bradyjamesWASHINGTON (AP) – A man who became known for his crusade for gun control — after being seriously wounded in a presidential assassination attempt — has died. His family is announcing the death of former White House press secretary James Brady at the age of 73. He was wounded in 1981 by the gunman who also wounded then-President Ronald Reagan outside a Washington hotel. A federal law requiring a background check on handgun buyers carries his name.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says because of James Brady’s work on gun control, “countless lives have been saved.” Dan Gross says with Brady’s help, “an estimated 2 million gun sales to criminals, domestic abusers and other dangerous people have been blocked.” At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest is remembering Brady as someone who “revolutionized” the job of press secretary — and who later showed his “patriotism” by being “very outspoken on an issue that was important to him.”