we re talking about universal background check. reporter: the sandy hook shooting spurred them to take a stand. sandy brook brain damage from giffords own gunshot wounds make it difficult to find words. sandy brook. sandy brook. sandy hook. sandy hook elementary. something we just can t you know, 20 first graders. just died. in their classrooms. awful. the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limits to high-capacity magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. be bold. be courageous. americans are counting on you. but they now admit there are limits on what is politically realistic. if you were to name the number one thing that congress could do to prevent the kind of
the second anniversary of the tragic shooting that left give ford partially paralyzed and robbed her of her speech. optimistic. i am, too, especially when we re talking about a universal background check. the sandy hook forced them to take a stand. sandy brook. her injury causes it difficult for her to niend words. sandy brook. sandy hook. sandy brook. sandy hook elementary. it s smlg something we can t, you know 20 first graders died. it s awful. the couple originally called for a ban on assault weapons and limbs to high capacity magazines. giffords made a dramatic plea to senators. be bold, be courageous,
videotaped for the sole purpose of demonstrating how easy it is to get a background check and why he and giffords want them expanded to private sales like at gun shows. when we timed it it took 5 minutes and 36 seconds, not a lot of time. you can do the same thing at the gun show where people are currently not subject to a background check in most states. giffords and kelly formed their organization, americans for responsible solutions, in january, the second anniversary of the tragic shooting that left giffords partially paralyzed and robbed the once articulate politician of her gift of speech. optimistic. you re optimistic. optimistic. i am, too. especially when we re talking about universal background checks. the sandy hook shooting spurred them to take a stand. sandy brook. sandy hook. brain damage from giffords own gunshot wound make it is difficult for her to find words, even sandy hook. sandy brook. sandy hook. sandy brook.
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