Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass ...

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

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

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

Carolyn Cook was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 5, 1944, the middle child in a blue-collar, working-class family. She had hoped for ...

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

McCarthy became a citizen legislator, a reminder that in a democracy an unexpected voice can emerge from anywhere and out of ...

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

Carolyn McCarthy, a fierce proponent of gun control who represented parts of Long Island in Congress for nearly 20 years, has died. She was 81. McCarthy’s death was shared by Rep. Tom Suozzi (D ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son ...