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Gabby Giffords Says Gun Violence Is a Women's Issue
The Wire ^ | June 16th, 2014 | LUCY WESTCOTT

Posted on 06/16/2014 9:37:56 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, firmly lamented gun violence as a women’s issue as their political action committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions, gears up to support candidates in the 2014 midterm elections.

Giffords and Kelly visited the Hearst headquarters in New York on Monday morning to speak with Ellen Levine, editorial director of Hearst magazines. During their presentation they revealed a number of startling facts: American women are eleven times more likely to be killed by guns than in any other high-income country, and every month, nearly 50 women are shot to death by a current or former partner. The campaign by Americans For Responsible Solutions intends to reduce gun violence and support candidates that advocate for stricter gun control. 

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: banglist; dnctalkingpoints; dropadimelaw; feminazi; giffords; guncontrol; gungrabber; secondamendment; waronwomenmeme
So, stricter gun control for men?
1 posted on 06/16/2014 9:37:56 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Can she cogently communicate? Can she clearly think? Is her freak husband exploiting her?


2 posted on 06/16/2014 9:40:17 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: Citizen Zed
Americans Jugheads for the Responsible Solutions Surrender of Freedom.
3 posted on 06/16/2014 9:44:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Well, both she and her husband are women, so maybe so......


4 posted on 06/16/2014 9:44:52 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

Kelly is disgusting!


5 posted on 06/16/2014 9:48:57 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Citizen Zed

“This is my rifle, this is my gun,
This one’s for fighting, this one’s for fun!”

Maybe this is why Gabby thinks gun control is a Woman’ issue!


6 posted on 06/16/2014 9:58:57 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I find it amazingly reprehensible that she somehow believes it is preferable for a woman to be stabbed, beheaded, or beaten to death, rather than shot.

Her statistic may be true; but it is also bogus and not germane at all.

Bogus as in comparing apples to armadillos.


7 posted on 06/16/2014 10:33:05 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: ogen hal

I wish she would go away.

I’m very sorry she got shot, and has permanent injury. Very sorry about what happened to her.

But, the left is using her. They set up a situation in which we’re not supposed to say anything when Gabby speaks, because after all, she was shot, so she allegedly has this great credibility and wisdom on gun control issues.

The left does this on other issues too. They set terms of debate/discussion in which one is hateful, racist, bigoted, etc.

For example, if you oppose homosexual marriage, you are an anti-homosexual bigot.

If you oppose affirmative action, you are a racist.

If you oppose illegal immigration, you are xenophobic and hate Latinos and other minorities.

If you oppose global warming, you are actually in favor of despoiling the environment. You hate the polar bears, and want them to die off. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

On the issues of guns, I feel that they are using Gabby Giffords, because of the fact that she got shot. And they put us in a position to be lacking sympathy for her if we say anything against what she wants us to do.

I think you can be both sympathetic for her condition, and still oppose what she stands for.


8 posted on 06/16/2014 10:37:12 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Citizen Zed

My woman knows all about gun violence as she can put 30 rounds in a three inch ring in 3 seconds. There is nothing finer than a fine woman with a fine weapon.


9 posted on 06/17/2014 3:35:10 AM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!)
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To: Citizen Zed

If you don’t want a gun, don’t buy one. That’s the argument for keeping abortion legal, idn’t it?


10 posted on 06/17/2014 2:42:26 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Citizen Zed
I agree, it is definitely a woman's issue:

■Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.

■Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.

■Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.

■Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.

■Everyday in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.

■Ninety-two percent of women surveyed listed reducing domestic violence and sexual assault as their top concern.

The list goes on and on.

God made women unequal but the second amendment makes them equal.

Gaby Giffords would have women stripped of one of their only means of defending themselves and she should be ashamed of herself.

11 posted on 06/21/2014 2:29:08 AM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Does he have his hand way up Gabby’s ass working her mouth when she “speaks”.


12 posted on 06/21/2014 2:33:56 AM PDT by Octar
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