Arizona gun control: Gabrielle Giffords urges support for background checks
Gabrielle Giffords speaks to Congress on Jan. 30, 2013.
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Posted: 03/06/2013
TUCSON, AZ - Gabrielle Giffords, a former congresswoman shot and wounded more than two years ago, urged support for background checks on Wednesday.
She and her husband, Mark Kelly, spoke at a gun control rally in Tucson, Arizona, the same place where an assailant shot her in the head.
Kelly said his newly formed gun-control organization is sending a letter to U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake, both Arizona Republicans, urging them to support background-check legislation.
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