Giffords Anti-Gun Group Gets $1 Million Texas Donation

[DonViejo]

By Julie Bykowicz

Steve and Amber Mostyn, wealthy Texas trial attorneys, said today that they are giving $1 million to help start the gun-control advocacy group formed by former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.

Steve Mostyn, one of the top contributors to a super political action committee that assisted in President Barack Obama’s re-election effort, is listed as treasurer of Giffords’s new super-PAC, Americans for Responsible Solutions. Mostyn said the group will have a nonprofit wing, which will be used to conduct a public education campaign.

Mostyn said the super-PAC will counter the political contributions of the National Rifle Association, which is how he’s pitching it to other big Democratic donors.

“It’s time to stop the NRA from bullying common sense out of the discussion,” he said in an interview. “There are more options than just ‘guns or no guns.’” Mostyn, 41 and a Houston resident, said he owns many guns and has a shooting range on his ranch in west Texas.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-09/giffords-anti-gun-group-gets-1-million-texas-donation.html?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story

[Berserker]

1. Anti-Gun

Not so fast Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly both own guns and support the 2d amendment. Gabby owns a Glock. So they are not Anti- Gun but it sounds good to the grabbers.

[lunatica]

2. Gun control in this case isn't about being anti-gun

They are not advocating against guns ownership at all. And that's pretty amazing since Gabby will be handicapped for the rest of her life because an insane person shot her in the head.