Mark Kelly

We saw what happened to Melissa Hortman and a couple of months ago and her husband in Minnesota killed what happened to my wife, Gabby Giffords, you know, shot in the head in 2011.

So we see this over and over again.

And, you know, to me lately, I mean, the thing that

You know immediately comes to mind is the horrible situation that his wife and kids and parents and siblings You know now find themselves in you know, I've had you know, sort of that experience my wife in 2011 she survived She's got you know serious and significant disability because of it We shouldn't have you know this in our country happened over and over and over again and

How do we stop it?

How do we stop it?

I think that this is a combination of some factors, I think, that brought us here.

Certainly, on one side, it's just how divided we've become politically.

I also think that there is just easy access to firearms.

We have a very high rate of gun violence in general.

Over 100,000 people are shot and killed.

every year in our country we are like no other developed you know country uh in the world when it comes to when it comes to gun violence um so how do we stop it i mean we could strengthen our gun laws we could also try to find opportunities to just bring us together

You know, I serve in the United States Senate as a Democrat, and, you know, I've got strong relationship relationships with my Republican colleagues.

I think the I think the general public just thinks it's actually more maybe more contentious and divisive than it actually is in Washington.

The media, I'm not saying you guys, but the media often highlights negativity.

There are a lot of positive things, and there are times when we should work to bring this country together.

I think this is one of those times.

Well, I think it's fair to blame both sides.

I mean, that that is the reality of the situation we live in.

And I also think it's shortsighted to ignore gun laws, you know, in our country.