{"id":6761,"date":"2016-02-26T18:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2020-02-07T21:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:03:00","slug":"media-covers-gabby-giffords-news-conference-at-augsburg-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/26\/media-covers-gabby-giffords-news-conference-at-augsburg-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, and Minnesota leaders announce \u201cMinnesota Coalition for Common Sense\u201d at Augsburg-hosted press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 25, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and retired astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, co-founders of\u00a0Americans for Responsible Solutions, joined Minnesota leaders at Augsburg College to announce a new bipartisan organization, the \u201cMinnesota Coalition for Common Sense.\u201d The coalition\u2019s members \u2013 which include leaders from across sectors and parties \u2013 will urge their elected officials to advance policies that help keep guns out of the wrong hands.<\/p>\n<p>Giffords was wounded severely\u00a0during a 2011 shooting that resulted in six deaths. She and husband, Kelly, have announced similar coalitions in New Hampshire\u00a0and Oregon during the past several\u00a0months.<\/p>\n<p>Augsburg College <strong>President<\/strong> <strong>Paul Pribbenow<\/strong>\u00a0welcomed the event&#8217;s guests to campus and offered opening remarks at the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Media coverage of the event\u00a0includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Tribune &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/former-arizona-congresswoman-giffords-brings-gun-control-initiative-to-minnesota\/370149081\/\"> Former Arizona Congresswoman Giffords brings gun control initiative to Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WCCO television &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2016\/02\/25\/never-stop-fighting-gabby-giffords-visits-minnesota-with-gun-control-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u2018Never Stop Fighting\u2019: Gabby Giffords Visits MN With Gun Control\u00a0Message<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Minnesota Public Radio &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2016\/02\/25\/gabrielle-giffords-gun-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gabrielle Giffords in Minnesota, calls for gun control<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bring Me The News &#8211; Giffords visits Minnesota to launch coalition to help prevent gun violence<\/li>\n<li>KARE 11 television &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/gabby-giffords-leads-new-minn-coalition-to-reduce-gun-violence\/89-56616208\">Gabby Giffords leads new Minn. coalition to reduce gun violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KSTP television &#8211; Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Twin Cities Discussing Gun Control<\/li>\n<li>Christian Science Monitor &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/USA-Update\/2016\/0225\/Gabby-Giffords-brings-gun-control-fight-to-Minnesota-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gabby Giffords brings gun control fight to Minnesota (+video)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 25, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and retired astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, co-founders of\u00a0Americans for Responsible Solutions, joined Minnesota leaders at Augsburg College to announce a new bipartisan organization, the \u201cMinnesota Coalition for Common Sense.\u201d The coalition\u2019s members \u2013 which include leaders from across sectors and parties \u2013 will urge their elected officials &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7],"tags":[3209,597,3812,3811,3810,3762,1627,3813,3205,2002,2237,2692,3088],"class_list":["post-6761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-in-the-news","category-staff","tag-bring-me-the-news","tag-christian-science-monitor","tag-gabby-giffords","tag-gabrielle-giffords","tag-kare","tag-kmsp","tag-kstp","tag-mark-kelly","tag-minnesota-public-radio","tag-mpr","tag-paul-c-pribbenow","tag-star-tribune","tag-wcco-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6761"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9709,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions\/9709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}