Kelly gun purchase: Husband of Gabrielle Giffords's AR-15 purchase cancelled

Kelly gun purchase: Kelly bought the gun March 5 at Diamondback Police Supply, saying he wanted to show how easy it is to buy an assault weapon. He planned to turn it in to Tucson police.

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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (l.) listens to her husband Mark Kelly in March, during a return to the supermarket where she was wounded in a rampage two years ago in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly went to a Tucson gun store a week ago to buy a .45-caliber handgun and a military-style rifle the day before the appearance. It didn't take long for the purchase to draw criticism from gun-rights supporters.

The owner of a Tucson gun store where former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husbandpurchased a semi-automatic rifle has canceled the transaction.

Doug MacKinlay said Monday that a full refund was sent to Mark Kelly via express mail because the former astronaut didn't plan to keep the AR-15-style rifle for his personal use.

Kelly bought the gun March 5 at Diamondback Police Supply, saying he wanted to show how easy it is to buy an assault weapon. He planned to turn it in to Tucson police.

MacKinlay tells The Arizona Daily Star that he terminated the transaction Thursday before Kelly could take possession of the firearm.

Giffords was among 13 people wounded in a January 2011 shooting outside a Tucson supermarket that left six others dead.

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