Pima County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Deputies have been using first-aid kits with tourniquets for years and are crediting the kits with saving lives after the 2011 shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson.
Read More →Pro- and anti-gun forces do not agree on much, but they do agree on the breathtaking sweep of the Georgia legislation allowing guns in bars, schools, restaurants, churches and airports that is now awaiting the signature of Gov. Nathan Deal.
Read More →Nearly 3,000 pages of newly released investigative reports on the Gabrielle Giffords shooting reveal a suspect who slowly became unhinged as those around him attempted to intervene.
Read More →U.S. District Judge Larry Burns on Thursday sentenced Tucson shooter Jared Loughner to seven consecutive life terms plus 140 years, calling the sentence "astronomical" and "justified" because Loughner "knew what he was doing" when he killed six and wounded 13 at a 2011 congressional event sponsored by then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Read More →Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty Tuesday to the Tucson shooting attack last year that killed six people and wounded 13, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A federal judge here concluded that Loughner understands at this time that he's responsible for opening fire during a congressional constituent meeting in a parking lot.
Read More →The mentally ill, substance abusers, and other dangerous individuals have freely purchased firearms because nearly 90% of states fail to send all necessary information to a federal database used to run background checks for gun buyers, according to a new report.
Read More →A federal judge Wednesday agreed with two doctors who testified that suspected Tucscon shooter Jared Loughner is unfit to stand trial and will instead receive treatment at a facility in Springfield, Mo.
Read More →As part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will honor members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department call center for their work during the Tucson mass shooting in January.
Read More →Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced his support for federal legislation that would ban weapon magazines carrying more than 10 rounds.
Read More →Appearing in U.S. District Court, Loughner at times scrunched his face, at other times laughed openly as if hearing a private joke while attorneys discussed the case.
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