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‘Target Practice’ Headline Next To Photo Of Nancy Pelosi In N.R.A. Magazine Draws Criticism

‘Target Practice’ Headline Next To Photo Of Nancy Pelosi In N.R.A. Magazine Draws Criticism

According to the New York Times, the new issue of the National Rifle Association’s magazine The American Sportsman has drawn scrutiny for featuring a photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona with a bold headline alongside them that reads “Target Practice.” Giffords was shot in the […]

5y ago

Mark Kelly, Astronaut And Husband Of Gabrielle Giffords, Eyes Senate Run

Mark Kelly, Astronaut And Husband Of Gabrielle Giffords, Eyes Senate Run

Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut who is married to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is eyeing a run for the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 2020, the Arizona Republic reported Thursday. An organization called 314 Action, which encourages the election of political candidates with a background in STEM fields, has launched an effort to draft Kelly […]

5y ago

House Dems Unveil Bill To Expand Background Checks On Guns

House Dems Unveil Bill To Expand Background Checks On Guns

On Tuesday, January 8 — the anniversary of a mass shooting that occurred in Tuscon, Arizona — Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled a new bill that seeks to address the issue of background checks on all gun sales. Presently, not every gun sale requires a background check. According to one study conducted in […]

5y ago

Jacksonville Mass Shooting Prompts Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords To Slam Congress Over Gun Laws

Jacksonville Mass Shooting Prompts Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords To Slam Congress Over Gun Laws

Earlier today, as the Inquisitr reported, a mass shooting occurred at a Madden NFL 19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooting left four dead, including the suspect. Much like similar tragic events in the past, the Jacksonville shooting prompted politicians and public figures to react. Former Democratic member of the U.S. House of […]

5y ago

Congressman Takes Out Loaded Firearm During Gun Control Meeting, ‘I’m Not Going To Be A Gabby Giffords’

Congressman Takes Out Loaded Firearm During Gun Control Meeting, ‘I’m Not Going To Be A Gabby Giffords’

Congressman Ralph Norman of South Carolina thought pulling out a loaded gun was the best way to prove his argument with regards to the ongoing controversy over gun control. His constituents, however, apparently thought otherwise as they felt unsafe with the gun right in front of them. Norman was in a roundtable meeting in Rock […]

6y ago

Jared Loughner Suing Tuscon Shooting Victim Gabrielle Giffords For $25 Million

Jared Loughner Suing Tuscon Shooting Victim Gabrielle Giffords For $25 Million

Jared Lee Loughner, who is currently serving seven life sentences (consecutive) after admitting to the 2011 shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is now suing Giffords, according to reports. The mass shooting that Loughner admitted to carrying out took place in Tuscon, Arizona. Ultimately, Loughner reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, admitting his culpability in […]

8y ago

Bill Badger Dies: Army Veteran ‘Did What Anybody Would Do’ During Arizona Shooting

Bill Badger Dies: Army Veteran ‘Did What Anybody Would Do’ During Arizona Shooting

On January 8, 2011, Army veteran Bill Badger stepped in and stopped Jared Loughner’s shooting spree at a grocery store parking lot in Tucson, Arizona. Loughner killed six and injured 13 others that day. One of those injured was then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is still recovering from injuries sustained on that day. According to CBS […]

9y ago

Jennifer Aniston Reaches 45, Tells Gloria Steinem ‘We’re In Deep Sh*t’

Jennifer Aniston Reaches 45, Tells Gloria Steinem ‘We’re In Deep Sh*t’

Jennifer Aniston did not go for a big birthday bash on Tuesday to celebrate reaching 45 years of age. Instead she opted for a quiet affair with friends at Soho House in L.A. But Justin Theroux was not among them. According to an initial report from E!, a source explained that “It was all her […]

10y ago

Gabrielle Giffords Skydive: Invites Joe Biden To ‘Join Me Next Time’

Gabrielle Giffords Skydive: Invites Joe Biden To ‘Join Me Next Time’

Gabrielle Giffords celebrated the third anniversary of the shooting in which she was severely injured – by skydiving! In the shooting incident 3 years ago, six people were killed and 13 wounded when a gunman opened fire at an event held by Giffords. She completed her jump and landed safely Wednesday afternoon at a skydiving […]

10y ago

Gabby Giffords To Mark Shooting Anniversary By Skydiving

Gabby Giffords To Mark Shooting Anniversary By Skydiving

Gabby Giffords plans to go skydiving to mark the third anniversary of being injured by a gunman. The former Arizona Democratic House Representative says the jump will serve to mark how far she’s come since being shot. In 2011, a mass shooting claimed the lives of six and injured 12 along with Gabby Giffords in […]

10y ago

Is Nikki Haley The Toughest Governor Since Schwarzenegger? This Board Thinks So

Is Nikki Haley The Toughest Governor Since Schwarzenegger? This Board Thinks So

Republican Governor Nikki Haley is showing the world just how tough a South Carolina gal can be. In a YouTube video published Wednesday by user nikkihaley (guess who), Haley is shown breaking a board in the South Carolina Statehouse. For her efforts, Nikki Haley was awarded an honorary black belt in Tae Kwon Do with […]

10y ago

Gabrielle Giffords Attends NYC Gun Show, Touts A ‘System That Works’

Gabrielle Giffords Attends NYC Gun Show, Touts A ‘System That Works’

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords attended a New York gun show on Sunday to draw attention towards voluntary background checks for buyers. The 43-year-old politician was shot in the head while giving a speech in Tuscon, Arizona two years ago. On Sunday, she traveled with astronaut husband Mark Kelly to the Saratoga Springs Arms Fair. […]

10y ago

Mark Kelly: Background Check Could Have Prevented Tucson Shooting [Video]

Mark Kelly: Background Check Could Have Prevented Tucson Shooting [Video]

Mark Kelly, husband of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, says gun background checks must be included in any new legislation concerning the sale of firearms. In a televised interview with Fox News‘ Chris Wallace (viewable below), Kelly said excluding universal background checks from new laws would be a “mistake,” though he also backed the NRA’s bid […]

11y ago

State Of The Union Address: Gabrielle Giffords In New Gun Reform Ad

State Of The Union Address: Gabrielle Giffords In New Gun Reform Ad

Gabrielle Giffords is starring in a new TV ad urging Congress to enact laws on gun control. Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman and Democrat, has become a quintessential gun control advocate since she was shot in 2011 in Tucson, about a mile away from Oro Valley. Being a victim makes her a perfect spokesperson […]

11y ago

Gabrielle Giffords Anti-Gun Violence Group Credited For Increased Gun Sales

Gabrielle Giffords Anti-Gun Violence Group Credited For Increased Gun Sales

Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly launched the anti-gun violence group, Americans for Responsible Solutions. In the wake on the announcement about Giffords’ new organization, gun sales have reportedly spiked. Guns and ammo sales jumped to record levels late last month after President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced plans for new […]

11y ago

Gabrielle Giffords To Sit Down With Diane Sawyer For Interview On Anniversary Of Shooting

Gabrielle Giffords To Sit Down With Diane Sawyer For Interview On Anniversary Of Shooting

Gabrielle Giffords will meet with Diane Sawyer this week for an interview on ABC World News to be aired on the anniversary of the shooting that nearly claimed the Congresswoman’s life. Giffords has rarely spoken about the January 2011 incident, but has given an interview to Diane Sawyer in a November 2011 appearance. In January […]

11y ago

Gabrielle Giffords Meets With NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg To Discuss Gun Control

Gabrielle Giffords Meets With NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg To Discuss Gun Control

Gabrielle Giffords had a private meeting on Wednesday with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to discuss the mayor’s efforts to push for stricter gun control measures. Giffords arrived for the secret meeting with her husband, Mark Kelly, and together they met with Bloomberg at his city hall offices, the New York Post reported. The […]

11y ago

Jared Lee Loughner Sentenced To Life Without Parole

Jared Lee Loughner Sentenced To Life Without Parole

Jared Lee Loughner will never again see the outside of a prison cell. Loughner, who plead guilty earlier this year for the deadly shooting rampage that nearly killed US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences and an additional 140 years in prison. US District Judge Larry Burns also said that Loughner […]

11y ago

Gabby Giffords’ Shooter Jared Loughner Faces Victims In Court, Declines To Speak

Gabby Giffords’ Shooter Jared Loughner Faces Victims In Court, Declines To Speak

Tuscon, AZ – Jared Lee Loughner, the man who pleaded guilty to an Arizona shooting rampage that killed six and wounded 14 others including former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, faced the survivors of his crimes during his sentencing hearing Thursday. During the hearing, a judge declared Loughner competent to face the charges against him. He […]

11y ago

Mark Kelly, Husband Of Gabrielle Giffords, Writes Children’s Book: Mousetronaut

Mark Kelly, Husband Of Gabrielle Giffords, Writes Children’s Book: Mousetronaut

Mark Kelly spent his career flying 39 naval combat tours in Operation Desert Storm followed by a stint as an astronaut where he flew on four shuttle missions. Now the husband of former US Representative Gabrielle Giffords is trying his hand at writing children’s books. Appearing onFOX News, Kelly says he was inspired to write […]

11y ago

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