Gabby Giffords' Gun-Control Group Brings in $6.6 Million This Year

[chuter]

http://news.yahoo.com/gabby-giffords-gun-control-group-brings-6-6-172318962.html

Gabby Giffords is gearing up for a midterm fight, and her gun-control PAC is bringing in big cash for the effort.

Since the former Democratic representative from Arizona and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, started their group earlier this year, they have brought in more than $6.6 million, according to Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC disclosure reports released Wednesday.

Though the group brought in many small contributions, some individuals gave as much as $250,000.

Here are 10 notable donations:

Thad Allen, former Coast Guard admiral and now of Booz Allen, gave $5,000
George Zimmer, the former CEO of Men's Wearhouse, gave $5,000 (He's actually a pretty reliable Democratic donor, previously giving to both President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.)
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, gave $250,000
Sean Parker, social-media entrepreneur, gave $250,000
Gloria Giffords, mother of the former congresswoman, gave $4,500
Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, gave $250,000
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, gave $500,000
Mostyn Law Firm, which deals with hurricane victims, gave $250,000
Richard Plepler, the CEO of HBO, gave $1,000
And a Texas rancher gave $10,000
The group also has plenty of cash on hand, only spending $1.8 million thus far, more than $500,000 of which went into media campaigns.

Giffords, who was shot in 2011 at an event in Tucson, has been one of the leading voices in the fight for expanded gun control. Though stricter laws, including those for background checks and an assault-weapons ban, failed in Congress, Americans for Responsible Solutions and other gun-control groups have vowed to continue their fight in the upcoming 2014 midterm elections. Right now, it looks like they have a sizable sum of money with which to work.

The fight's not over yet, folks (like I thought it ever would be).
But if there's not another mass shooting it will hopefully loose steam and the media will feed on something else.

 

[BIG_MIKE2005]

Shows how many sheep are out there willing to donate to losing their rights without a care in the world.

 

[Rod Snell]

Shows how many sheep are out there willing to donate to losing their rights without a care in the world.

Oddly enough, all the anti-gun people I have talked with (met a bunch while stationed in DC) share one universal delusion: none of THEIR rights are involved, because THEY ARE SO SPECIAL they will always be able to buy whatever they want!!??!! It's you drunken wife beating racists that are going to be stopped by their laws, NOT THEM!!

 

[BIG_MIKE2005]

Oddly enough, all the anti-gun people I have talked with (met a bunch while stationed in DC) share one universal delusion: none of THEIR rights are involved, because THEY ARE SO SPECIAL they will always be able to buy whatever they want!!??!! It's you drunken wife beating racists that are going to be stopped by their laws, NOT THEM!!

Gotta love Liberals huh, LOL

 

[Fredkrueger100]

How about raising that money for children with cancer? This just proves how little these people care abouy others. They only care about themselves and ruining people's lives. What scum.

 

[WessonOil]

When anti-gunners raise money for their cause, it's seen as a happy and positive thing by the press.

When pro-gunners do, it's seen as buying off senators.