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Gabrielle Giffords and husband launch gun control initiative
Posted: 01.08.2013 at 7:11 AM
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Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, center, holds hands with her husband, Mark Kelly, while exiting Town Hall at Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown, Conn.  / AP Photo/The News-Times, Jason Rearick
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The couple last week visited Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire in an elementary school, killing 20 children and six adults in December.

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