He will run for the United States Senate this year. Posted on August 19, 2020, at 9:13 p.m. The shooting left six people dead, including one of Giffords’ staff members, and wounded more than a dozen others. Yes, Gabrielle Giffords jumped out of an airplane this morning. Her father, Spencer, worked as a businessman who ran the family's tire … By Kadia Goba. 14,919 talking about this. Most people know Gabby Giffords because she gained national headlines after a shot to the head nearly claimed her life in 2011 ... Today I struggle to speak." We ask that people maintain a tone of civility and respect with one another. Join Gabby at giffords.org. But speak she does, in many cases advocating for gun reform. Although Giffords has chosen to take a step back from public service, her husband, Mark Kelly, is stepping up. ET Tweet Share Copy View this video on YouTube … But that wasn't the only remarkable part of her appearance on this morning's TODAY. Gabby Giffords Gave A Powerful Speech About Resilience In Her Convention Pitch For Joe Biden "Confronted by paralysis and aphasia, I responded with grit and determination," Giffords says in a video for the Democratic National Convention. Gabrielle Dee Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American politician and gun control advocate who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives … Giffords suffered a brain injury and has been recovering and advocating for better gun laws ever since. Giffords was shot after a gunman opened fire at an event she was holding at a grocery store in Arizona. Kadia Goba BuzzFeed News Reporter. Gabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords was born on June 8, 1970, in Tucson, Arizona.