ARS was formed by Gabrielle Giffords , a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives , and her husband , Mark Kelly , in the weeks following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of December 14 , 2012 . Giffords ' political career ended on January 8 , 2011 , when she and 18 others were shot at a meeting with constituents in a Tucson , Arizona , suburb
she and 18 others were shot
2011 Tucson shooting
Americans for Responsible Solutions