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How Government Caused the Jared Lee Loughner Massacre

Everyone wants a why for the mass shooting, and now we have it: The suspect in Saturday's deadly rampage purchased a firearm legally after passing an FBI background check, the company's vice president of hunting operations told FoxNews.com on Sunday. The memo also includes information about the suspect's mother, who works for the Pima County Board of Supervisors and notes that Loughner has multiple arrests but no criminal record. Word on the street is that Mommy used her connection with the County Sherrif's office to keep Loughner from being formally charged. Loughner, you'll recall, terrified a community college campus: We know that Loughner's behavior so bothered his classmates and professors at Pima Community College that the school asked him to leave, ordering him to undergo a psychological evaluation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 10, 2011 (boomark / email).