The bullet that ripped through James Brady’s head on March 30, 1981, robbed him of his health and took years off his life, but it could not slow his quick wit or stop his indomitable spirit.

I first met Jim 17 years ago, on my first day working as an attorney for what would later be renamed the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. After I introduced myself and shook his hand, he looked me up and down from his wheelchair and said, with an impish grin, “Just what we need — another lawyer.”

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