Posted on 08/04/2014 11:18:31 AM PDT by matt04
Former White House Press Secretary James Brady, who was famously shot during the attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan's life in 1981, has died. He was 73.
"Jim touched the lives of so many and has been a wonderful husband, father, friend and role model," his family said in a statement. "We are enormously proud of Jim's remarkable accomplishments - before he was shot on the fateful day in 1981 while serving at the side of President Ronald Reagan and in the days, months and years that followed. Jim Brady's zest for life was apparent to all who knew him, and despite his injuries and the pain he endured every day, he used his humor, wit and charm to bring smiles to others and make the world a better place."
Brady was confined to a wheelchair after being shot and went on to become a leading voice for gun control.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act into law.
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In 1986, the Donkeys inserted a provision into a pro-gun bill that outlawed the sale of new production machine guns. MG sales were limited to: 1) the U.S. military; 2) to LEOs or law enforcement agencies; or 3) dealer samples. Dealer samples could only be sold to other Class III dealers to law enforcement or the military. Since the 1986 law change, machine guns can be owned by civilians as part of a trust (but I'm not savvy on all the details here). Also, all legally owned machine guns before the effectivity date of the 1986 law change can continue to be sold. The problem with these guns are: 1) the pool of transferable guns is shrinking as guns wear out or Ka-Boom; and 2) because the pool is shrinking the prices of these guns has skyrocketed.
In so far as Mr. Brady is concerned, he owned his collection before the 1986 law effectivity date and so all these guns were grandfathered (that is, they can be sold to private parties). At the time (before he was shot by Hinkley), Brady was quite rich and could afford what he wanted.
The original, as quoted from the movie, is, "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc."
"We gladly feast on those who would subdue us."
This is the kind of Hollywood Latin that gives Latin scholars severe heartburn.
Reagan made Brady possible, as he did O’Connor, GHWB, A. Kennedy, really quite a few.
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