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As NRA convention opens in Houston, Giffords’ husband urges leadership to step down
Chief executive has allowed gun lobby to be bought by firearms industry, says Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords Mark Kelly, the husband of the former US Congress member Gabby Giffords who was shot in the head in the 2011 Tucson shooting, has called on the leadership of the National…
Mark Kelly tries to rescue baby sea lion from dog attack
Astronaut and husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), Mark Kelly intervened in an attack on a baby sea lion by his daughter’s 65-pound bulldog on Saturday in Laguna Beach, California. According to CBS News Los Angeles, Kelly was, unfortunately, unable to save the animal’s life. Kelly’s 18-year-old daughter…
Gun shop blocks Mark Kelly’s right to buy AR-15, citing political ‘intent’
The owner of a gun shop in Tucson, Arizona on Monday refused to hand over an AR-15 military-style rifle that Mark Kelly purchased in order to demonstrate how easy it was to obtain assault weapons. In a statement posted to Facebook, Diamondback Police Supply owner Doug MacKinlay said that he…
Gabrielle Giffords returns to Arizona
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has moved back home. The Arizona Daily Star reported that Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, returned to Giffords’ hometown of Tucson Sunday and moved into a home they recently bought. “She’s gone home before to visit, but this is different,” Kelly told…
Jared Lee Loughner pleads guilty to Arizona shooting
The man accused of the 2011 shooting that killed six and wounded 13 others in Tucson pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Jared Lee Loughner, 23, is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance of parole under the plea deal. Tuesday’s court hearing came only after…
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