Sen. Charles Schumer, Amy Schumer Unite to Call for Gun Crackdown

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, is teaming up comedian and actress Amy Schumer – his second cousin once removed – to step up the push for new gun control legislation on Capitol Hill.

The proposed legislation, which the two presented at a news conference Monday, August 3rd, would reward states that submit information to the background-check system and penalize states that don’t comply. The comic has unexpectedly found herself caught up in the ongoing debate on gun violence in the US, after John Russell Houser shot 11 people at a cinema in Lafayette, Louisiana, during a screening of Trainwreck, on 23 July. 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.

How the shooter got their gun. Amy Schumer responded to Clements via Twitter saying “Don’t worry I’m on it. You’ll see”. “A showing of your film – an honest, unapologetic celebration of women’s rights to our bodies, decisions, and independence – was the place a middle-aged man who, ‘opposed to women having a say in anything, ‘ chose to commit a mass shooting”, she wrote. “No one wants to live in a country where a felon, the mentally ill or other risky people can get their hands on a gun with such ease”. “There is a way to stop them”.

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

The draw was his cousin – It Girl comedian and newfound activist Amy Schumer, who was also in attendance – but their joint message was somber.

Senator Schumer said his cousin Amy is a ideal spokesperson for the issue of gun control and said he is grateful to have her collaboration. My thoughts and love go out to the victims and anyone touched by this madness or any madness. “But I want to be proud of the way I’m living and what I stand for”.

“The time is now for American people to rally for these changes”, she added, her voice filled with emotion. “These are my first public comments on the issue of gun violence, but I promise you they will not be my last”.

However, longtime gun control advocate and former Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was killed by a gunman during the 1993 Long Island Railroad massacre, said she was hopeful the proposal will get through. “But I’m not sure”, she said.