Retired Astronaut Mark Kelly Talks Possible Political Run on CBS SUNDAY MORNING Today

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, won't rule out eventually running for political office, he tells Lee Cowan in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast today, March 15, 2015 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network.

Giffords (D-AZ) political career was cut short in 2011 when she was shot in the head by a gunman who killed six others.

Lately, there has been speculation that one or both of them could run for political office.

"You never say never. It's not something I have planned," Kelly tells Cowan. "You know, right circumstances, I might consider it."

"Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe," Giffords tells Cowan when asked if she'll run for office.

Giffords was just starting her third term in Congress in 2011 when, during a meeting with constituents at a Safeway supermarket parking lot in Tucson, a gunman opened fire. A dozen people were injured and six were killed. Giffords was left with a bullet in her brain. She resigned from congress in January 2012.

Giffords is still recovering from her injuries, she tells Cowan she's "a little bit better" every day.

These days, Giffords and Kelly, both avid gun owners, are also working to get laws changed to keep guns away from the mentally ill, felons, domestic abusers and others. They both were inspired to act after the December 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

"We went and visited Newtown and visited a bunch of parents afterwards," Kelly tells Cowan. "And I mean, you talk about tough. When you meet them, you just feel like, you, it's kind of an obligation to try to do something about it."

Cowan also talks with Giffords and Kelly about their life today, her recovery, and their future.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING is broadcast Sundays (9:00-10:30 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.

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