Representative Gabrielle Giffords has been shot at a public speaking event.
Unfortunately, nothing is known at this time for sure. Reports vary from the number of deaths, the number of shots fired, etc. From reports, it was people standing around that tackled the shooter and he was taken into custody. While some reports have the shooter as white, early 20’s, with close cropped hair, we all know how eye witness accounts are unreliable.
Already, the left leaning blogs are blaming Palin, Bush, the Tea Party, and anyone to the right of Stalin. Some of the right leaning blogs I read are jumping on the “Let’s go ahead and paint this guy as a member of the opposing team” too, and it’s disgraceful.
I blame the guy who pulled the trigger. Not his gender, ethnicity, political leanings, nor his tools. He holds the blame here. We don’t know why he did it or his motivations. He could be an ultra Right Wing Limbaugh listener, he could be another lefty pissed we’re not moving toward socialism fast enough, or he could just be plain crazy.
Unfortunately, there will be those who will blame his tool. I fully expect gun rights to come under attack out of kneejerk reactions and we as gun rights activists need to be on guard for this.
My prayers go out to the wounded.