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Source: Daily News
N.Y. Rep. Carolyn Maloney says she has received death threats at her Manhattan office over her support for gun control legislation
The Democratic congresswoman introduced a bill last week which would require weapons owners to hold liability insurance, similar to what car owners are required to purchase. The callers, Maloney said, forced her to miss an awards dinner.
Despite the death threats, Rep. Carolyn Maloney said she is moving forward with her bill calling for gun owners to have liability insurance.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney said she received death threats Tuesday at her upper East Side office warning her not to move forward with gun control legislation.
They said they were going to kill me, said Maloney. The Democratic congresswoman was so disturbed by the three menacing phone calls which came about an hour apart that she skipped a dinner Tuesday night of the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, where she was supposed to present an award. I couldnt go. Who knows what could happen? Maloney told the Daily News. I think any member of Congress would be scared after what happened to my good friend Gabby Giffords....
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