This December, former US Congresswoman and Scripps alum to discuss gun safety efforts in the country. Giffords was accompanied by her team from her eponymous research center, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to saving lives from gun violence.
Giffords herself survived a gunshot wound to the head during a deadly mass shooting in 2011 that wounded 18 and took the lives of six people.
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In 2023, Giffords returned to 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 for a special screening and panel discussion of the acclaimed 2022 documentary Gabby Giffords Won鈥檛 Back Down, which chronicles her tireless work to prevent gun violence and raise awareness about aphasia after surviving the 2011 assassination attempt. Watch her Scripps Presents conversation聽.