Giffords meets with senators on gun buyer checks

WASHINGTON —Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly met Tuesday with the two senators sponsoring a compromise on expanding background checks for gun buyers.

Sarah Garrecht Gassen: Kelly is a target because he wants to curb guns; ignore the distractions

We've come to the distraction part of the gun "debate." Look over there! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Mark Kelly doing something!

Tucson shooting: No mental health treatment for Loughner before Giffords rampage

The parents of Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner told deputies on Jan. 8, 2011 that he didn’t get a mental health evaluation even after Pima Community College officials recommended it when expelling him in October 2010.

Gun store owner halts purchase of semiautomatic rifle by Kelly

Mark Kelly testified in January at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence. Kelly's wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was seriously injured in a mass shooting in 2011 Tucson.

Tucson gun store owner halts purchase of semiautomatic rifle by Kelly

The owner of a Tucson gun store where Mark Kelly recently purchased an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle canceled the transaction because Kelly did not plan to keep the rifle for his personal use.

Tucson gun store owner cancels Mark Kelly's AR-15 purchase

The owner of a Tucson gun store where Mark Kelly recently purchased an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle canceled the transaction because Kelly did not plan to keep the rifle for his personal use.

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Mark Kelly buying spree

Kelly gun purchase sparks outcry

Mark Kelly is defending his purchase of a military-style rifle that has the type of high-capacity magazine he's lobbying against - a purchase that conservative bloggers are calling hypocritical.

Kelly gun purchase sparks outcry

In this file photo, Mark Kelly, husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, testifies in favor of proposed gun-control legislation in Colorado. The owner of a Tucson gun store where Mark Kelly recently purchased an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle canceled the transaction because Kelly did not …

Mark Kelly explains purchase of AR-15 at Tucson gun store

The husband of former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords says he bought an AR-15 rifle in Tucson to make a point about the ease of background checks for gun owners.

Giffords at Tucson shooting site: Expand gun-buyer background checks

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned Wednesday to the northwest side grocery store where she was nearly slain Jan. 8, 2011 to advocate for expanded background checks for gun buyers.

Giffords in TV ad urges background checks for all gun purchases

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is urging key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases in a new television ad that is to begin airing Tuesday in Arizona and Iowa.

Giffords speaks at Senate gun hearing

WASHINGTON — Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke briefly as an unscheduled witness Wednesday at the year’s first congressional hearing on curbing gun violence, adding drama to a session that was already slated to hear from a top official of the National Rifle Association.

Giffords, Kelly named grand marshals

Former Congresswoman Gab-rielle Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, will be grand marshals for the Tucson Rodeo Parade Feb. 21.

Giffords on cover of Time magazine

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is on the latest cover of Time magazine.

Giffords, Kelly seek to counter gun lobby

Gabrielle Giffords

Giffords, Kelly seek to counter gun lobby

Mark Kelly

Giffords, Kelly seek to counter gun lobby

WASHINGTON - Seeking to counter the influence of the pro-gun lobby, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, are launching a campaign to change the nation's gun policies.

200 guns traded at Tucson buyback, 30 more sold in counter effort

About 200 guns were turned over in exchange for grocery store gift cards at this morning’s gun buyback event.

Giffords, Kelly to lobby for gun control

PHOENIX — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.