Brady looks on as Clinton signs the Brady Bill, 1993
Brady lies wounded after being shot in 1981, Hinckley is wrestled to the ground behind
Logo of the Brady Center
November 30th 1993: Brady Bill signed
On this day in 1993, US President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. The law provides for federal background checks on gun purchases. It was named for James Brady, Ronald Reagan’s Press Secretary who was shot by John Hinckley Jr in an attempted assassination of then President Reagan in 1981. Brady was paralyzed and he and his family became active members of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. James Brady passed away in August 2014 aged 73, 33 years after the shooting that almost killed him.
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