Gabrielle Giffords — People

Unmarked wooden ballot box with visible slot — Original artwork

I’m asking citizens to go to their offices and say: You’ve disappointed me, and there will be consequences.

Gabrielle Giffords

A red velvet chair with a stop paddle on the seat and a laurel wreath fallen beside it. — Original artwork

Our democracy’s history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate — people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list.

Gabrielle Giffords

An empty wooden chair holds a small stack of cream envelopes in a cool blue-grey room. — Original artwork

These senators have heard from their constituents — who polls show overwhelmingly favored expanding background checks. And still these senators decided to do nothing. Shame on them.

Gabrielle Giffords

They looked at these most benign and practical of solutions, offered by moderates from each party, and then they looked over their shoulder at the powerful, shadowy gun lobby — and brought shame on themselves and our government itself by choosing to do nothing.

Gabrielle Giffords

A brass lantern glows beside coiled rope on a small empty wooden pier at sunset. — Original artwork

To do nothing while others are in danger is not the American way.

Gabrielle Giffords