Gabby Giffords & Mark Kelly Statement on the Movie Theater Shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana

July 23, 2015

July 24, 2015 – Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, the Co-Founders of Americans for Responsible Solutions, issued the following statement after the tragic shooting last night at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana that has left three people dead, including the shooter, and many more injured, and that took place only four days after the third anniversary of the massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado:

“It happened again. “We wish we could say what happened in Lafayette is unthinkable. But it is not. “Once again, a senseless shooting has destroyed the lives of Americans. And once again, Americans went to a movie theater with friends and loved ones for a casual night of comedy, entertainment and innocent escape, only to have terror, bloodshed, and violence visited upon them. “The details of exactly what happened last night and why are still unclear, but we know that gun violence has taken more innocent lives, that many of the wounded will have a long road ahead, and that a community’s heart has been tested but will not be broken.” “We are grateful to the first responders who acted with courage, and we are thinking of the injured and those caring for them. Our hearts, prayers, and thoughts are in Lafayette.”