U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, have a grimly unique perspective on political violence.

Giffords was wounded in a mass shooting at a rally in Tucson in 2011, and she’s never been the same.

Giffords and Kelly used the tragedy to push for gun-control legislation. Kelly has been able to thread the needle on a difficult issue that most politicians are content to use for grandstanding.

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We’ll see if Donald Trump makes a similar pivot.

But for now, the shooting elevates Kelly in the national conversation,........

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