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Giffords, congressional Democrats call for action on gun reform bills The gun violence memorial on the National Mall includes 40,000 white, silk roses that are meant to represent the roughly 40,000 people who are killed by firearms in the United States every year. (Source: Cronkite News) By Ryan Knappenberger | April 15, 2021 at 11:30 AM MST - Updated April 15 at 11:30 AM WASHINGTON – Backed by a field of flowers that represent the thousands killed by gun violence each year, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Wednesday, April 14, that Congress can act on gun reform or “can let the shooting continue.” Giffords, who was severely wounded by a gunman in a 2011 mass shooting, joined congressional Democrats to call for Senate action on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, a House bill that would stiffen checks on gun buyers.

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