By Brandon Carter | The Hill
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) called on lawmakers to “find the courage” to pass legislation following a deadly school shooting at a Florida high school.
Giffords posted a series of tweets after the shooting, saying the accounts of the incident “strike fear into all Americans.”
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“Even in our grief, we must summon the courage to fight against this fear,” Giffords said. “We must find the courage to imagine a country where these massacres do not occur. Our leaders must find the courage to escape the confines of their politics & pursue the moral necessity of peace & safety.”
The former Arizona congresswoman slammed “advocates of the gun industry & the politicians paid to defend it,” saying those groups label school shootings as “virtual acts of nature, products of mental illness or bad parenting” that cannot be controlled.
