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Gabrielle Giffords

Jun 12, 2015

Navy ship named after Giffords to be christened

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords will attend the christening of a Navy ship named in her honor.

Feb 23, 2015

Bill moves legalizing sawed-off shotguns, nunchucks in Arizona

Want a sawed-off shotgun or a silencer for your pistol? State senators voted Monday to let you have them – at least as far as Arizona law is concerned.

Jan 30, 2015

Lawmakers offer bills to prevent another tragedy, but are they Orwellian?

Republican Reps. Sonny Borrelli and Kelly Townsend are concerned about lawmakers’ safety. So they have sponsored two proposals they believe will protect legislators from attacks by citizens who could target them specifically because of their titles.

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords pumps her fist as she testifies before a Washington state House panel in Olympia, Wash. Giffords will begin a nine-state tour in Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, where she will advocate for tougher gun laws that she says will help protect women and families. Giffords, who was severely wounded by a gunman in 2011, will seek to elevate the issue of gun violence against women and push for state and federal action to make it more difficult for domestic abusers to get a hold of firearms. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Jan 29, 2015

Giffords to co-chair campaign for Tucson shooting memorial

Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will co-chair a fundraising effort for a permanent memorial honoring victims of the deadly January 2011 Tucson shooting that left her wounded.

Jan 12, 2015

Former Giffords aide to be district director for McSally

A former senior aide to Democratic ex-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will join the district staff of Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally.

Jan 8, 2015

Memorial has yet to emerge 4 years after Giffords shooting

The rows of flowers, teddy bears and inspirational posters that once lined a parking lot where a gunman killed six people and injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others have found a temporary home in a southern Arizona museum.

Oct 20, 2014

Barber and McSally slug it out with claims that don’t always ring true

U.S. Rep. Ron Barber is fired up. The Democratic congressman, often described as quiet and unassuming, is animated on Oct. 9 in front of a crowd of seniors at a Tucson YMCA, where he’s rallying them in preparation for get-out-the-vote efforts now that Election Day is just weeks away.

Oct 13, 2014

Surgeon who helped save Giffords’ life challenges Republican Orr in Tucson’s LD9

In their quest to oust Republican Rep. Ethan Orr from one of the two House seats in the Democratic-leaning Legislative District 9, Tucson Democrats found their dream candidate in Randall Friese, a man with a bio that’s hard to criticize.

Oct 6, 2014

Giffords likely to continue playing hardball despite criticism of ads

Whether you think her tactics are mean and vile or fair game, Gabby Giffords isn’t pulling any punches.

Sep 24, 2014

Giffords PAC removes controversial McSally ad

Gabby Giffords’ gun control-reform PAC removed a controversial ad attacking Martha McSally from Tucson airwaves on Tuesday, saying the decision was made only after the Republican candidate changed her position on background checks.

Sep 24, 2014

Gabrielle Giffords: I’m still fighting

Gabrielle Giffords walked slowly and with the help of her husband onto a stage in Tucson as over 400 women cheered her on and gave her a standing ovation.

Aug 19, 2014

In wake of mass shootings, disparate gun policies emerge in Arizona and Connecticut

Four months after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, lawmakers banned at least 115 types of semi-automatic firearms. Four months after the shooting of a congresswoman and a federal judge in Tucson, lawmakers in Arizona declared the Colt Army Action Revolver the official state gun.

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