In a video posting on her Facebook page, Palin decried the "inexcusable and incomprehensible acts of a single evil man," calling on Americans to condemn violence in order for the republic to endure.
Palin rejected the "mindless finger-pointing" in the wake of the tragedy and quoted former president Ronald Reagan to stress that blame for the horrific tragedy rested with the murderer alone.
"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions," she said.
The potential 2012 Republican presidential contender alluded to direct criticism over a midterm election map she posted online with crosshairs over Giffords' district and 19 other high-priority seats for Tea Party candidates.
"Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle," she said.
A spokesperson for the former governor previously said that the crosshairs represented surveyor sites rather than gun targets.
Palin expressed her condolences to the victims of the horrific shooting spree and urged viewers to continue to pray for their families and for the full recovery of the wounded.
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