Then, she was an up-and-coming lawmaker and her husband was an astronaut, in Houston as he prepared for a flight to the International Space Station. This time, he was a newly minted senator and she was working from their new D. Women of the Century: Gabby Giffords among influential women on Arizona list. She and Kelly founded their advocacy group in , in the wake of the horrific mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Originally called Americans for Responsible Solutions, the organization's name was changed in to simply Giffords, a reflection of her signature role on the issue, a recognition of her brand.
Gabby Giffords is the co-founder, chief spokesperson and lead fundraiser for the group that carries her name. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. He and Giffords have been friends since both were first elected to the House in and assigned offices next to one another "in the attic" of the Cannon House Office Building. Progress in enacting federal laws on gun violence has been excruciatingly slow.
Two years ago, the Democratic-controlled House passed legislation to strengthen the federal background check system — in a nod to Giffords, it was introduced on Jan.
Now Democrat Joe Biden is poised to be inaugurated as president and the new Senate will be under Democratic control, improving its prospects for passage. That is her top priority for the year, Giffords said. Patience and persistence, even in the face of setbacks, are qualities she has honed in her own recovery from the bullet that pierced her brain.
She has limited use of her right arm and leg; she walks with a limp and uses a cane. Many of Tucson's prominent families live in the area, in sprawling ranch-style homes, surrounded by well-groomed flora. The mall has banks, a flower shop and, at the back of the parking lot of the Safeway, a Beyond Bread, the favorite bakery belonging to Tucson's star restaurateur, Sam Fox.
It was toward Beyond Bread, shortly after 10 a. Just outside the supermarket, the local Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat who had just been sworn in for her third term in Washington, was a few minutes into of one of her regular town-hall-style meetings when a young man approached.
He had reportedly been trying to speak to Giffords even before the event got underway but had been told to wait his turn. The young man eventually got up close to the politician, took out a semi-automatic weapon with an extended clip and opened fire. He shot Giffords once in the head and sprayed the rest of the crowd with bullets, hitting a total of 19 people. Before he could do more damage or get away, he was tackled by two men in the crowd.
Emergency vehicles and medical helicopters soon converged, with the choppers landing in the eastbound lane of one of Tuscson's busiest intersections, which would be closed for close to seven hours. So far, six of the victims have died, including nine-year old Christina Taylor Green, who was born on Sept. Giffords remains in critical condition.
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Marine and then worked as an airline pilot. The couple lived in Reno, but later settled in a retirement community in Oro Valley, just north of the Tucson city limits. Morris said in the December interview that he was a Democrat until he retired and had time to read about politics and what was happening to the country. When he heard the shots, Morris grabbed his wife, turned her around and took her to the ground, hoping to shield her with his own body.
By then, she had already been shot twice, once in the lungs and once through the heart. Looking back, he said that was probably when she died. The Republic reviewed video of the seminar available from organizers of the conference, described as a gathering for Libertarian-minded people. The conceit of the panel was that gun violence was being put on trial.
Intellectuals debated the issue before a jury. One side argued for modest gun control reforms; the other argued that more regulations would little or detrimental effect.
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