There Is Only One Person Responsible For This Horrific And Senseless ACT...

....the individual that pulled the trigger!

Tasha Kheiriddin: Political murder happens everywhere


In the wake of the assassination attempt on United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, commentators are predictably pointing fingers. Americans, we are reminded, stockpiled guns after President Barack Obama came to power. Failed Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle talked about using “Second Amendment remedies” in the run-up to the 2010 mid-term elections. Former Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin had Ms. Gifford’s constituency “in the crosshairs” on her web site. And so on. To hear many pundits tell it, particularly those on the left, murder is but the tragically logical extension of an overheated, gun-happy body politic.

Not so fast. It would be neat and tidy to blame this tragedy on America’s love affair with firearms or its current state of partisan polarization. But the sad reality is that the assassination of public figures is hardly unique to the United States. Read More »