be bold, be courageous, americans are counting on you. >> gaby gifford deserve a vote. families are new town deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and black berg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve sample vote. >> reporter: while gun control legislation failed in congress, states like new york have made it harder to purchase firearms. the safe act passed in new york earlier this year, expand a ban on military-style weapons requires mental health professional to his report threats and creates a registry to keep guns out of the wrong hands. the organizers of sunday's show have made an agreement to adopt rules that will track sales at shows provide on the spot background checks and mandate proof of purchase for buyers exit the building. it's a model gifford sees as a gun control compromise, one that doesn't infringe on second amendment rights. she still struggles to walk, he speak, read, and white but she is determined to take her gun control message to an audience least likely

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. >>> former arizona congressman gaby giffords who surfed a deadly mass shooting in 2011 was at an unlikely location today. she toured a gun show in upstate new york. giffords, still partially paralyzed, was there to support a call for ieter fwun control. we have more. >> reporter: it might be one of the last places you'd expect a shooting victim to be, at a gun show. >> gabby, one of our females in new york. >> it was safety, not sales that brought the former congresswoman here. >> now is the time to come together. be responsible. democrats, republicans, everyone. >> her visit, along with husband markely is part of the couple's national campaign to expand background checks for gun sales. her crusade ties to the history of her assailant, jared lout ner. he purchased his gun legally in arizona. his mental instability never legally determined, and that allowed him to pass the state background check. for the past two years giffords, who is a gun owner herself, has appealed to congressional lawmakers to close loopholes that allow criminals and the mentally ill to purchase guns. >> you must act.