On the heels of March 16’s three spa shootings in Atlanta, the latest attack stoked calls for action and expressions of fear.

“This past weekend it was a house party in Philadelphia. And last week it was an armed attack on Asian American women in the Atlanta area,” former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who is a shooting survivor, said in a statement. “This is not normal, and it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s beyond time for our leaders to take action.”

The tragedy in Colorado feels especially personal, Giffords said, considering how the shooting she survived outside a Tucson grocery store devastated her community.US Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, also called for a national gun violence conversation and nonpartisan action.”It’s long past time for Congress to take meaningful action to keep deadly weapons out of the wrong hands,” he said.

The National Rifle Association tweeted on Monday quoting the Constitution’s Second Amendment: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”King Sooper is owned by the Kroger company, which said the store will remain closed during the police investigation.”

The entire Kroger family offers our thoughts, prayers and support to our associates, customers, and the first responders who so bravely responded to this tragic situation,” the company said via its verified Twitter account. Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled victim Denny Stong’s last name based on information provided by the Boulder Police Department.

CNN’s Konstantin Torpoin, Alisha Ebrahiumji, Steve Almasy, Paul P. Murphy, Blake Ellis, Whitney Wild, Melissa Gray, Keith Allen and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.

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