Gabby Giffords responds to attempt to undermine her support of gun control laws...

[Tx4obama]

With our servicemembers

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Here are two photos of me that a conservative blog has dug up. I remember both of these days fondly. The first is at the Tucson Police Department firing range. They invited me to test rifles and tasers that they bought with federal funds, which I helped secure. The second was in Afghanistan while I was visiting with our troops serving abroad. My work as Southern Arizona's Congresswoman frequently put me in close contact with some of the world's most powerful and deadly weapons - supporting police departments, advocating for the Border Patrol, standing up for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and supporting my constituents' and my own Second Amendment rights.

I grew up with guns, and I like owning them. So does my husband Mark. It's an interest we've shared ever since we met. It's part of my heritage as an Arizonan and it's my right as an American. Being able to shoot a gun is something I haven't been able to do since I was shot - because my right arm is paralyzed, and I'm less mobile than I was.

As I member of the House Armed Services Committee, I proudly spent a lot of time with our military, border patrol and state and local law enforcement. I guess the intention of those who have publicized these photos is to somehow call into question my belief that military style assault weapons should be more strongly regulated with background checks and other safeguards. I have never wavered in my support for those who serve our country. I fought to make sure they have the weapons and safety gear needed to carry out their mission, and proper health and mental care when their service ends.

Both sides of the gun violence debate usually miss the point. We don't have to choose between owning, using, and enjoying guns, on one hand, and preventing gun violence, on the other. Both sides need to come together to support commonsense solutions to gun violence, like keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people like the young man who shot me. That's why I'm fighting this fight. That's why I'm working to bring people together to support gun rights and reduce gun violence. I hope you join me.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151396471943710.1073741826.6593503709&type=1

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So the faux "journalists" over at Breitbart got their hands on the photo above and this one down below and attempted to use them to smear Gabby and infer that she was a hypocrite for calling for stricter gun control laws.

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http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2013/03/gabby-giffords-responds-to-attempt-to.html

The damn Republicans spinning stuff out of context to smear a Democrat - their bullshit will never end!!!
Grrr...

[pipoman]

1. seems odd

she would be railing for, "military style assault weapons should be more strongly regulated", when she and about 90% of others who are shot, are shot with hand guns..

[UnrepentantLiberal]

5. Mostly lurking for 5 years?

[Homerj1]

6. Wow thanks for taking a interest :)

nt

[UnrepentantLiberal]

7. Just being neighborly.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

8. They? who's they? Non gun-sniffers?

NRA talking points on DU. Door is that way <---------------- enjoy your (brief) stay.

[sangsaran]

4. Well...

If she had been shot with an assault rifle, she'd probably be in much worse condition right now, if even alive. I think her personal experience is legitimately informative, in that way.

Still, you have a point.

[Hoyt]

10. Exactly, let's rail against handguns too - especially those gun "enthusiasts" carry in public.

[pipoman]

15. Good luck with that..

[Hoyt]

16. Yeah, gun cultists would freak and whine.

[spanone]

17. unrec

[SunSeeker]

3. Republicans lie. They have to.

If they spoke the truth, they would not get into any elected office.

[Shankapotomus]

9. Maybe Republicans

think we won't notice between then and now she was shot?

[Paulie]

11. What!?!?!?! She thinks military weapons

Belong with the military??? Holy cats what a pinko liberal commie she is!!!

Good job with the rebuttal Gabby!

[NickB79]

12. She nailed it with this paragraph.

Both sides of the gun violence debate usually miss the point. We don't have to choose between owning, using, and enjoying guns, on one hand, and preventing gun violence, on the other. Both sides need to come together to support commonsense solutions to gun violence, like keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people like the young man who shot me. That's why I'm fighting this fight. That's why I'm working to bring people together to support gun rights and reduce gun violence. I hope you join me.

THIS. Spot-on. Though I know that this isn't exactly what a lot of DU'ers here want to acknowledge.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. You mean to tell me the people over at Breitbart deliberately distorted a news story?

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you!

I mean, you can expect yellow journalism from some less reputable sources, but from those highly acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize winning reporters at BloatedCorpse.com?

A moment of silence, for the media industry is officially dead.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Side by side:

Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2013, 09:53 AM - Edit history (2)

BloatedCorpse.com's picture:



The actual picture, with a Tuscon PD member clearly included:



Shameless.
Shameless.
Shameless.

(To verify the distortion, and to only verify the distortion, here's the BloatedCorpse.com's link:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/14/Mark-Kelly-s-AR-15-Stunt-Provokes-Giffords-Photo-Leak

Only posting it to show their deception, not for the contents therein. They've now retroactively edited it to include Gifford's facebook statement)