Former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, known as a prominent advocate for gun control, has died at the age of 81.

Gun control crusader and former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York has died. She was 81. McCarthy was a political novice ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a fierce proponent of gun control who represented parts of Long Island in Congress for nearly 20 years, has ...

Longtime former Democratic New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy died Thursday at her home in Fort Myers, Florida. She was 81. No ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a former congresswoman from Long Island and fierce advocate for gun control, has died at age 81 after a ...

Ms. McCarthy’s political career began with tragedy in December 1993, when her husband was among six people killed in a ...

I always worried about who will speak for the victims,” said McCarthy, a former nurse, shortly before retiring from the House in 2015 after a nearly 20-year stint that earned her the nickname ...

That evening, as a Long Island Rail Road train slowed into the Merillon Avenue station in Garden City, a 35-year-old gunman ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a former Democratic U.S. Rep. and gun safety advocate, died Thursday. She was 81. McCarthy represented New ...

When a mass shooting in 1993 shattered Carolyn McCarthy’s family, she took her gun control crusade to Washington. The former ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a former U.S. Representative and gun control advocate, died at 81 after battling lung cancer.

Former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy is being remembered for turning her pain into action after the 1993 LIRR massacre.