The star of the hit film “Trainwreck” is teaming up with Chuck Schumer – the Democratic senator from New York and a second cousin once removed – to step up the push for new control legislation, MSNBC reported.
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Amy Schumer broke her funny-girl persona Monday, becoming teary-eyed as she vowed to fight for tougher gun laws in the US after a deadly shooting broke out in a Louisiana movie theater that was playing her summer blockbuster.
The Schumers mentioned other American mass shootings in recent months, including the racially motivated June attack on a Charleston church that resulted in nine deaths.
A gunman opened fire while the film played at a Lafayette, Louisiana movie theater on July 23, killing two young women before taking his own life.
“These are my first public comments on the issue of gun violence – I can promise you this: they will not be my last”, Amy Schumer said, according to a statement from the Senator’s office.
The director of the movie Trainwreck said the screening shooting “devastates me”.
The proposed legislation sets out to reward states that submit information to a background-check system and penalise those states that do not comply.
Amy Schumer referred to as on Monday for a extra thorough background examine system as she shared particulars concerning the lives of shooting victims… Two people were killed and nine were injured.
In fact, I think that in order to have a gun, one should actually have to go through something similar to a driver’s license test. We don’t just let anyone drive! The critics scoff and say… there’s no way to stop mad people from doing insane things. The actress and comedienne joined forces with her cousin, Senator Chuck Schumer. In response, Schumer had tweeted, “Don’t worry I’m on it. You’ll see”.
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The initiative was announced today, and will approach the issue through an attempted tightening on background checks and increased funding for mental health care.
