http://www.mail.com/people/16988-gabrielle-giffords.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/16988-gabrielle-giffords.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100778-photos-tucson-shooting-scene-gun-knife.html PHOENIX (AP) — Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he carried out the January 2011 attack. The 600 photos, released Tuesday, also show images of a credit card record showing e... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:09:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100778-photos-tucson-shooting-scene-gun-knife.html 2013-05-21T22:09:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers. With Congress back from a weeklong recess, the bottom line remains familiar: Advocates of broadened checks lack the... Tue, 07 May 2013 14:15:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html 2013-05-07T14:15:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064914-giffords-receives-profile-courage-award.html BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her fearless public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence. Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a 2011 shooting ... Sun, 05 May 2013 22:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064914-giffords-receives-profile-courage-award.html 2013-05-05T22:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2052222-boston-suspects-defense-team-major-boost.html BOSTON (AP) — The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Cl... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2052222-boston-suspects-defense-team-major-boost.html 2013-04-30T04:01:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035042-newtown-families-well-fighting-gun-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Disappointment. Disgust. Grossly unfair. That's how some families who lost loved ones in December's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school view the Senate's defeat this past week of the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades, as they pledged to keep fighting for measures to prevent gun violence. ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:00:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035042-newtown-families-well-fighting-gun-law.html 2013-04-21T21:00:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029532-obama-victims-families-overcome-gun-owners.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:06:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029532-obama-victims-families-overcome-gun-owners.html 2013-04-18T22:06:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029350-gun-control-what-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They did it with the aid of Newtown, Conn., families, who brought photos and stories of the sl... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:26:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029350-gun-control-what-issue.html 2013-04-18T20:26:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027418-what-gun-control-issue.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They did it with the aid of Newtown, Conn., families, who brought photos and stories of the sl... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027418-what-gun-control-issue.html 2013-04-18T18:13:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027396-gun-control-backers-senate-defeat-wont-us.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President Barack Obama of taking the "low road" when he harshly criticized lawmakers who voted against key provisions. "When good and honest people have honest differences of opinion about what polici... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:58:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027396-gun-control-backers-senate-defeat-wont-us.html 2013-04-18T17:58:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2028590-mark-kelly-vows-to-with-gun-control-effort.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says their gun control advocacy group will target an ad campaign at senators who failed to support expanded background checks for gun buyers. Following Wednesday's defeat of federal gun legislation, Mark Kelly says the group first will run ads thanking senators who supported expanded bac... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:09:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2028590-mark-kelly-vows-to-with-gun-control-effort.html 2013-04-18T16:09:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2027366-terrorism-anatomy-very-murky-word.html The word is almost a cold comfort in post-9/11 America — a way to describe the inconceivable, to somehow explain the twisted urge to commit mass murder. So when the bombs exploded in Boston, the word quickly became inescapable: "terrorism." Dictionaries, and people who study the age-old activity, define terrorism as the use of violence and fear to pursue ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:43:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2027366-terrorism-anatomy-very-murky-word.html 2013-04-18T06:43:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter's school massacre in Newtown, Conn. "This effort isn'... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:57:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html 2013-04-18T03:57:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025998-obama-lambasts-senate-gun-vote-shameful-day.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A visibly infuriated President Barack Obama surrounded himself with tear-stained parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Wednesday and declared it a "pretty shameful day for Washington" after the Senate rejected a measure designed to make it tougher for criminals to get their hands on guns. The Senate, which is controlled by the p... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:03:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025998-obama-lambasts-senate-gun-vote-shameful-day.html 2013-04-18T00:03:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022330-senate-plans-background-check-vote-wednesday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more firearms buyers, with supporters facing a steeply uphill path to victory. By scheduling the roll call, Senate leaders ensured a showdown over the cornerstone of an effort by gun control supporters to tighten firearms laws followi... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:44:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022330-senate-plans-background-check-vote-wednesday.html 2013-04-17T00:44:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024028-capitol-room-dedicated-to-slain-giffords-staffer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker John Boehner and former Rep. Gabby Giffords were on hand Tuesday to dedicate a room in the Capitol Visitor Center to a congressional staffer slain two years ago in the Tucson, Ariz., attack that critically wounded Giffords and took six lives. Gabriel "Gabe" Zimmerman, Giffords' community outreach directo... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:33:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024028-capitol-room-dedicated-to-slain-giffords-staffer.html 2013-04-16T21:33:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023470-giffords-meets-with-senators-gun-buyer-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. The session comes as Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., try figuring out how to push their background check measure through the Senate. "They're helping... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:34:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2023470-giffords-meets-with-senators-gun-buyer-checks.html 2013-04-16T17:34:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019928-gun-background-check-deal-jeopardy-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers seemed in jeopardy Monday as a growing number of Republican senators expressed opposition to the proposal, perhaps enough to derail it. But there was plenty of time for lobbying and deal-making to affect the outcome, and the sponsors seemed willing to consider carving out at least one exem... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:48:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019928-gun-background-check-deal-jeopardy-senate.html 2013-04-16T01:48:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018594-close-vote-background-checks-gun-buyers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said the vote expected this week was too close to call. The plan would "strengthen the background check system without in any way infringing on Second Amendment rights," Mai... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:45:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018594-close-vote-background-checks-gun-buyers.html 2013-04-15T02:45:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004574-us-arms-control-advocates-they-guns.html NEW YORK (AP) — Lobbying for gun control in the United States often means proving how much you like firearms. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose state recently passed some of the strictest gun control measures in the country, often reminds people he is a hunter. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who founded a gun control advocacy group after surviving a guns... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:34:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004574-us-arms-control-advocates-they-guns.html 2013-04-08T15:34:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1995448-scientists-find-hint-dark-matter.html GENEVA (AP) — It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but scientists are pretty sure it's out there. Led by a dogged, Nobel Prize-winning gumshoe who has spent 18 years on the case, scientists put a $2 billion detector aboard the International Space Station t... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:53:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1995448-scientists-find-hint-dark-matter.html 2013-04-03T20:53:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1989348-caroline-kennedy-returns-to-poetry-10th-book.html NEW YORK (AP) — Beginning work a few years ago on her latest book, an anthology of poems for young people, Caroline Kennedy found herself looking through one of her mother's scrapbooks. She burst into laughter, she says, as she came across a poem that her brother John, as a youngster, had picked out and copied as a gift to their poetry-loving mom. "Willie... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:29:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1989348-caroline-kennedy-returns-to-poetry-10th-book.html 2013-03-31T18:29:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1989316-kelly-gun-checks-mental-health-component.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control activist Mark Kelly says a proposed national gun background bill under discussion in the Senate should include better access to mental health records that could prevent psychologically disturbed people from obtaining guns. Kelly, a former astronaut and husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, said Sunday that the suspe... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:45:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1989316-kelly-gun-checks-mental-health-component.html 2013-03-31T15:45:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1986258-arizona-gun-proponents-launch-free-gun-program.html TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A campaign promising free shotguns for people in Tucson's most troubled neighborhoods has divided some residents in a community still reeling from a shooting rampage in 2011 that killed six people, left a congresswoman and several others wounded, and made the city a symbol of gun violence in America. The nonprofit Armed Citizen Projec... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:18:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1986258-arizona-gun-proponents-launch-free-gun-program.html 2013-03-29T18:18:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1985408-obama-shame-us-congress-forgets-newtown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough sell on an approaching Senate vote to expand purchasers' background checks. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:52:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1985408-obama-shame-us-congress-forgets-newtown.html 2013-03-28T21:52:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1983930-obama-shame-us-newtown-forgotten.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Thursday to remember the children gunned down in America and not "get squishy" in the face of powerful forces against gun control legislation, as supporters struggle to win over moderate Democrats before a Senate vote expected next month. Obama, flanked by grim-faced mothers who have lost their chil... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:58:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1983930-obama-shame-us-newtown-forgotten.html 2013-03-28T16:58:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1981730-records-provide-ariz-shooting-spree.html PHOENIX (AP) — An erratic Jared Loughner walked into a convenience store with an urgent message for the clerk: "I need a ride to Safeway." It was Saturday morning, and then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' meet-and-greet started at 10 a.m. As he waited for his taxi, Loughner nervously paced around the store and made several trips to the bathroom, gazing anxiously... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:16:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1981730-records-provide-ariz-shooting-spree.html 2013-03-28T08:16:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1982462-dad-told-cops-loughner-doesnt-lately.html TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Major findings on the Jan. 8, 2011, attack on former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gleaned from about 2,700 pages of documents released Wednesday, including survivor accounts, police reports and interviews with friends and family of gunman Jared Loughner: PARENTS Amy Loughner described her son's run-ins with authorities, use of marijuana an... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:14:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1982462-dad-told-cops-loughner-doesnt-lately.html 2013-03-28T00:14:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976804-correction-guns-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story March 25 about the debate on gun control, The Associated Press reported erroneously that military style assault rifles with high-capacity ammunition magazines were used in the 2011 fatal shootings in Tucson, Ariz., and Aurora, Colo., and in the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The weapon used in the Tucson shooting was a Glock se... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:59:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976804-correction-guns-story.html 2013-03-26T17:59:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964150-colo-victories-gun-control-backers.html DENVER (AP) — After a no-holds-barred White House push for sweeping gun control legislation across the country, Democrats have racked up only one victory outside the ideologically friendly confines of the northeast. It is a big one: Colorado's moderate Democratic governor Wednesday will sign landmark bills to require universal background checks and limit ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:38:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1964150-colo-victories-gun-control-backers.html 2013-03-19T21:38:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1949930-mark-kellys-purchase-rifle-draws-criticism.html PHOENIX (AP) — The husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords generated nearly 4,000 comments on Facebook from people on both sides of the gun debate after he posted a photo of himself buying a military-style rifle — a purchase he said he made to demonstrate how easy it is to obtain the kind of firearms he's lobbying Congress to ban. A background chec... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:13:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1949930-mark-kellys-purchase-rifle-draws-criticism.html 2013-03-13T09:13:03Z