Biden Honors Gun Control Advocate James Brady at Memorial
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Joe Biden spoke highly of former White House Press Secretary James Brady at a memorial for Brady, who passed away in August, on Friday.
Brady was shot during an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981, the gunshot wound later being ruled the cause of his death following his August passing. Describing Brady as “simply heroic,” Biden remembered the man who became an advocate of gun control after he was shot.
“There were two things you had to know about Jim,” Biden said, “he was tougher than you were and he was smarter than you…he truly lived every moment he was alive, even until the end.”
After the shooting, Brady was partially paralyzed. He and his wife have also worked with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for decades to help push legislation to prevent prohibited gun purchases.
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