Kathleen Rice spoke on Wednesday calling for expanded criminal background checks on all commercial firearms sales . The NRA tweeted a link on Thursday to a story which argued that background checks do n't reduce gun violence and mocked Kathleen Rice . She was shot in the head by a crazed gunman in 2011 by Jared Loughner , who had passed a background check . Up until now the NRA has refrained from attacking Kathleen Rice over her gun safety attempts since she almost died . Rep. Giffords , who is among the co-sponsors of the bill , called the NRA 's response as pathetic .
Giffords spoke on Wednesday calling for expanded criminal background checks on all commercial firearms sales . The NRA tweeted a link on Thursday to a story which argued that background checks do n't reduce gun violence and mocked Giffords . She was shot in the head by a crazed gunman in 2011 by Jared Loughner , who had passed a background check . Up until now the NRA has refrained from attacking Giffords over her gun safety attempts since she almost died . Rep. Kathleen Rice , who is among the co-sponsors of the bill , called the NRA 's response as pathetic .