US Senator Enlists Cousin Amy Schumer to Talk Gun Control

‘Shootings Have Got to Stop’.

The comic, who has broached political points in her comedic routines earlier than, stated, “I’m anticipating a backlash” for advocating for gun management.

Police said 59-year-old John Russel Houser legally bought the.40-caliber semiautomatic handgun from a pawn shop which he used to kill two young women and wound nine other people.

The proposed bill will create monetary incentives and penalties for those states which submit or fail to submit pertinent records to the federal system. While this was the first time Amy Schumer has spoken publicly about the issue of gun violence, she said it will not be her last.

Schumer tweeted that she thinks every day about Mayci Breaux and Jillian Johnson, the two women killed in the shooting, writing: “Don’t worry I’m on it. You’ll see”. The Schumers are teaming up to try and enact gun control regulations.

“One of the reasons we make these movies is because the world can be so horrifying and we all need to laugh just to deal with it”, Trainwreck director Judd Apatow said in a statement.

“I have a lot of press conferences but I nearly never get this much attention”, said the three-term senator, thanking his cousin for being by his side. Alongside her cousin, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, the comedian grew emotional as she spoke out about the shooting that occurred during a screening of her film Trainwreck last month.

“Preventing unsafe people from getting guns is very possible”, the actress added, before promising she would continue fighting for this cause. “Nobody needs to reside in a rustic the place a felon, the mentally unwell or different harmful individuals can get their palms on a gun with such ease”, she stated. In addition, Sen. Schumer called for the Justice Department to survey states to find out which have the best standards for involuntary commitment to mental health facilities.

About 100 people were in the theater watching the film Trainwreck when the gunman began shooting his fellow movie goers with a handgun.

It’s an issue that hits home for Clements, whose letter stated that her mother survived the December 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, now also under the Everytown umbrella, previously released a report exposing “fatal gaps” in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS.