Ms Giffords won re-election in a swing district in 2010, a year that saw many
Democrats lose seats. She was holding a meet-and-greet event at a Tucson
supermarket when a gunman began firing.
Six people were killed, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and
12 others were wounded.
Jared Loughner, a college dropout, was charged with first-degree murder, the
attempted assassination of Giffords and other crimes stemming from the
shooting. He pleaded not guilty and was found mentally unfit to stand trial.
Ms Giffords has since received therapy at a hospital in Houston, Texas.
The bill Ms Giffords and Mr Flake introduced would levy new penalties on
people who use small, low-flying aircraft to smuggle drugs across the US
border with Mexico.
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