In an interview with the New York Times, Gabby Giffords ’93 drew similarities between the United States’ progress on gun safety and her recovery from a 2011 assassination attempt. “Progress happens inch by inch,” she writes. “. . . I’m relearning so many things—how to walk, how to talk—and I’m fighting to make the country safer. It can be so difficult. Losses hurt; setbacks are hard. But I tell myself: Move ahead.”