Democratic Senator Enlists Famous Cousin Amy Schumer to Push Gun Control: ‘Enough Is Enough’

By Erica Ritz

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer is teaming up with her cousin, New York Sen. Charles Schumer, to call for tighter gun control.

She joined the senator Monday as he unveiled a three-part plan that would make it harder for violent criminals and the mentally ill to obtain guns, growing visibly emotional as she described the recent shooting that killed two women and injured nine others during a screening of her movie “Trainwreck” in Louisiana.

“We’re here today to say enough is enough to mass shootings in our schools, our college campuses, our military bases and even in our movie theaters,” Amy Schumer said, her cousin standing beside her. “These shootings have got to stop. I don’t know how else to say it.”

“Maybe the worst part about all this is, there is a common-sense way to stop mass shootings. There are many ways,” she added.

Schumer said the man who perpetrated the horrific attack, identified by police as “drifter” John Russel Houser, should never have “been able to put his hands on a gun in the …read more

Source:: The Blaze