As the nation prays for Arizona Congress member Gabrielle Giffords, a petition has been established to stop violence in America. On Saturday, Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head outside a Safeway in Tucson. She was holding a meet and greet outside the grocery store, to provide her the opportunity to reach out to the local community. During the attack, three of her staffers were shot, and six people died. The deaths included a judge and a beautiful nine year old girl, Christina Taylor Green, born on 9/11.
The shooter who has been identified as Jared Lee Loughner, appears to be a young man who was mentally unstable and may be schizophrenic. Others speculate that politicians such as Sarah Palin promoting hatred are at the root of the problem. In November of 2009, a staffer fearing for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ safety called police after someone dropped off a gun during another “Congress on your Corner” event at a local Safeway in her district.
And on March 22, 2010, just hours after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords cast her vote in favor of health care reform, a vandal jumped a gate and smashed the glass front door of her Arizona office. It was a few days later the infamous Sarah Palin’s map featuring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ district in the crosshairs was posted by Sarah Palin’s PAC. Sarah Palin posted on Twitter urging her supporters “Don’t retreat. Instead — reload!”
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords – appeared on MSNBC in March of 2010 after her offices were vandalized and death threats received. Here is what she said: “Sarah Palin has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district and when people do that, they’ve gotta realize there are consequences to that action.”
Since the shooting on Saturday, Sarah Palin has removed the crosshairs map from her official website and has issued the following statement on her Facebook page: ” My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today’s tragic shooting in Arizona. On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray for the victims and their families, and for peace and justice.” Should Palin tone down her political message?
You can join over 100,000 others who have signed the petition to stop violence. You can click here to sign. Thoughts and prayers go out to Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords, her family and the others involved in the senseless Tucson shooting.
Oh and LOL@ a petition to stop violence. You will never stop all violence. The world has been violent since it’s inception. People have been killing each other for thousands of years. You are NEVER, EVER going to stop all violence. Not to mention we live in one of the most peaceful countries that has ever existed and currently exists. When you compare the level of violence in America to that of other nation’s and to that of other civilizations throughout time…we have it easy. Women are beheaded in Iran for mere infractions, Jews are being murdered daily in Gaza, Muslims are killing each other all over the middle east, warring tribes in Pakistan and India kill each other daily, women are sold into bondage and often murdered in the Orient. We are FREE here and freedom comes with a price. Sometimes bad people do bad things and there is nothing you can do but punish them after the fact and live your own life the right way. End of story!
This article is just as offensive and disgusting as Sheriff Dupnik’s comments. Political rhetoric, metaphors, imagery, debates, etc have absolutely NOTHING to do with what happened in Arizona. Palin’s cross hairs map is no more questionable than Obama’s comment while on the campaign trail in 2008, “if they bring a knife to the fight we will bring a gun”. They are just metaphorical statements/images. To attempt to connect them to the mass murder of 6 people by an unstable young man who by all accounts didn’t even watch TV or listen to talk radio or follow what Palin says or doesn’t say…is lunacy and an insult to the victims and their families. Shame on you. And shame on you for trying to skew your reader’s opinion by using that picture of Palin side by side with the victim. Reprehensible.
Actually the crosshairs map is still on her Facebook page.
Has Sarah Plain had the cross hairs removed fro. the politicians yet? PATHETIC POLITICS has caused this.
We outlined in the article that the shooter was mentally unstable. We also pointed out Sarah Palin’s crosshairs map that listed Gabrielle Gifford as a target.
No we do not blame Sarah Palin for the shooting but I do think her crosshairs map is questionable. I think the hatred campaigns should be toned by both Republicans and Democratics. We have too many unstable people in our country.
The shooting in Tucson was tragic and hopefully will bring all politicians together to discuss.
Come ON! This crime in Tucson was caused by a tragically deranged young man, without enough mental capacity to even recognize a political party. To put any of this on any one politician is so desperate. If you are going to blame someone, blame that poor kid’s parents for not getting him the help he so seriously needed before it was too late. But get off the political assassination crap. Why don’t you put up a page promoting assistance to bi-polar personalities instead. Get a grip.