She says, “I was, like, legit (sic) heartbroken just to get that news”. “I have a lot of press conferences”, the senator reportedly said, “but I nearly never get this much attention”. “It was so awful”.
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She appeared beside New York Senator Chuck Schumer, her second cousin once removed. “I look like I just got finished telling her to take a knee”.
The publication notes that Senator Schumer plans to “reward states with funding for submitting all necessary records into background checks system”. “Preventing risky people from getting guns is very possible, we have common sense solutions”.
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”.
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.
Comedian Amy Schumer has delivered an emotional address calling for tighter gun controls in America after the fatal shooting of two women at a cinema screening her latest movie.
The actress says “hate” directed at her is nothing new, especially as she has broached hot-button political issues in her comedy routines before.
Schumer and Stewart primarily spoke about Schumer’s latest film, Trainwreck, the actress’s friendship with Jennifer Lawrence, and the Lafayette shootings.
“Maybe the worst part about all this is, there is a common-sense way to stop mass shootings”.
Amy Schumer has more than 1.5 million followers on Twitter. Sen.
And at Monday’s press conference she noted, “These are my first public comments on the issue of gun violence, but I promise you they will not be my last”.
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Amy Schumer and Chuck Schumer have both since expressed their intent to continue their advocacy against gun violence.
