those of white house grew up here, she exhibits really how we were taught in school. i mean, she s very centrist. she s very pragmatic, very practical in the way that she represented her district and the folks from arizona. and most importantly, she was dedicated to being close to her constituency, which is what brought us to where we are today. she took her job very seriously and took what she needed to do for her district very seriously. john: just an example of that, we saw her thursday morning on the floor of the u.s. house reading the first amendment of the constitution and interesting, that was not an assignment. members of congress, as i understand it, volunteered to do that and it was sort of first come, first serve. so she was among the first in line who wanted to get on the floor of the house of representatives and do her part reading the constitution out
it s going to be pretty incredible in the days and weeks to come, don t you think? i don t want to get into gun control today. but i think this man who had this gun should not have had it. if there was something we can do to prevent people like this from having guns, it should be done, bus people like this who will take a gun and silence an elected member of the house of representatives, silence the people s representative by his bullet, that person should not have a gun and people like him should not have a gun. i don t think anyone would disagree with that. and clearly this man had some mental issues. clearly. she read the first amendment, we in america have a right to state our grievances, but that s at the ballot box or being lobbyists on capitol hill. not with a gun. so there will be a big gun debate. but the congresswoman as peter ducey said earlier, is for the second amendment.
caution and maintain a new and renewed vigilance. these are not uncommon warnings for members of congress. there are regular scares. there was an evacuation in the capitol building within the last week and a half. these sorts of things are fairly common, these warnings, and when a tragedy, nothing like this in recent memory or even distant memory to compare it to, clearly everyone is aghast and taking a new look at their own security as well as the security of the body as a collective. john: how ironic when you listen to the reading of the first amendment that she did in the capitol in the house of representatives on thursday, to the the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances and when you read some of the things on the internet from the man we believe to be the gunman here complaining about everything from the poor use of grammar to illiteracy, to the fact that he was given a bible at a military recruiting statement, whatever p
loud. she got the first amendment, which tells you that she was up there near the front of the line and that was only on thursday and then here she is on saturday holding this constituent event trying to get closer to the people in her district and it was there that this violent assault was reaped upon her. yeah. she absolutely was a leader in all respects. as you said, she was reciting the first amendment on thursday. thursday was amazing day for all of us. as it always is when we swear in a free congress in a free country the way that we do. we have our differences, our faults. no government is perfect, but by gosh, the one in the united states of america is the best there is and it s a wonderful one. john: cindy, you re slipping into something that i have done from time to time today and even the president did, referring to her in the past tense and we have to stress, even though there were reports i didn t mean to, no. john: i know. z thank you for correcting me. john:
mexico. back home, arizona is just one of three states that let s people carry concealed weapons without a permit and giffords herself is a gun owner who has come out in the past strongly supporting the second amendment. back in 2008 when the supreme court ruled that washington, d.c. s ban on guns was unconstitutional, she was thrilled, saying, quote, it was a common sense decision that reaffirms the constitutional right and arizona tradition of owning firearms. i commend the court for ruling in favor of restoring our right to bear arms. she had college degrees from cornell and scripts college and is the only member of congress right now with a spouse on active military duty. her husband is nasa astronaut and navy pilot mark kelly, who is going to be on board the second to last space shuttle mission and as carl mentioned, she s one of the ones who took part in the constitution reading on the house floor. her job was to recite the first amendment and hopefully she will