Originally Posted by Tbugs

The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and senseless killings of a Federal judge and 5 others including a 9 year old girl in Arizona has me wondering why handguns are allowed to be owned by individuals.

Sarah Palin's website had actually put a picture of Gifford's district on it with crosshairs drawn in as a target for their Republican challenge to her. Gifford's Republican challenger, Jesse Kelly, had fundraisers of shooting an M-16 rifle. His website had him dressed in combat gear with an M-16.

Palin has expressed her condolences. Yeah, who believes that?

Kelly's spokesman says he sees no connection between the shooting of the Congresswoman and the militant fundraising. Yeah, who believes that?

The shooter was obvisously a deranged person but these ideas were planted somehow. Who is to blame? How did such a person get a gun?