Editing Long Island Rail Road shooting (section)

=== Politicians ===
[[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] took notice of the LIRR shooting, calling it a "terrible human tragedy".<ref name="Dowd1209">{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Dowd |date=December 9, 1993 |title=Death on the L.I.R.R.: The White House; Moved by Killings, Clinton Urges Action on Gun Legislation |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/09/nyregion/death-lirr-white-house-moved-killings-clinton-urges-action-gun-legislation.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 4, 2009}}</ref> The day after the shooting, Clinton announced he had asked [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] to review a proposal by New York City Mayor-elect [[Rudy Giuliani]] that would set up a national uniform licensing system for gun buyers. Clinton cited the Ferguson murders as a factor in his support of the program, which would include background checks, tests and required renewals every two years.<ref name="Dowd1209" /> About one week after the shooting, Clinton visited with O'Connor, Blum and McEntee.<ref name="Rabinovitz1214" /> During his first major speech since his election as mayor, Giuliani cited the Ferguson murders while he repeated his previous calls for the [[Capital punishment in the United States|death penalty]] and a uniform gun licensing law.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Alison |date=December 10, 1993 |title=Giuliani Urges More Support For Police as Role Is Redefined |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/10/nyregion/giuliani-urges-more-support-for-police-as-role-is-redefined.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 5, 2009}}</ref> During his monthly radio call-in show, Governor Mario Cuomo called the Ferguson shootings "a dramatic, spectacular slaughter",<ref name="Barron1209" /> and called for stronger [[gun control]] measures.<ref name="Rabinovitz1210" /> [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] [[Al D'Amato]] said the Ferguson case demonstrated the need for capital punishment in New York State because "that is the only fitting punishment for this cold-blooded killer".<ref name="Rabinovitz1210" />