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Gabrielle Dee Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American retired politician and gun control activist. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Arizona's 8th congressional district from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned because of a severe brain injury suffered during an assassination ...
May 16, 2024 · Gabby Giffords, American Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. In January 2011 she was shot in the head by one of her constituents during a ‘Congress on Your Corner’ event and resigned from the House to focus on her recovery. Learn more about Giffords’s life and work.
In 2013, after the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, Gabby co-founded the organization today known as Giffords. Over the past several years, the organization has been a leader in the national gun safety movement, making gun safety a kitchen table issue for voters.
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Jul 20, 2022 · July 20, 2022 10:15 AM EDT. Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, a new documentary from co-directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West, tells the story of how former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby...
Jan 8, 2021 · He killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Giffords, who was shot in the head. The gunman, Jared Loughner, was tackled at the scene and arrested. He later pleaded guilty in the attack...
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Nov 19, 2022 · Six people were killed. The gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2012. Tom Willett/Getty Images. Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, holds his wife's hand in...
Jan 8, 2021 · Gabby Giffords breaks out in song discussing her life 10 years after Tucson shooting (0:59) Staff Video, USA TODAY. She'll mark the day as she has before, by remembering those who died,...
