Gabrielle Dee Giffords is an American retired politician and gun control advocate who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned due to a severe brain injury suffered during an assassination attempt.
A member of the Democratic Party, she was the third woman in Arizona’s history to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Though a moderate on the issue during her time in Congress, Giffords has since become an ardent advocate for gun control.
In January 2013, she and her husband launched Americans for Responsible Solutions, a non-profit organization and Super-PAC which later joined with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence to become Giffords.
On October 13, 2022, she was named the Grand Marshal of the 2023 Rose Parade and will preside over the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl game.
What type of gun was Gabby Gifford shot with?
9 mm semiautomatic pistol. The shooting was caught on video by a store security camera but was not released to the public.
Loughner proceeded to fire apparently randomly at other members of the crowd. He was armed with a Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol with four magazines, two of which were capable of holding 33 rounds.
A nearby store employee said he heard “15 to 20 gunshots”. Loughner stopped to reload, but dropped the loaded magazine from his pocket to the sidewalk, from where bystander Patricia Maisch grabbed it.
Another bystander (Roger Salzgeber) clubbed the back of the assailant’s head with a folding chair, injuring his elbow in the process, representing the 14th injury.
Loughner was tackled to the ground by Bill Badger, a 74-year-old retired United States Army Colonel who had also been shot himself. Loughner was further subdued by Maisch and bystanders Roger Salzgeber and Joseph Zamudio.
Zamudio, a concealed weapon (CCW) permit holder, had a weapon on his person but arrived after the shooting had stopped and did not draw his firearm. Thirty-one shell casings were found at the scene by investigators.