We know this because Loughner survived the attack, was readily available for questioning, and left behind diaries capturing his precise state of mind in the days leading up to the attack.
Staff members who accompanied Giffords at the time of the 2011 attack were reminded of the tragedy they then experienced.
Now the retired Congressman hopes today's attack will not drive Members of Congress away from the public they promised to represent. During the campaign, Donald Trump used vulgar language, speaking of "blood coming out of her eyes" and "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone, and I would not lose voters". While at that press conference, the group New Mexicans to prevent gun violence told us that 405 people were shot and killed here in New Mexico in 2015.
Just a few days ago, on a hot day like Wednesday, under a bright blue sky in Galveston, Texas, I honored the courageous men and women who will serve on the USS Gabrielle Giffords, a new Navy ship that bears my name.
For others, it prompted strong feelings about keeping weapons out of the hands of the wrong people. Barber said he was thinking about his former colleagues in Congress, especially House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and his family.
SHAPIRO: All right, Congressman Barber, thank you very much for joining us. "Aside from what happened today, we have a system in our country that allows felons.and terrorists to access firearms, especially where you are in Texas". "We have to stop this", Barber said from his Tucson home on Wednesday.
"It obviously floods back all the memories from January 8", Simon said.
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) blows a kiss after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during the final session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 6, 2012. They launched the PAC just weeks after another bad mass shooting that killed dozens of children at Sandy Hook Elementary.
The scene that unfolded in Virginia Wednesday bore some similarity to a scene here in Arizona six years ago. Be careful what you post.
Such attacks affect not just the direct victims, but also the people surrounding them, the survivors said.
Loughner first met Giffords in 2007 at a community event where he asked her a question and was "unsatisfied with her answer", CNN reported.
The attempted massacre on the baseball diamond notwithstanding, political violence remains, thankfully, rare in the U.S. Each time there is an outbreak of it - from Orlando to the Unabomber to Oklahoma City - some rush to place political blame (and get political benefit) and others rush to object that only the perpetrator can be held accountable.
Pam Simon remembers being on the ground unable to move after a bullet went through her wrist and into her chest.
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