Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) made her first public appearance since being wounded in a tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona earlier this year in which numerous victims were hurt or had their lives taken, ABC News reports.
Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head in January, was released from the hospital. Giffords\’ release Wednesday came days after the release of photos of the congresswoman taken in May.
Photos of a smiling Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who was shot in the head in January, were released on her Facebook page.
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Gifford\’s alleged assailant, Jared Loughner, has been ruled unfit for trial but will be reassessed in four months. U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns, ruling Wednesday in Tucson that Loughner does not \”have a rational understanding of the proceedings\” at this time, sent him to a psychiatric facility and ordered a new hearing for Sept. 21 to reassess his fitness to stand trial.
The Reform movement cited the attack that seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others in urging Congress to ban high-capacity ammunition clips. \”The clips can hold 30, 50 or even 100 rounds, enabling shooters to cause serious casualties before needing to reload,\” read the letter that Rabbi David Saperstein, the director of the movement\’s Religious Action Center, sent to all members of Congress.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, will attend the space shuttle launch captained by her husband. Giffords (D-Ariz.) was given the go-ahead by her doctors to attend the launch, her husband Mark Kelly said in a CBS interview broadcast Monday.
How do you take one of the most shocking and revolting murder sprees in memory and make it even more disturbing? By pouncing on its supposed root causes for transparently partisan purposes.
There is \”a good possibility\” that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, will attend the space shuttle launch in April captained by her husband. \”We think there\’s a good possibility that she will be there,\” one of Giffords\’ neurologists, Dong Kim, told The Washington Post over the weekend, echoing similar statements to other media outlets by other Giffords\’ physicians and aides.
Eight weeks after the tragedy that struck Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords continues to recover in Houston.
Eight weeks after the tragic shooting in Arizona Jared Lee Loughner was indicted on 49 counts including murder and attempted murder Friday.
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