Giffords, husband tout background checks

Both spoke at rally in same place where Giffords was shot

POSTED: 01:12 PM MDT Mar 11, 2013    UPDATED: 12:12 PM MST Mar 06, 2013 
Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly
(CNN) -

Gabrielle Giffords, a former congresswoman shot and wounded more than two years ago, urged support for background checks on Wednesday.

She and her husband, Mark Kelly, spoke at a gun control rally in Tucson, Arizona, the same place where an assailant shot her in the head.

Kelly said his newly formed gun-control organization is sending a letter to U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake, both Arizona Republicans, urging them to support background-check legislation.

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