From the details revealed in 2,700 pages of documents about the lead-up to Jared Loughner's attack on Giffords in 2011, it seems as though gun control advocates will find much more to strengthen their arguments than will the NRA.
On Thursday Jared Loughner was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences—it's part of a plea deal he agreed to over the summer—for killing six people, wounding 13 others, and attempting to take the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Here is what she and her husband told her shooter today during the victims' statements.
Jared Lougner's lack of sanity has kept him out of the defendant's chair since a judge ruled him unfit to stand trial last year, but a ruling on Monday dealt a serious blow to Loughner's fight to remain crazy as he faces a trial for the mass shooting that killed six and injured Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.
The shooting suspect will stop receiving medication after only a few days of treatment
A re-examination of Olbermann's "special comment" on the Tuscon massacre
The Giffords shooter would be remanded back to federal custody if that's the ruling
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