‘Enough is enough’: Tearful Amy Schumer joins forces with cousin Chuck Schumer to demand tighter gun control after Trainwreck shooting

  • Amy joined her cousin – New York Senator Chuck Schumer – on Monday as he unveiled a three-part gun plan
  • He wants to make it harder for criminals and the mentally ill to obtain guns
  • Amy broke down in tears as she spoke about the Louisiana movie theater shooting that killed two women during a screening of her movie Trainwreck
  • ‘These shootings have got to stop… I don’t know how else to say it,’ the actress told the crowd 

Stand-up comedian Amy Schumer has formed a partnership with her cousin New York senator Charles ‘Chuck’ Schumer to call for tighter gun control.

The actress joined the senator, who is her second cousin, on Monday as he unveiled a three-part plan that would make it harder for violent criminals and the mentally ill to obtain guns.

The pair cited the recent shooting in a Louisiana movie theater that killed two women and injured nine others during a screening of Amy’s movie ‘Trainwreck’.

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Partnership: Stand-up comedian Amy Schumer has formed an unlikely partnership with her cousin New York Senator Chuck Schumer to call for tighter gun control

Partnership: Stand-up comedian Amy Schumer has formed an unlikely partnership with her cousin New York Senator Chuck Schumer to call for tighter gun control