ALBANY, NY – State Senator pushing for firearm buyers to search social media, urged Council of Canada counselor Republican Senate to kill itself in a Twitter message now deleted on Tuesday.

The verified Twitter account of Senator Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, issued a violent request after his assistant, Candice Giove, accused him of misusing a parking sign from the Senate.

"Kill yourself!" In response, Parker tweeted .

The tweet was posted at 11:25 am EST. A few minutes later, it was removed.

At 12:18, Parker tweeted an apology .

"I sincerely apologize," Parker wrote. "I used a bad choice of words, suicide is a serious thing and should not be ignored."

A few hours ago, Parker tweeted at Giove again

Parker drew attention to the end of last month when he proposed a bill requiring that those seeking a firearms license agree to have their social media accounts recognized. . searched for objectionable content.

The bill would require gun applicants to give their password to key accounts to the police, if necessary.

It is approved, up to three years of publications on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter and a year of search engine history could be examined closely.

In a tweet, Giove is taken aback by Parker's tweet.

"Has a senator come to write this?" She writes .

The new leader of the Senate majority, Andrea Stewart-Cousins ​​of D-Yonkers, issued a statement Tuesday in which she was "disappointed" by Parker.

"I was disappointed with Senator Parker's tweet," Stewart-Cousins ​​said. "Suicide is a serious problem and you should not joke about it that way, I'm glad he apologized."

Tuesday's tweet was not the first contact with Parker's controversy.

In 2010, he was convicted of a criminal offense. mischief after damaging a camera belonging to a photographer of the New York Post, charged to take it in front of his home in Brooklyn.

Parker is acquitted of all crime charges in this incident.

In response to the tweet Tuesday, one of Parker's Republican colleagues said that he should not perform his duties.

Sen. Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, Niagara County, said Parker "was behaving irresponsibly and overwhelmingly".

"It is clear that Senator Parker, who already has a history of violence and aggression, is not in a position to serve an elected leader," Ortt said in a statement.

The new Senate minority leader, John Flanagan, R-Suffolk County, described Parker's tweet "beyond the pale and under the Senate of the state".

"It was wrong and it was wrong, and there can be no justification for that," Flanagan said. "Already."

Jon Campbell is a correspondent for the Albany Office of the USA TODAY Network

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