Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband Mark Kelly have been at the forefront of the call for new gun regulation since she was shot in the head in 2011. Even so, Kelly still shoots a gun recreationally; the same type of gun used on his wife. On Anderson Cooper 360 Tuesday night, an… Read more »
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Mark Kelly Shoots Glock 9mm With ‘High Capacity’ Magazine on CNN
In an interview that will air on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on April 9, Gabby Giffords looks on from her mother’s porch while Mark Kelly shoots bottles and clay pots in the Arizona desert with a Glock 19 9mm. The gun is actually Giffords’s, but Kelly shoots it and wasn’t shy about admitting he had a… Read more »
Catch .223: Newtown Parent Mark Mattioli Says Magazine Limits Won’t Work Without ‘Confiscation’
On the heels of CBS News’ gut-wrenching interview of seven Newtown families on 60 Minutes, Fox News interviewed pro-gun parent Mark Mattioli, whose son James was killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Megyn Kelly‘s full interview with Mattioli is similarly heartrending, but there were also some uniquely revealing moments in the… Read more »
Mark Sanford is no exception: Most politicians survive scandals
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hayes looks at research summing up whether and when politicians can survive scandals. For past posts in the series, head here…. Read more »