James S. Brady

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White House Press Secretary gun control activist human

James S. Brady was the White House press secretary who was gravely wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and later became a prominent advocate for gun control.

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Label Occurrences
James Brady 4
James S. Brady canonical 2
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act named in his honor 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf White House Press Secretary ⓘ
gun control activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor background checks for firearm purchases ⓘ
gun control ⓘ
appointedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
awardDate 1996-08-09 ⓘ
awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthDate 1940-08-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Centralia, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Centralia, Illinois, United States
boardMemberOf Handgun Control, Inc. (later Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence) ⓘ
surface form: Handgun Control, Inc.
cause assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications related to gunshot wound ⓘ
coFounded Handgun Control, Inc. (later Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1981-03-30 ⓘ
deathDate 2014-08-04 ⓘ
deathPlace City of Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
educatedAt University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
employer Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
White House ⓘ
endTime 1989-01-20 ⓘ
familyName Brady ⓘ
fieldOfStudy journalism ⓘ
fullName James S. Brady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Scott Brady
givenName James ⓘ
hasHonor James S. Brady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act named in his honor
honoredBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
surface form: President Bill Clinton
injury gunshot wound to the head ⓘ
inspired Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ⓘ
medicalCondition partial paralysis ⓘ
notableEvent 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
political aide ⓘ
press secretary ⓘ
partnerInActivism Sarah Brady ⓘ
placeOfEvent Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld Press Secretary ⓘ
surface form: White House Press Secretary
previousPosition communications director for the Reagan transition ⓘ
press secretary for Ronald Reagan presidential campaign ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Sarah Brady ⓘ
startTime 1981-01-20 ⓘ
subjectOf Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ⓘ
workedAs staff member for Republican members of Congress ⓘ
workedFor Ronald Reagan ⓘ

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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room → hasNameOrigin → James S. Brady ⓘ
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room → namedAfter → James S. Brady ⓘ
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act → namedAfter → James S. Brady ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Brady
James S. Brady → fullName → James S. Brady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Scott Brady
James S. Brady → hasHonor → James S. Brady self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act named in his honor
Brady → hasNotableBearer → James S. Brady ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Brady
Brady Act → namedAfter → James S. Brady ⓘ
subject surface form: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
this entity surface form: James Brady
Brady Bill → namedAfter → James S. Brady ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Brady