minutes after we left her room and some of her colleagues from congress were in the room, gabby opened her eyes for the first time. [ cheers ] gabby opened her eyes for the first time. >> even in the darkest, most difficult times, there's always that glimmer of hope that we can cling to. >> we cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence. we should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the future. >> there are almost no countries outside of war zones that have the kind of armaments in the hands of civilians that you see in america. there is a cultural attachment