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Gabby Giffords, husband launch gun control lobbying effort

By Brian Skoloff
Published January 8, 2013 5:00am ET
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Gabby Giffords, husband launch gun control lobbying effort
FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords blows a kiss after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) | Charles Dharapak

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tuesday was not just a day for Tucson to remember the victims of the deadly shooting that severely injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. It was also a day when residents could see firsthand the nation’s gun debate play out in a busy parking lot outside a city police station.

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