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Kevin D. Williamson's vile and callous comments regarding Gabby Giffords

In a post made on the right-wing site National Review Online , conservative blogger Kevin D. Williamson wrote the following regarding former Democratic Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head about two years ago and is a major proponent for gun control legislation: "While Ms. Giffords certainly has my sympathy for the violence she suffered, it should be noted that being shot in the head by a lunatic does not give one any special grace to pronounce upon public-policy questions, nor does it give one moral license to call people 'cowards' for holding public-policy views at variance with one's own. Her childish display in the New York Times is an embarrassment." This makes sense. Gabby Giffords referred to the Senate as a bunch of cowards due to their failing to pass a background check expansion bill on gun purchases not long ago. The bill failed by the final tally of 54-46. While 54% of the Senators supported the bill, 90% of the American ...