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

I always worried about who will speak for the victims,” said McCarthy, a former nurse, shortly before retiring from the House ...

After her husband was killed and her son wounded on a Long Island commuter train in 1993, she went to Congress on a mission ...

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

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

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

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

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

New York Democrat came to Congress after her husband and son were shot on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.

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

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

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