Out of tragedy often comes progress. But will Tea Party Republicans surrender their anti-gun control rhetoric to help prevent a repeat of the tragic shooting on January 8, 2011 in an Arizona parking that took six lives, and seriously wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords?
"It's a real tragedy, but it's also a real opportunity," said Mark McKinnon, co-founder of No Labels, a nonpartisan group founded last month. The Republican consultant sees potential to change the hyper-partisan political environment, which he has described as "MoveOn.org on the Left and the Tea Party on the Right," according to the Washington Post.
Seven years ago, former President George W. Bush responded to gun rights special groups, and in 2004 allowed the 1994 assault weapons laws, which allowed Jared Loughner, 22, to kill six people at a political rally in Arizona and wound 16 others, including congresswoman Giffords, who was shot in the head.
Doctors are hopeful Giffords will survive, but brain swelling continues to give them cause for deep concern.
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