>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-congresswoman-shot,0,842180.story

We know Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, so yesterday was a very tough day (especially with the early wrong reports of her death).

I would be appalled by this incident no matter who the victims were but this is personal for me. I blame, first of course, the shooter. But I also blame those who allowed an obviously unstable young man to have a gun and who generally oppose efforts to restrict access to weapons by the mentally ill. I also blame all those who have, by their demagoguery, set a tone in this country that implies that guns are the way to solve political problems.

Tamar