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Signing of the Brady Gun Control Bill Famous Speech by Sarah Brady
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Signing of the Brady Gun Control Bill Famous Speech by Sarah Brady
The White House: November 30, 1993
Thank you, General Reno. She
didn't tell you that on that courthouse step alone, fighting for the Brady
Bill, there was one other woman -- the Attorney General herself. And right
along the way this year since we've been fortunate enough to have her in
Washington, she's been right along with us.
It's a special day for us all. I don't think it every occurred to me that
I would be this emotional. And I walked in and looked at the faces here
and the memories that come back over these past seven years -- every face
I look at brings back a different memory.
And I want to thank a lot of people here, and I'm going to try to do it as
quickly as possible. Everybody here has helped. And each of you in your
own way reflects many others across the country. First of all, I want to
say to have an administration, an Attorney General, a Vice President, and
a President who we knew would sign this bill is of the utmost importance.
I'd like to draw attention also to another President, who we feel very
close to, President Ronald Reagan, who supported it and came out for the
Brady Bill, and who made it a badge of honor for Republicans -- (applause)
-- and brought this bill into the arena where it was not a partisan issue.
I would like to thank the men and women in blue who have by the hundreds
of thousands come to Washington to fight for this over the years, marched
for us, been in press conferences, and more than anything else who day in
and day out give their lives for all of us. (Applause.)
To our bill sponsors, Senator Metzenbaum, Congressman Schumer, Congressman
Sensenbrenner, and our very first Ed Feighan, and all the rest of the
members of Congress who had the guts to speak out early and support us all
along the way when sometimes it wasn't easy. And I know one of the
earliest ones was a Senator from Texas - - and in Texas that wasn't so
easy in those days; and he now, of course, sits on the President's
Cabinet. So for all the Congress who have supported us, my thanks.
Our friends, Handgun Control, board and staff, are phenomenal. Over the
years, they've worked their heart out. And I want to talk a little bit
about the victims around the country who have suffered and suffered
terribly, and who've gotten involved in this movement. And I know today
for them is a very special day, and we thank them for what they've done.
For everyone who's gotten involved, I can't -- I don't know how to say
that this is all part of everything a team, a large team, did together.
There's one man in particular now I want to talk about, and that is a
gentleman by the name of Pete Shields, who was my predecessor. And it was
Pete Shields who made this movement what it is. Before anyone else got
involved or thought, he, after losing his son to gunfire, quit his job,
came to Washington and decided to work for this noble cause. Pete Shields
was Chairman of Handgun Control when I joined; and he was until the year
before his death, until he passed away last winter. And we owe a great
debt of -- a great debt of gratitude to Pete and to Pete's family --
(applause).
And I only have one or two other words I want to say. Our critics have
said that the Brady Bill was only symbolic. Well, I think there is some
symbolism in the Brady Bill -- it's symbolic of teamwork, of people from
all over this nation working together to pass something that the people
wanted. I think it's symbolic that members of Congress could stand up to a
large lobby. I think it's symbolic of a lot of things. But I don't want
anyone to feel that that's all it is. The Brady Bill is not just
symbolism. It will begin to make a difference. It will begin to save
lives. We read in The Post this morning that in four states alone, over
50,000 people were stopped in the last four years from getting weapons
illegally -- or over the counter. It will help.
And to tell you a little bit on a personal level of how it would have
helped her, I want to introduce a very special young woman. Her name is
Melanie Musick. I met her several years ago when she came, like so many of
the victims have come to Washington to help us, she came to tell her story
and to plead. And her story is one of many in the past, and one of many in
the future who we hope will be saved by the Brady Bill.
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