--- description: "We need a background check system without holes and fatal flaws" title: Amy Schumer Calls for Action on Gun Control After 'Trainwreck' Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2eb3e9d2533ae27/69885da00a4a2295b19c56f2/amy-schumer-charles.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amy Schumer Calls for Action on Gun Control After _Trainwreck_ Shooting  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2015 6:09 PM CUT  Comedian Amy Schumer and U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak at a press conference calling for tighter gun laws in an effort to stop mass shootings and gun violence on August 3, 2015 in New York City. Comedian Amy Schumer and U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speak at a press conference calling for tighter gun laws in an effort to stop mass shootings and gun violence on August 3, 2015 in New York City.Andrew Burton—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2015 6:09 PM CUT Comedian and actress Amy Schumer joined her cousin, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, on Monday to make an emotional call for more intensive background checks and increased government funding for mental health care to combat mass shootings. “Unless something is done and done soon, dangerous people will continue to get their hands on guns,” the _Trainwreck_ star said, several days after a gunman—whose name she refused to say—killed two people and injured nine others when he opened fire during a screening of the romantic comedy. “We need a background check system without holes and fatal flaws,” she said. “We need one with accurate information that protects us like a firewall. The critics scoff and say, ‘Well, there’s no way to stop crazy people from doing crazy things,’ but they’re wrong. There is a way to stop them. Preventing dangerous people from getting guns is very possible. We have common-sense solutions. We can toughen background checks and stop the sale of firearms to folks who have a violent history or history of mental illness.” The Democratic senator for New York laid out proposals to incentivize states to share information on felons, domestic abusers and dangerously mentally ill, to increase funding for mental illness treatment, and to standardize involuntary commitment for the mentally ill across all 50 states. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3982549/amy-schumer-gun-control/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3982549/amy-schumer-gun-control/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer Calls for Action on Gun Control After Trainwreck Shooting","datePublished":"2015-08-03T18:09:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:51:14.603Z","description":"\"Unless something is done and done soon, dangerous people will continue to get their hands on guns\"","url":"https://time.com/3982549/amy-schumer-gun-control/","keywords":["Crime","Gun Control","Law","Amy Schumer","Trainwreck"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2eb3e9d2533ae27/69885da00a4a2295b19c56f2/amy-schumer-charles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2eb3e9d2533ae27/69885da00a4a2295b19c56f2/amy-schumer-charles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chuck Schumer Amy Gun Violence","caption":"Chuck Schumer Amy Gun Violence","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3982549/amy-schumer-gun-control/","name":"Amy Schumer Calls for Action on Gun Control After Trainwreck Shooting"}}]}] ```