NEW YORK (WABC) -- Former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who became a leading voice for gun control when she ran for Congress following the 1993 LIRR massacre, has died. She was 81.
McCarthy entered politics in the wake of the December 1993 shooting on the LIRR by gunman Colin Ferguson that killed six people, including her husband, Dennis, and injured 19, including her son, Kevin, who was shot in the head but survived.
McCarthy became a fierce gun control advocate, despite publicly supporting the Second Amendment, taking the lead after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, the... ›› read more
