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The Brady Campaign Case Study

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The name of this interest group is "The Brady Campaign". The purpose of this group is to prevent gun violence. Key Individuals to this group are the following. Dr. Mark Borinsky, the founder, who was robbed and nearly killed at gunpoint. It was originally called the National Council to Control Handguns. Another key individual is Jim Brady, who was Ronald Reagan's Press Secretary, who was shot in late March during the attempt of assassination of the president. Because he got shot in the head he became partially paralyzed for the rest of his life. Brady and his wife, joined the organization in the middle 80's and have been fighting for gun laws. Later, in 2001 the organization had been renamed in honor of the Brady family because of everything

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