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

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

She went from political novice to leading advocate for gun reform after her husband was killed and her son severely injured ...

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

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

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

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.

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

The political world in New York is grieving following news of the death of former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a staunch advocate ...

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