Brady Wins Award For Gun-Control Work

Former White House press secretary James Brady has received Illinois’ highest honor for his gun-control work.

Brady, a native of Centralia, Ill., was honored Saturday night in a ceremony at Southern Illinois University.

A rally outside drew about 150 gun-control opponents.

Brady was shot in the head in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan.

Brady and his wife, Sarah, led a seven-year battle for federal guncontrol legislation that culminated in passage of the Brady bill. That law requires a five-day waiting period for people buying handguns to allow background checks.

Brady and four others were presented the medallion of the Order of Lincoln.