SEE: Cdr. Mark Kelly Needles Sen. Jeff Flake On Background Check Vote

Former Space Shuttle Commander, husband of retired Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and current gun violence reduction activist Mark Kelly took to Twitter this morning to gently chide his "friend", Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ).

Flake voted yesterday against the Manchin-Toomey compromise amendment that would have expanded background checks on gun transactions.  (Arizona's other Senator, John McCain, was one of four Republicans who voted in favor of it.)

Here are Kelly's two Tweets:

No response yet from @JeffFlake.

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