November 6, 2018 – Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords released the following statement congratulating Conor Lamb for winning reelection in Pennsylvania’s 17th district:
“This year, Representative Conor Lamb dared to imagine an America where gun violence wasn’t normal and people didn’t have to live in fear, wondering if today was the day they would have to duck under a desk or hide in a closet. Representative Lamb stood tall and boldly declar...
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Gun Safety Wins in Virginia; Gabrielle Giffords Congratulates Jennifer Wexton
November 6, 2018 – Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords released the following statement congratulating Jennifer Wexton for emerging victorious in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District:
“This year, Jennifer Wexton dared to imagine an America where gun violence wasn’t normal and people didn’t have to live in fear, wondering if today was the day they would have to duck under a desk or hide in a closet. Jennifer stood tall and boldly declared th...
Giffords Elevates Gun Safety Champions; Takes on NRA in Congressional Battlegrounds
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MEMORANDUM TO Interested Parties FROM Peter Ambler, Executive Director, GiffordsPAC DATE November 6, 2018 RE Giffords Elevates Gun Safety Champions; Takes on NRA in Congressional Battlegrounds
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Today, voters from across the country will go to the polls, but before any votes are counted, one thing is clear: the politics of ...
Gun Safety & The 2018 Midterms
Today, marks the one-year anniversary of the shooting in Sutherland Springs, TX, when 26 people were gunned down while attending church. That shooting, combined with the Las Vegas massacre, the nation’s deadliest mass shooting, and the school shooting in Parkland, catapulted gun safety to the forefront of the national debate. As a result, this year, an unprecedented surge of candidates are talking about gun safety on the campaign trail. They’re running ads touting the fact that they’l...
NEW DIRECT MAIL: Giffords PAC Calls Rick Scott the “NRA’s Favorite Politician” as Voters Head to Polls Tuesday
Giffords PAC, the gun safety organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Capt. Mark Kelly, launched a new $600,000 direct mail campaign highlighting Governor Rick Scott’s record of consistently signing dangerous, NRA-backed legislation into law. In the final few days of the 2018 midterm election cycle, the two mail pieces drive home Scott’s abysmal record on gun safety, despite Florida experiencing numerous mass shootings under his leadersh...
GiffordsPAC Calls Out Rep. Mario Diaz Balart for Repeatedly Siding with the NRA as America Suffers from Gun Violence Crisis
November 1, 2018 — As part of a new $200,000 ad campaign highlighting the choice FL-25 voters have when it comes to protecting communities from gun violence, Giffords PAC, the gun safety organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Capt. Mark Kelly, released a new ad detailing Congressman Mario Diaz Balart’s record of taking money from the National Rifle Association (NRA) whi...
ROUND UP: Progress on Gun Safety (10/30)
With just one week to go until Election Day, the intensity and divisive rhetoric have come to a head. On Saturday morning, a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburg synagogue killing eleven members of the Tree of Life Congregation in one of the deadliest attacks on the Jewish community in U.S. history. Four law enforcement officers were among those wounded. Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords condemned the violence noting, “Every single day, nearly 100 Americans are killed with a g...
Giffords Applauds New Jersey State Legislature for Announcing New Package of Gun Safety Bills to Help Save Lives
Package includes comprehensive legislation that will provide funding for evidence-based programs that will prevent urban gun violence
Legislation to revise New Jersey’s gun safety technology law will help bring the technology to market
October 29, 2018—In the wake of a shooting where 11 people died at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Giffords, the gun violence prevention organization founded by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Captain Mark...
Giffords Applauds New Jersey State Legislature for Passing Legislation to Ban Untraceable Weapons
Legislation will protect New Jersey from the dangers of undetectable and untraceable ghost guns.
October 29, 2018— Giffords, the gun safety group started by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Captain Mark Kelly, applauded the New Jersey Legislature for passing legislation to ban untraceable firearms, including downloadable guns, in the Garden State. Earlier this year, Representative Giffords and Captain Kelly joined Governor Phil Murphy to annou...
In Minnesota, New Survey Finds Giffords PAC $1.2 Million Ad Campaign Exposing Jason Lewis’s Weak Gun Safety Record Turned Voters Against Him
October 29, 2018 – In the closing days of the 2018 national election, anew survey from Giffords PAC, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly, shows that “guns” is a major issue – second only to healthcare – among voters in MN-02, with nearly two-thirds of voters (65 percent) considering it important. The survey also indicates that after Giffords’$1.2 million-d...