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Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, planted a yellow rose bush in a community garden in Tucson last month in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings.
In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Gabrielle Giffords said she's patiently working for gun control, drawing parallels with her rehabilitation after the Jan. 8, 2011 assassination attempt that killed six and left a dozen others wounded, including the former congresswoman.... Read more»
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Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, planted a yellow rose bush in a community garden in Tucson last month in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings.
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3 comments on this story
A great step toward gun control is to send your husband to buy one of the very guns he says should be banned, then come up with a lame lie to cover himself, right?
I don’t like that Mark Kelly is pro-gun in any aspect. I’d feel much better about his efforts if he didn’t keep saying “Gabby and I own guns” and publicizing that he buys more guns or goes out shooting. Enough of the “gun love” already. Guns are not good.
Thinker asserted:
He does that in the “I have lots of black friends” context…