During a White House ceremony attended by James S. Brady, President Bill Clinton signs the Brady handgun-control bill into law. The law requires a prospective handgun buyer to wait five business days while the authorities check on his or her background, during which time the sale is approved or prohibited based on an established set of criteria.
In 1981, James Brady, who served as press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, was shot in the head by John Hinckley, Jr., during an attempt on President Reagan’s life outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. Reagan himself was shot in his left lung but recovered and returned to the White House within two weeks. Brady, the most seriously injured in the attack, was momentarily pronounced dead at the hospital but survived and began an impressive recovery from his debilitating brain injury.
During the 1980s, Brady became a leading proponent of gun-control legislation and in 1987 succeeded in getting a bill introduced into Congress. The Brady Bill, as it became known, was opposed by many congressmen, who, in reference to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, questioned the constitutionality of regulating the ownership of arms. In 1993, with the support of President Bill Clinton, an advocate of gun control, the Brady Bill became law.
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Weeeee look what weeeee did – BFD !
Hours of time and money over a nut job that obtained a gun and planned to kill the president at the time to show his never ending love & affection for Jodi Foster OK – – –
Yes it was a horrible thing tragic so why not just outlaw insanity and especially in DC bring out the scoops and the nets .
It will work at least as well , maybe better !
Every time some crazy person gets attention with a firearm make a new law a new restriction that does nothing at great expense to the taxpayer !
While we are at it there is a profession that has high rates of depression, alcoholism, domestic abuse & suicide and they are free to travel among us heavily armed with qualified immunity every hour of every day : Law Enforcement, you all know a policeman and many know one that has got you wondering right now !
The shooter is out of prison and we’ll NEVER get rid of that law.
Clown world.
Janet Reno standing next to some pussy she’d like to lick..
Another brick in the wall … put there by Bill ‘the drill’ …
In the late 80’s I worked for an Engineering company where the head of the brady campaign worked as a structural engineer as his day job. He had opened his door one night in Baltimore when someone knocked, and when he opened the door someone shot him right between the eyes with a .25 cal pistol. He literally had a dent in his forehead from it, and was absolutely terrified of firearms. I can totally understand his paranoia, but you don’t put that guy in charge of policy for the rest of the country. He got shot in the freakin head, of course he’s got problems….