Gabby Giffords Responds To Shootings At Bronx Hospital & Little Rock Nightclub

July 1, 2017

July 1, 2017 — Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Co-Founder of the gun violence prevention organization Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS), issued the below statement following yesterday’s mass shooting at a Bronx hospital and last night’s mass shooting at a Little Rock nightclub that left at least 25 people injured.

“Meeting up with friends at a club, healing others or getting treatment at a hospital, going to school, attending church, practicing for a ballgame – in America, these are activities that should never involve terror or fear of violence. Sadly, that’s not the America we’re living in today. ”My heart is with the victims, their families and first responders whose heroism saved lives yesterday afternoon in the Bronx and early this morning in Little Rock. “The alarming frequency with which we watch terrifying scenes unfold in our communities is devastating. But, we must never allow ourselves to accept that this is normal. It’s not. The rate of gun violence in our nation is unacceptable, and solutions to make our communities safer are possible. It’s time to stand together in support of an action that will make horrific events like these less likely in the future.”