April 25, 2011

Kelly O'Brien, the fiancée of Gabe Zimmerman, the aide to Representative Gabrielle Giffords who was killed in the January 8 shooting rampage in Tucson, announced her support for legislation to ban large-capacity magazines at an April 12 Capitol Hill press conference. The Conference of Mayors strongly supports that legislation. Also participating in the press conference was Gabe's father Ross Zimmerman. Left to right, New York Representative Carolyn McCarthy, chief sponsor of the House version; Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke; Kelly O'Brien; and New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, chief sponsor of the Senate version.