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America is a horrible country.

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Full story from CNN.

A federal judge was killed and a congresswoman gravely wounded Saturday in a shooting outside of a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store, according to police and government officials. In all, six people died and 12 were wounded in the shooting, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, according to Rick Kastigar, bureau chief for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.


President Barack Obama later said Chief Judge John Roll of the U.S. District Court for Arizona was among the dead.


A 9-year-old girl also died in the attack, according to authorities. The child, whose identity had not been released, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
 
It's very sad news, hopefully we'll find out soon what his motives were.
 
The problem the usa is loaded with guns my neighbors have arsenals in their homes .Many people do.Anybody can get a gun gunshops are all over.You can also mailorder them to your home . And getting ammo is just a matter of going down to your local walmart and buyng it and if you need to buy another gun you can do so there.One car dealership wanted to increase their sales so they offered a free ak47 with a purchase of a new car they sold 400 more cars than the month before and thats very sad.And if somebody does something to you lose your job.If the so called american justice system screws you and they can and will get a gun open fire and if you are made get a gun open fire
 
America is not a horrible country. We have our issues, but it is not a horrible place. Places where people get hacked up like today’s butcher’s special on a daily basis are horrible countries. The same could be said about Bulgaria and the amount of people who die from apparently inept and nonexistent driving skills. Let’s lay blame where the blame should be laid. The problem is not the guns, but the people using the guns and feeling that they have the right and need for guns for whatever purpose. We, in the US, have skewed the interpretation of the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment to fit whatever purpose we see fit at the time. The purpose of it was to provide for a well armed militia to fight the British. First, we declared independence from the British and we are not fighting them anymore. Secondly, the militia is now the National Guard. We no longer need to have every able-bodied male of age to bear arms and be ready to be called up to assist in the fight for freedom. If we do, then reinstate the damn draft and stop allowing these self-proclaimed patriot assholes access to get and stockpile weapons like hypochondriacs do prescriptions. In the state of Arizona, where this occurred, it is legal in Phoenix for a person to carry a concealed weapon into a restaurant and a bar. Does anyone else see the problem with this? Drunks and guns do NOT mix. I have a real problem believing 94elmwood’s statement about the free AK47 with a car purchase. Surely someone in law enforcement would have stopped it well before it got under way. The nine year old girl died at the hospital. Ironically, she was born on 09/11/2001.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40992765/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts

The Congresswoman survived surgery, but no one knows what her future holds; whether she will be anywhere close to her former self or a vegetable. Yes, horrible things happen in the United States, but they also happen in every other country around the world as well. Unfortunately, it has become an accepted part of life and we have become immune to it. It is getting to the point where I am ready to say “Stop the world, I want to get off.”
 
Thanks for your interesting comments.

America is horrible nation I stand by my statement, ask anyone here and they will tell you the same. I have so many friends there and I am not saying they are miserable but admit it guys - mass shootings are everywhere - at shopping malls, at university campuses, even at miltary bases like fort hood. At least two or three mass shootings per year.

Of course it's not any of your fault.

And just for the record there is not a single mass shooting incident in Bulgaria. Bulgaria was founded as a nation long before the US in 681.

Here follows a list of some the worst mass shootings in the United States since the Columbine school massacre in 1999:

-- In April 1999, two teenage schoolboys shot and killed 12 schoolmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, before killing themselves.

-- In July 1999, a stock exchange trader in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 12 people including his wife and two children before taking his own life.

-- In September 1999, a gunman opened fire at a prayer service in Fort Worth, Texas, killing six people before committing suicide.

-- In October 2002, a series of sniper-style shootings occurred in Washington DC, leaving 10 dead.

-- In August 2003 in Chicago, a laid-off worker shot and killed six of his former workmates.

-- In November 2004 in Birchwood, Wisconsin, a hunter killed six other hunters and wounded two others after an argument with them.

-- In March 2005, a man opened fire at a church service in Brookfield, Wisconsin, killing seven people.

-- In October 2006, a truck driver killed five schoolgirls and seriously wounded six others in a school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before taking his own life.

-- In April 2007, a student shot and killed 32 people and wounded 15 others at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, before shooting himself, making it the deadliest mass shooting in the United States after 2000.

-- In December 2007, a 20-year-old man killed nine people and injured five others in a shopping center in Omaha, Nebraska.

-- In December 2007, a woman and her boyfriend shot dead six members of her family on Christmas Eve in Carnation, Washington.

-- In February 2008, a shooter who is still at large tied up and shot six women at a suburban clothing store in Chicago, leaving five of them dead and the remaining one injured.

-- In February 2008, a man opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, killing five students and wounding 16 others before laying down his weapon and surrendering.

-- In September 2008, a mentally ill man who was released from jail one month earlier shot eight people in Alger, Washington, leaving six of them dead and the rest two wounded.

-- In December 2008, a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit opened fire at a family Christmas party in Covina, California, then set fire on the house and killed himself. Police later found nine people dead in the debris of the house.

-- In March 2009, a 28-year-old laid-off worker opened fire while driving a car through several towns in Alabama, killing 10 people.

-- In March 2009, a heavily-armed gunman shot dead eight people, many of them elderly and sick people, in a private-owned nursing home in North Carolina.

-- In March 2009, six people were shot dead in a high-grade apartment building in Santa Clara, California.

-- In April 2009, a man shot dead 13 people at a civic center in Binghamton, New York.

-- In November 2009, U.S. army psychologist Major Nidal Hasan opened fire at a military base in Fort Hood, Texas, leaving 13 dead and 42 others wounded.

-- In January 2011, a gunman opened fire at a public gathering outside a grocery in Tuscon, Arizona, killing six people including a nine-year-old girl and wounding at least 12 others. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured with a gunshot to the head.


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