On
December 7, 1993, Carolyn McCarthy's husband, Dennis, was killed,
and
her son, Kevin, was severely injured on a Long Island Rail Road
commuter train at the Merillon Avenue station in the village of Garden
City, when 35-year-old Colin Ferguson opened fire on passengers. Ferguson killed six and wounded 19 others
(with no resistance)
McCarthy responded to the crime by launching a campaign for more
stringent gun control that eventually propelled her to Congress in 1996
on the Democratic ticket. She defeated freshman Republican Dan Frisa by
a large margin. In the biographical 1998 television movie The Long
Island Incident, which portrayed these events, she was played by
actress Laurie Metcalf.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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3/24/2015 10:08:00 AM
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She was a one issue candidate and rep her entire political career. Prior to the incident they were Republicans. Couldn't give a cohernt answer to any question on any given issue including this one.
Geo - 3/24/15, 12:26 PM
- Squeak said...
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30 cal magazine clip!
- 3/24/15, 8:43 PM
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