{"id":20279,"date":"2013-01-30T17:37:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=20279"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:00:47","slug":"true-grit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/01\/true-grit\/","title":{"rendered":"True grit\u2014UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

No matter where you stand on the issue of gun control, you can\u2019t help but be moved at watching this powerful testimony<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0 (Her handwritten text is pictured above).<\/p>\n

Ladies and gentlemen, Gabby Giffords, speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee on gun control.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nUPDATE:<\/strong> An alert reader pointed me to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2013\/01\/gabby-giffordss-handwritten-notes-for-her-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee\/272685\/%20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this item<\/a><\/strong> in The Atlantic, regarding the note posted above:<\/p>\n<blockquote>It turns out that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/politics\/2013\/01\/scandal-gabby-giffords-did-not-write-her-speech\/61608\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Giffords\u2019s speech therapist wrote the note<\/a>, not Giffords herself \u2014 and that Americans for Responsible Solution\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericansForResponsibleSolutions\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reference<\/a>\u00a0to \u201cGabby Giffords\u2019 handwritten testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee\u201d meant \u201chandwritten\u201d in a general sense.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No matter where you stand on the issue of gun control, you can\u2019t help but be moved at watching this powerful testimony. \u00a0 (Her handwritten text is pictured above). 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