Comedian Amy Schumer is joining the fight against gun violence, and she’s making it a family affair.
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“What Chuck said here today, it deserves unanimous support”, she said. “And we need your voice in this movement”.
The proposed measure would reward states that submit information to the federal background check system. He is also pushing for the Department of Justice to examine states’ standards for involuntary commitment to mental health facilities, and come up with recommended best practices.
Those programs are in jeopardy as the Senate is considering cutting the $159 million that keeps them afloat, according to Sen.
On July 23 a gunman killed two people, injured nine and shot himself in a Los Angeles theatre showing her comedy, Trainwreck.
And when her cousin, US Senator Chuck Schumer invited her to attend a press conference urging officials to introduce stricter gun laws in America on Monday, the comic didn’t hesitate to sign up.
The actress hinted at her involvement in gun control over the weekend, after Sara Clements, whose mother survived the Sandy Hook shooting, wrote an open letter to Schumer calling for the actress to take action.
“These shootings have got to stop”, Amy Schumer said at the press conference.
“I’m not sure why this man chose my movie to end these two lovely lives and injure nine others, but it was very personal for me”, she said.
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. “I think the idea of women’s equality making anyone upset is not anything I’ll ever understand”. “The critics scoff and say, ‘there is no way to stop mad people from doing insane things.’ They’re wrong”.
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The world is now getting their first crack at seeing how Schumer plans to help the gun control issue.
