Representative Giffords News Today

NEW YORK—Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s defamation trial against The New York Times commenced in federal court in ...

NEW YORK—Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whose defamation trial against The New York Times was supposed to start ...

In his new book, “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis,” Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox highlights the psychological toll that gun violence has on children. On Thursday, April 8 at 3:00pm ET, Cox will host a discussion with former U.S. congresswoman Gabby Giffords, executive director of Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence Peter Ambler and former South Carolina state senator Greg Gregory about what’s being done to protect children physically and emotionally from the epidem...

Today, former representative gabrielle giffords visiting newtown, connecticut. she and former restaurant husband, mark kelley, meeting with the families of the school victims. 3 weeks ago today, adam lanza viciously opened fire inside sandy hook elementary cool, gunning down defenseless children and adults. nearly 2 years ago, representative giffords was shot in the head in a mass shooting in tucson, arizona. she has become a gun control advocate. straight ahead, 19,000 people missing in massach...

Shooting of a member of congress, representative giffords, columbine, virginia tech, the list goes on and on and on. just over the last ten to 20 years, we go through these situations, and much is talked about. we need some action. we need reasonable, rational, gun safety regulations. procedures in place for violence prevention. you said earlier that you almost cant have a discussion, and it becomes political. no one thought that in the aftermath of 9/11. now, we did a lot of things after 9/11. ...

Those two ideas are not in conflict with each other. with those -- with any right comes a significant amount of responsibility. clearly, theres something wrong with that individual, but beyond that, we need systems in place to red flag, if you will, some of the things we now know in the aftermath that apparently we didnt know just in the last -- wednesday or thursday. 6,000 rounds, the purchase of an assault rifle or weapon, for what reason would any individual, other than law enforcement or mil...

Shooting of a member of congress, representative giffords, columbine, virginia tech, the list goes on and on and on. just over the last ten to 20 years, we go through these situations, and much is talked about. we need some action. we need reasonable, rational, gun safety regulations. procedures in place. for violence, prevention. you said earlier that you almost cant have a discussion, and it becomes political. no one thought that in the aftermath of 9/11. now, we did a lot of things after 9/11...