Senate holds hearings on gun control (18 images)

Retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly sits with his wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she prepares to make a statement before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 30, 2013. UPI/Pete Marovich

Retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly sits with his wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she prepares to make a statement before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 30, 2013. UPI/Pete Marovich

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (L) makes opening remarks as she is helped by husband Capt. Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.) at the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on *What Should America Do About Gun Violence?*, on Capitol Hill, January 30, 2013, in Washington, DC. The panel is Congress's first major hearing on gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook School shootings. UPI/Mike Theiler

Retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly sits with his wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she prepares to make a statement before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 30, 2013. UPI/Pete Marovich