For all of the decades of debate about what the Second Amendment means, it apparently took a Tucson gun store owner just a few weeks to discover the limits to the right to bear arms: people who support gun control aren't covered. Sorry, Mark Kelly. Your assault rifle purchase has been cancelled.
Giffords has narrated a new public service ad pushing for background checks on all gun sales, and it's tough to imagine anyone — even the NRA's Wayne LaPierre — finding a way to attack her message without looking monstrous as the next fight looms.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on gun violence in America today, and advocates from both sides — and their rivals on the committee — got plenty of opportunity to speak out.
The U.S. Senate will hold its first formal hearing on gun control since the Sandy Hook school shooting, and there's the potential for some heated showdowns between the participants — Wayne LaPierre included.
Giffords and her husband have announced a new lobbying effort to fight for more gun control — and this time gun-rights advocates might listen.
Today in publishing and literature: Paramount is suing to prevent the publication of the newest sequel to The Godfather, municipal bond market doomsayer Meredith Whitney lands a book deal, and former Grove Press owner Barney Rosset has died.
Over the past few days, ABC has been previewing its interview with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords about her recovery: last night, footage aired of her speaking to Diane Sawyer on the topic of returning to Congress, although she had trouble forming sentences.
Plus: An appropriate send-off for Borders
"It was the right thing to do to put our words and our voices on paper"
A plastic implant will be attached under her scalp in a relatively simple procedure
Doctors have cleared Giffords for her first public appearance since she was shot
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