Editor: On Jan. 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot in Tucson, Arizona, by a 22-year-old man named Jared Lee Loughner. Six victims were killed, and Rep. Giffords is rehabilitating in a Houston hospital. How can any sense be made from such a senseless and horrible act of violence?
A response to the Tucson tragedy from a mental health perspective