Gabby Giffords tweet; "Speaking is hard for me, but I can't be more clear..."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Gabrielle Giffords ✔ @GabbyGiffords




The House passed the bipartisan background checks bill. Senator McConnell is blocking it.

Today, I’m delivering this letter to McConnell urging him to bring #HR8 or #S42 to a vote.

Speaking is hard for me, but I can’t be more clear: The Senate must pass #BackgroundChecksNow.

8:29 AM - Jun 20, 2019 · Washington, DC

[OKNancy]

1. I love her...

and I love how Mark Kelly is so supportive. I hope he wins the Senate seat.

[George II]

15. Back in 2016 they were out campaigning for Hillary Clinton. I was lucky to see her...

...at a rally in West Hartford. The two are like newlyweds together. He helped her up the steps, had his hand on her back while she was walking, and stood by her side the entire time:

[malaise]

2. This should have 500 recs

Rec

[Wounded Bear]

6. It's early on the West Coast...

so I'll add this K&R for justice.

[moreland01]

3. Rec'd

In my many years of being a DU follower, I've never Rec'd a posting. Mainly, I think, because you have to log in to do it. Mostly I read the articles and move on. But I'm a gun control voter again in 2020 (along with Healthcare) and this is so dam important.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Thank you!

[Wounded Bear]

7. Frankly, gun control and healthcare are related...

a bug chunk of the health care expenses we pay for are gun violence related. We drastically need work on both issues.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Kick and rec.

[Takket]

8. K and r

[brer cat]

9. K&R

[wendyb-NC]

10. Absolutely!

Thank you, for posting. Many thanks to, to Rep. Giffords for her desire to make things better for the citizens of our country.
I really hope that Sen. McConnell follows her advice. It's makes so much sense to do so.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

11. K&R

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Go Gabby! Make 'em squirm!

[MurrayDelph]

13. This should be part of the national campaign next year

against every Republican Senator running for re-election:


"Narrator: The House passed the bipartisan background checks bill. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is blocking it. And {name of incumbent} is enabling him. Mitch McConnell can't be Majority Leader if Republicans are no longer the majority. It's time to send Mitch and {name of incumbent} home. Elect {name of Democrat running against Republican incumbent}.

"Mitch: I get to decide what gets voted on."

This should be used for background checks, healthcare, helping 9/11 victims, DACA kids, etc.

[pandr32]

14. Huge K&R

[FakeNoose]

16. K & R Thanks Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly

May God bless you both!

[tosh]

17. K&R!

We love you, Gabby!

[pazzyanne]

18. Gabrielle Gifford has great credibility on the subject of background checks.

She has experienced what hundreds of adults and children experience every day in this nation. It is time to take action to put on the brakes to this national crime spree. Stop making excuses and start making laws that will protect American citizens from deranged people with uncontrolled access to lethal weapons. The Senate MUST pass, or at least vote on, the background checks bill. NO MORE EXCUSES!

[AtheistCrusader]

19. If it were me, I would have chosen shootings where background checks were actually at issue, such as

Virginia Tech. At the state level, that shooter was prohibited, but the state hadn't reported the prohibition to the Federal checks system, so NICS came back clean and he got his pistols. That can be addressed with new legislation. (The state of Virginia patched that hole, but it should be federal law.)

At Columbine the guns were obtained illegally. Vegas, they were obtained legally and he passed his background checks. Giffords' would-be assassin wasn't flagged at all, and passed his background check entirely.


I am a gun owner as well, and sure, partisan on this issue, but like Giffords, I actually support Federal UBC, and one step beyond, universal registration. I just think better examples could have been used here. There are serious problems with what checks we do have, and they need to be universal, but they do not apply to all of the shootings cited.

[DemSoc]

20. K & R !! n/t

[llmart]

21. What an amazing and strong woman she is.

It would have pained me to address him as "Honorable" even though I know it's required.

[democrank]

22. Kicking for Gabby

[DFW]

23. I have known Gabby since before she was shot

Her wound may have taken away her ability so say things out loud.

It did NOT take away her ability to come up with the words.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

24. K&R. We are very grateful for all her efforts and admire her strength.

And thank you Mark for all your support!.........

[Honeycombe8]

25. Would Biden be able to "unify" w/McConnell over this? A total block to a bill....

which is what McConnell does regularly: totally block Democratic or bipartisan bills, except for the budget.

And that's someone who will meet us halfway?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

26. She is the reason why Mark Kelly must win in Arizona......

To carry on his work in the US Senate. Martha McSally doesn't give a shit about gun violence victims. She's a Republican and a Trumper.