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January 9, 2014

Giffords Shooting: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

Five months ago, Jacquelyn Jackson pulled in to a parking space six places away from the entrance of the Safeway north of Tucson where she had gone shopping Jan. 8, 2011. She thought she could face down her memories and park a little closer to the store. But Jackson felt her heart beating as she

Five months ago, Jacquelyn Jackson pulled in to a parking space six places away from the entrance of the Safeway north of Tucson where she had gone shopping Jan. 8, 2011.

She thought she could face down her memories and park a little closer to the store. But Jackson felt her heart beating as she pulled in two spaces over from where she had parked on the day several of her friends were shot, the day one of her friends died.

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