article_snippet: former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords
article_snippet: former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in the head in an assassination attempt by crazed gunman Jared Loughner.
article_snippet: former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords murdered six and wounded 18 other people, including Giffords, when former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords opened fire at an event near Tucson, Arizona in 2011.
article_snippet: Stopping violence takes courage,' said former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords on Wednesday. '
article_snippet: former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords is a fighter,' Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a friend of former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, told The Daily News. '
article_snippet: Personal attacks on Twitter are not going to stop former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords from working hard every single day to pass common sense gun safety laws that save lives.'
article_snippet: former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords called the attack 'blatant fear-mongering and desperate intimidation' aimed at derailing common-sense laws.
highlights_snippet: She was shot in the head by a crazed gunman in 2011 by Jared Loughner, who had passed a background check .
  