Comedian & Actress Teams Up With Senator Cousin In New — Amy Schumer News

Amy Schumer usually tries to make us laugh, but is now tackling something very serious by using her fame to assist an influential relative’s efforts to curb gun violence.

She described the Louisiana shooting as being committed b a man “who shouldn’t have been able to put his hands on a gun in the first place”, adding that she was “heartbroken” by news of the incident, and thinks about it every day. “He knows I exist”, Schumer said of the lawmaker in a 2011 interview.

They also want the Justice Department to survey states and find out which have the best standards for involuntary commitment to mental health facilities, and they want Congress to restore proposed cuts to mental health programs.

Schumer’s comments follow an open letter to the comedian by gun violence prevention advocate Sarah Clements, who is also the daughter of a Sandy Hook shooting survivor. I don’t know how else to say it.” Here are some live tweets from the press conference: “Sen.

Meanwhile, the elder Schumer was grateful for the beefed-up media presence.

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The topic is a personal one for the “Inside Amy Schumer” star.

Schumer, D-N.Y., and his cousin appeared together in New York City to outline new legislation to prevent violent criminals or those with mental illness from obtaining guns.

Sen. Schumer explained why he sees the need for tighter gun relations: “If there’s anything that the mass shootings… have taught us, it’s that we should do everything in our power to close these loopholes”.

On July 23 a 59-year-old gunman killed two women and injured nine other people at a theatre in Louisiana during a screening of her new comedy Trainwreck, and on Monday August 3 the comedienne paid her condolences in a detailed speech about gun violence.

Senator Schumer told the press conference he hoped that having his actress cousin by his side would bring increased attention to the problem. Critics scoff and say, ‘there is no way to stop insane people from doing insane things.’ But, they’re wrong.