Finger pointing in Arizona shooting

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                Pictured: Congresswoman Gabrielle
Giffords (D-Arizona)

If by some chance, you are uninformed about any sort of important news, you've yet to hear about the Tucson, Arizona shootings. Six were killed and 12 others were wounded Saturday when a gunman opened fire outside a grocery store in Tucson, where congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was holding a constituent meeting, police said.

Among casualties were the deaths of a nine-year old girl, and U.S. District Judge John Roll. The young girl was invited by Giffords to get a glimpse of the political process. Judge Roll had served for nearly 40 years and had been a chief judge for the District of Arizona since 2006, according to cnn.com.

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, but is said to be making good progress in her struggle towards recovery.

As the picture begins to come clear as to who the gunman was, 22-year old Jared L. Loughner of Tucson, many are pointing the finger at the Tea Party's use of volatile rhetoric to rowel up Americans like Loughner.

Both Judge Roll and Congresswoman Giffords, a democrat, had been threatened in the past for their support of issues revolving around support of civil-rights for illegal immigrants and "Obamacare", President Obama's health-care plan.

According to Caitie Parker, a young lady who claims to have been a former friend of Loughner's described him as a "left wing, quite liberal and oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy" . However, Giffords, the primary target, was a democrat.

No confirmed sources have proved what political affiliation Loughner was, yet the blame is being placed on both parties.

It is factual that Loughner appeared to be acting alone. Several reports have indicated his mental instability.

Honestly, it is an individual's own fault if he or she chooses to react irately to words, rulings, and otherwise. Regardless of Loughner's political affiliation, no one but him can be blamed for the brutal acts he committed on Saturday.

If he was in someway influenced by the recent hostile rhetoric between one party to the other, I only fear the emergence of copycats.