Video: Giffords flown to Houston for evaluation and rehab
posted at 2:55 pm on January 21, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Gabrielle Giffords continues to make remarkable progress after surviving an assassination attempt by a lunatic in Tucson. In less than two weeks since being shot in the head at nearly point-blank range, Giffords can now stand with some assistance and is showing signs of trying to speak. Giffords has a tracheal tube still in place which makes speaking impossible, but the fact that she has tried to speak is yet another sign that Giffords is fighting to recover from the shooting, as well as an indicator that her brain may recover from the trauma — although the road will be long and difficult:
Giffords flew from Tucson to Houston today, where she will start her rehabilitation in order to be close to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly:
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Tucson, Arizona hospital where she has been treated since a January 9 gunshot wound, traveling under police escort down streets lined with well-wishers.
Giffords’ first stop was to be Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, where she was expected to board an aircraft that will carry her to Houston. She will continue her recovery there.
Although previous reports had indicated she would move directly to a rehabilitation facility affiliated with Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, she will instead be taken to the hospital’s trauma center for evaluation and treatment, said Dr. Dong Kim, a neurosurgeon at the hospital.
“She’s not quite ready for rehabilitation yet,” he said, citing concerns about ongoing medical issues. He declined to elaborate.
The ongoing medical issues relate to her surgeries over the last thirteen days, as the video report makes clear. Memorial Hermann will oversee her case as she goes through rehab, so they need to do their own evaluation first to proceed properly. That means ensuring that Giffords’ post-surgical status is stable, getting baseline measurements on her abilities, and developing their own plan for rehab. It shouldn’t take long, but the evaluation shouldn’t surprise or discourage anyone.
We will certainly keep Rep. Giffords, her family and friends, and her caregivers in our prayers, as we do for the other victims in the Tucson shootings. Hopefully we will hear more good news in the future for all of the surviving victims.
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The other difference is the police and other government agencies don’t typically have cops just walk into the store to buy something. They usually buy in bulk on a contract that goes through the Request For Proposals (RFP) process where the manufacturer or a wholesale distributor provides bids on what they will sell to the agency and for what price.
Besides, if it’s a gun store in a place like NY – he already can’t sell those weapons locally, so he’s not likely to have anything in the store anyway.
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 11:24 AM
“Nothing we’re going to do is going to fundamentally alter or eliminate the possibility of another mass shooting or guarantee that we will bring gun deaths down to a thousand a year from what we’re at now,” Biden told reporters after meeting with Senate Democrats in the Capitol.
J_Crater on February 25, 2013 at 11:40 AM
I’d bet Romney’s $10k that violent crime rates go UP in the areas where law-abiding citizens’ gun rights are violated.
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 11:49 AM
But apparently Obama and his illegitimate NLRB can tell private companies where they may and may not build plants, witness Boeing. Every time somebody says but but but something-or-other can’t happen, I just laugh. Then groan.
Fenris on February 25, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Evidently, some ammunition companies are also refusing to sell to government – both because of 2d Amendment issues, and because of concerns about the quantity of ammunition some national government organizations are acquiring.
GWB on February 25, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Who’s doing this though?
Can’t find a comprehensive list anywhere. Jazz???
Also, from what I HAVE seen of the list, they’re mostly all small time companies – many I’ve never even heard of. So unless we see some big names join this list – S&W, Remington, Winchester, Colt, etc – I don’t see this causing much impact to the government entities they’re targeting.
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 12:17 PM
Perhaps not. However, “the cops” are the “tool” of politician’s and WILL use their guns, without hesitation, to execute these crafted laws.
And by the way, “the cops” don’t function based upon law … they function upon chain-of-command orders.
Carnac on February 25, 2013 at 12:34 PM
I don’t recall which ammunition companies were cited. I seem to recall the information was on a firearms blog/forum. (Which I will never be able to find right now.)
GWB on February 25, 2013 at 12:47 PM
I was hoping if Hot Air is going to post a thread on this topic, they would have a link to an actual comprehensive list somewhere.
I have the same problem with Fox News – way too many articles referring to photos or other things – but they don’t include the relevant photo or even links to it or other items.
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 12:57 PM
here you go:
blog 1
blog 2
Fenris on February 25, 2013 at 1:11 PM
.
If you believe LEO’s are Nazi’s willing to follow any order handed down the chain of command, you know nothing about LEO’s.
In my experience, they are MORE tuned in to the failings of politicians than your average person because they live with the “unintended consequences” politicians generate.
Please spare us your OWS, gramatically challenged ““the cops” are the “tool” of politician’s” nonsense.
I have never met a LEO/Mil who wanted to be on the wrong side of 100:1 odds – and 95% of both groups have NO illusions about what it would be likeif some jacka$$ politician ordered them to confiscate legally owned weapons.
PolAgnostic on February 25, 2013 at 1:17 PM
I think it depends on the cops themselves and where they are.
My county sheriff has publicly stated he will NOT enforce any laws that violate the 2nd Amendment. Some of the city cops I’m not so sure about – although most of the cops I’ve known personally would more likely be on our side (us “gun nuts” that is) of this issue.
However, if you look at comments made by some chiefs/sheriffs from places like Baltimore and Chicago, I get the impression they seem to be very willing to run out and start confiscating weapons – from law-abiding citizens – probably not so quick from the gang-bangers who are the actual problem.
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 1:52 PM
if the LEO’s don’t like it .. vote the b*stards out that crafted this “law”
conservative tarheel on February 25, 2013 at 2:25 PM
oh and you can add Barrett to the list.
conservative tarheel on February 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Thanks for posting those lists.
However, now that I’ve seen the lists, they confirm my concern that this is mainly an advertising gimmick for the little guys who depend on the pro-gun civilian customer base. Don’t get me wrong – I’m all in favor of it. But I doubt these companies are major sources of weapons and equipment for government agencies – who typically buy in large quantities via RFP. So this will have little to no impact unless the big boys jump in. Until S&W, Remington, Glock, Winchester, and other big manufacturers/distributors get in, it’s kind of a hollow gesture – or perhaps a hollow point (ok – bad pun, couldn’t resist ;) ).
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Not going ot happen with Remington. That’s owned by Cerberus Capital Management, a notoriously left-wing company. They also own Bushmaster, DPMS Firearms, Marlin (owned by Remington),and Advanced Armament Corporation, all of which were organized under the umbrella of Freedom Group, which, last I checked, Cerberus was trying to dump after Sandy Hook. Don’t know if they succeeded, though.
totherightofthem on February 25, 2013 at 3:38 PM
Darn – I should have looked that up before I bought my Marlin .22. I had one back in HS and it was a decent little rifle, and they’re cheap, so I got another for target plinking. I guess I should have paid a bit more and got the Ruger.
dentarthurdent on February 25, 2013 at 3:47 PM
It just means the cops won’t get special deals for being cops
Sounds good to me
Feel sad for the good cops, if a couple years down the road, their bosses are buying them buffoon guns from the ‘bend over’ manufacturers willing to issue Bloomberg approved non hurtful weapons
entagor on February 26, 2013 at 3:56 PM
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