Amy Schumer joins cousin Senator Chuck Schumer in fight for gun control: [View all]
Nearly two weeks after a gunman opened fire during a screening of one of her movies, killing two people and himself, actress and comedienne Amy Schumer is teaming up with her cousin, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he unveils new legislation to combat gun violence.
The proposed legislation, which the two presented at a news conference Monday, would reward states that submit information to the background-check system and penalize states that don't comply.
During a July screening of Amy Schumer's film "Trainwreck" at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, John Houser shot 11 people, killing two women before eventually turning the gun on himself. He legally purchased the gun he used at a pawn shop.
The new push for gun control in Congress also comes after the FBI reported that a breakdown in the system made it possible for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to purchase a gun.
"These shootings have got to stop. I don't know how else to say it," Amy Schumer said at the press conference Monday....
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/politics/amy-schumer-chuck-schumer-gun-control/index.html via CNN
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