are in his corner and trying to get him off the hook. "What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country," Limbaugh declared...

Sarah Palin Swings at Media's 'Blood Libel'

Shares first extended comments on the tragedy

(Newser) - Sarah Palin called it "incomprehensible why a single, evil man took the lives of peaceful citizens that day" in her first extended statement about the Arizona shootings—and then moved from addressing the tragedy to addressing the blame game surrounding it. "Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists...

Loughner Sought Help on Gaming Forums

Loughner complained of rejection, unemployment

(Newser) - Jared Loughner sought help and advice from a community of online gamers, postings unearthed by the Wall Street Journal show. "Does anyone have aggression 24/7?" he asked last May in a forum associated with the game Earth Empires. Loughner complained about being spurned by women and having trouble finding...

Seeking Solace, Tucson Honors Victims at Mass

Hundreds gather to seek comfort

(Newser) - Tucson's citizens gathered by the hundreds last night, crowded under the roof of the Catholic church where Christina Taylor Green used to sing in the choir to pay homage to her and the other victims of Saturday's shootings just blocks from where they took place. "I know she is...

Loughner's Bizarre Mug Shot Plays Big in Media

But some papers avoided highlighting leering photo

(Newser) - Suspected gunman Jared Lee Loughner looks pretty crazy in his mug shot, and media across the nation tended to play that big. Instead of the benumbed, glazed-over look of the typical cop shop portrait, Loughner's leering face stunned reporters. "Face of Evil" was the headline accompanying the front-page New ...

Piers Morgan: 'Bleeding Obvious' Palin Was Reckless

It's 'common sense' not to use crosshairs, says 'new Larry King'

(Newser) - Clearly, Piers "the new Larry King" Morgan is not one to tread lightly. He has called it "bleeding obvious" that Sarah Palin should not have placed crosshairs on a map of the district of shooting victim Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. “I was merely stating the bleeding obvious when...

Loughner Evaded His Father Just Before Shooting

Jared Lee ran off as dad asked about his black bag

(Newser) - Investigators today revealed more disturbing details about the events leading up to the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, including a handwritten note in the suspect's home with the words "Die, bitch." On the day of the shooting, a mumbling Jared Lee Loughner ran into the desert near...

Glock Sales Surge After Arizona Spree

Gun shop owners see big jump after assault

(Newser) - In the any-publicity-is good-publicity-department: Sales of semiautomatic Glock pistols like that used in the Gabrielle Giffords shooting have spiked in Arizona and across the nation in the days following the attack, reports Bloomberg . One-day sales of the $500 Glocks were up 60% in Arizona when comparing Jan. 10 of this...

Most Americans Say Politics Played No Role in Shooting

Nearly 6 in 10 don't blame rhetoric, says CBS poll

(Newser) - Pundits aside , most Americans don't actually think the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was caused by inflammatory political rhetoric, CBS News reports. Of 673 people polled on the issue, 57% said political discourse had nothing to do with the shooting, while 32% said it did. In a reflection of...

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