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ABC's David Wright visited a Pima County firing range to shoot off a few rounds first. Then he investigated how easy it was for Jared Loughner, despite manifest mental health problems, to purchase his pistol. Wright told us that it has been illegal for the mentally ill to own a gun since 1968. Different states have different interpretations: under federal law the prohibition applies only to those under court-ordered treatment; some states require from applicants a waiver of healthcare privacy; others require an in-person application with law enforcement, face-to-face; Arizona requires neither of these.
For the first time this week, the post-Tucson coverage turned to the gun control debate on Capitol Hill. CBS' Wyatt Andrews told us about Rep Carolyn McCarthy's proposal to restore the ban on oversized magazines for pistols, limiting a clip to ten bullets plus one in the chamber. McCarthy is the New York Democrat whose husband was killed in a random shooting spree on a Long Island commuter train. Andrews was skeptical of passage: "The political reality is that both houses of Congress are largely pro-gun"--even the brain-damaged Gabrielle Giffords herself. "She is very good with a Glock!"
NBC's week-ending Tucson feature was not about guns but about wind chimes. Festooned from trees, rustled by the desert wind, Lee Cowan told us that Ben's Bells are Making a Difference by reminding residents of the value of kindness.
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