Schumer and Schumer fight gun crime

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 joins the senator Monday as he unveils a three-part plan that would make it harder for violent criminals and the mentally ill to obtain guns.

The two cite the recent shooting in a Louisiana movie theater that killed two women and wounded nine others during a screening of the movie “Trainwreck” starring Amy Schumer.

The senator’s legislation would create monetary rewards for states that submit all necessary records into the background check system and penalize states that do not. He also will call on Congress to preserve mental health funding and substance abuse programs.

— AP