Mark Kelly

Giffords accepts Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' award

2013-05-05 17:04:00

Courage comes in many guises. In Boston on Sunday, Gabrielle Giffords was praised for having the courage just to carry on. "It’s been a hard two years for me, but I want to make the world a better place," said Giffords in receiving the 2013...

Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate

2013-04-16 15:03:00

WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...

Dog vs. baby sea lion: An upsetting case, but a federal one?

2013-04-03 14:33:00

Did former Rep. Gabby Giffords’ stepdaughter do no wrong when her dog broke free from her in Laguna Beach and killed a baby sea lion? Was she so in the wrong that this should become a (literal) federal case? The 18-year-old had the American...

Senate showdown set on gun control

2013-04-16 20:15:00

WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...

Mark Kelly calls for background checks to curb gun violence

2013-03-04 14:49:00

Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the lawmaker who was wounded in a gun attack, on Monday called for universal background checks for private sales of guns during testimony in Colorado. Kelly and Giffords have previously said...

Tucson shooting: 3,000 pages of sought-after records made public

2013-03-27 09:24:00

TUCSON -- More than two years after a gunman opened fire in Tucson killing six and seriously wounding former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, authorities on Wednesday released thousands of pages of records about the case that had previously been kept private....

Gabrielle Giffords' husband pulled family dog off hurt sea lion

2013-03-26 15:55:00

Laguna Police Department officials said they don't plan to file any charges after a dog belonging to the stepdaughter of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords killed a sea lion in Laguna Beach over the weekend. Police did not cite the owner “because...

Dog that killed sea lion belongs to Gabby Giffords' stepdaughter

2013-03-26 08:45:00

A dog that killed a sea lion in Laguna Beach over the weekend belonged to the stepdaughter of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, local media reported. A witness' video shows the 65-pound American bulldog mix attacking the sea lion while Giffords&...

Arizona gun shop won't sell assault weapon to Mark Kelly

2013-03-26 10:26:00

A gun shop in Tucson, Ariz., has canceled an effort by retired astronaut Mark Kelly, an outspoken gun-control advocate, to buy a semiautomatic rifle as a way of demonstrating how easy it is to buy powerful weapons. Kelly, the husband of former Rep....

Dog belonging to Gabby Giffords' relative kills sea lion in Laguna

2013-03-25 17:08:00

A dog that belongs to a relative of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords attacked and killed a sea lion along the Laguna Beach shoreline, police said Monday. A video of the violent encounter shows Giffords’ stepdaughter and husband trying to pull the...

Giffords returns to site of Tucson mass shootings

2013-03-06 13:56:00

Survivors of the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and victims' loved ones gathered at the site of the attack Wednesday to call for tougher gun-control laws. Giffords, her husband, Mark Kelly, and others took...

Giffords: 'Be bold. Be courageous,' support gun background checks

2013-03-06 13:56:00

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, right, and her husband Capt. Mark Kelly look back at the crowd after arriving at a ceremony awarding Giffords the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the JFK Library in Boston, Sunday, May 5, 2013.

2013-05-05 21:49:00

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the Kennedy Library in Boston. Speaking is Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly.

2013-05-05 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 16: Shooting victim and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) (2nd R) and her husband and retired astronaut Mark Kelly (R) join Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 16, 2013 in Washington, DC.

2013-04-16 00:00:00