Inside Opinion » shootings http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion What's on the minds of Tacoma News Tribune editorial writers Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 What we know about Jared Loughner: Not much http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2011/01/10/what-we-know-about-jared-loughner-not-much/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2011/01/10/what-we-know-about-jared-loughner-not-much/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:42:00 +0000 Patrick O'Callahan http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=11617 This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition.

Sometimes a deranged gunman is just a deranged gunman.

At this point, no one has a clue as to why a 22-year-old misfit with a Glock opened fire on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and a crowd of others in Tucson, killing six and nearly killing her.

We won’t have a clue until Jared Lee Loughner himself starts talking, and maybe not even then, given the odd workings of his disordered mind.

Was he triggered by the general “vitriol” in the air? Arizona’s bitter disputes over illegal immigration? The fact that Sarah Palin …

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