Jan 12, 2021
Last week, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and wounded Gabby Giffords, a former congresswoman, Biden put out a statement saying as president his aim is to“defeat” the NRA.
In the released statement, Biden says, “as President, I pledge to continue to work together with Congresswoman Giffords, and with survivors, families, and advocates across the country,
to defeat the NRA and end the epidemic of gun violence in America.”
“Ten years ago today, in Tucson, Arizona, six innocent lives were taken away by a senseless and brutal act of violence: Dorothy Morris, Judge John Roll, Phyllis Scheck, Dorwin Stoddard, Gabriel Zimmerman, and nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green. In the decade since, too many families have known the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence, of futures stolen and dreams cut down before their time. Today, Jill and I remember the people we lost in Tucson, and all of the families wh
Ten years after a mass shooting claimed the lives of six people and wounded 13 others, including then U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the anniversary of the tragedy was commemorated with a memorial dedication at the Historic County Courthouse in downtown Tucson. The January 8 Memorial, formally named Embrace, honors the victims, survivors and first responders of that day.
In the immediate months following the shooting in 2011, as the community took steps to heal, it gave rise to the National Institute for Civil Discourse. Over the last decade, the institute has focused on promoting and teaching meaningful ways to discuss our differences. The importance of that mission was underscored this week when a mob of the president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The institute’s executive director Keith Allred discussed how those events play into deepening political divides and solutions that individuals can undertake.
TUCSON (KVOA) - President-elect Joe Biden shared his sentiments about one of Tucson s darkest days on Friday in correspondence to the 10-year anniversary of the mass shooting.
On Jan. 8, 2011, former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was among the 13 wounded during a mass shooting at the congresswoman’s “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Casas Adobes Safeway. That day also claimed the lives of six people – Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy “Dot” Morris, John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabriel “Gabe” Zimmerman.
After the tragic day, then President Barack Obama visited the Old Pueblo to lead a memorial service at the University of Arizona on Jan. 12, 2011.