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

Former US 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...