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发帖数: 10345 | 1 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark
Kelly, keep pushing for stricter gun laws as they continue to own weapons
for recreational purposes, including the same type of gun used in the
January 2011 shooting rampage that left Giffords wounded.
However, the couple's 9 mm Glock holds fewer bullets than the one used the
Tucson shooting spree. Limiting the size of ammunition magazines is one of
the goals of a new political action committee formed by Giffords and Kelly.
The couple was interviewed in Tucson by CNN for a segment that aired Tuesday
evening.
Kelly was shown shooting pots and water bottles off large rocks in a desert
area with Giffords watching from a porch.
For target practice, Kelly said he uses a 9 mm Glock with a magazine that
can hold 17 rounds. That's the same kind of handgun that Jared Lee Loughner
used when he opened fire outside a Tucson supermarket during a meet-and-
greet event organized by Giffords. The shooting injured Giffords and 12
others and left six people dead.
"In that case, it had a magazine that held 33 rounds," Kelly said. "He shot
33 rounds. Every round hit somebody, we think."
Kelly, a former astronaut who wasn't present at the Tucson shooting, said
Loughner walked directly toward Giffords and shot her once in the head
before directing fire at the crowd around her. He said Loughner released all
33 bullets in 15 seconds.
Kelly and Giffords have formed a political action committee in hopes of
preventing gun violence and changing laws to require compulsory background
checks for gun buyers. The PAC also will work to limit the size of ammo
magazines and to ban the sale of assault weapons to civilians.
The couple believes they have credibility in the gun control debate because
they are longtime gun owners who support Second Amendment rights.
Giffords resigned from Congress last year and still is recovering from her
injuries.
Asked by CNN about the shooting, Giffords said she is not resentful about
what happened.
"No. Move ahead. Move ahead," she said, adding that she wants to be "
stronger, better, tougher."
Loughner, 24, was sentenced in November to seven consecutive life sentences,
plus 140 years, after he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges in the Tucson
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发帖数: 1432 | 2 这小样儿在AZ推销不了丫挺的那些猊勃肉反动思想, 倒屁巅屁巅跑到CO的立法会上来放
毒, 典型的hypocrite. 丫是CO人民公敌, 咱们州的政策轮不到丫来JJWW. |
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