The U.S. senators who defeated a bill that would toughen background checks for gun purchasers “brought shame on themselves,” former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said.
The parents of the gunman who critically wounded former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords confiscated a gun and disabled his car in the months before the shooting.
President Obama in a State of the Union speech focused mostly on domestic issues pledged to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb and to “stand steadfast” with Israel.