James Brady, White House press secretary under Reagan, dies

[txradioguy]

James Brady, who served as White House press secretary under President Ronald Reagan, has died, Fox News has learned.

He was 73.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/04/james-brady-white-house-press-secretary-under-reagan-dies/

[Chris_]

Cue the gun grabbers trying to secure his "legacy" in 3... 2... 1....

[txradioguy]

Cue the gun grabbers trying to secure his "legacy" in 3... 2... 1....

I had that same sad thought too...

[Chris_]

I had that same sad thought too...

I should probably have something in my email by now.

[txradioguy]

I should probably have something in my email by now.

If your inbox smells like a steaming cat turd...you've probably gotten your first OFA "Let's Do It For James" fundraising letter.

[JohnnyReb]

If your inbox smells like a steaming cat turd...you've probably gotten your first OFA "Let's Do It For James" fundraising letter.

....and 90% of every dollar raised will go toward.....the fund raisers next vacation.

[thundley4]

DUmmie: "See, proof that guns, kill people!"

[txradioguy]

DUmmie: "See, proof that guns, kill people!"

And still the largest cause of death...is birth.  Something the DUmmies will never comprehend.

[thundley4]

And still the largest cause of death...is birth.  Something the DUmmies will never comprehend.

But you're wrong on that point. The DUmmies and the left in general are trying to stop that by ending the life before the baby is born.   

[Big Don]

James Brady’s death ruled a homicide by Virginia medical examiner

  The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/james-bradys-death-ruled-homicide-by-dc-medical-examiner/2014/08/08/686de224-1f41-11e4-82f9-2cd6fa8da5c4_story.html
By Peter Hermann and Michael E. Ruane August 8 at 8:45 PM EXCERPT:

Monday’s death of President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary James S. Brady has been ruled a homicide as a result of the gunshot wound he suffered in the assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981, more than three decades ago.

The announcement was made by the medical examiner’s office in Virginia, where Brady, 73, died in an Alexandria retirement community, and was confirmed Friday by Gwendolyn Crump, the D.C. police department’s chief spokeswoman.

There was no immediate word on whether the shooter, John W. Hinckley Jr., who has been treated at St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital since his trial, could face new criminal charges. Hinckley, 59, was found not guilty by reason of insanity after he shot Reagan and three others on March 30, 1981.
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This is stupid.

[hillneck]

James Brady’s death ruled a homicide by Virginia medical examiner

Don't they let Hinckley go home for visits from time to time now?

[Big Don]

Don't they let Hinckley go home for visits from time to time now?

Yeah, but, rest assured, he's only out of the nuthouse 17 days a month...

[diesel driver]

James Brady’s death ruled a homicide by Virginia medical examiner

  The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/james-bradys-death-ruled-homicide-by-dc-medical-examiner/2014/08/08/686de224-1f41-11e4-82f9-2cd6fa8da5c4_story.html
By Peter Hermann and Michael E. Ruane August 8 at 8:45 PM EXCERPT:

Monday’s death of President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary James S. Brady has been ruled a homicide as a result of the gunshot wound he suffered in the assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981, more than three decades ago.

The announcement was made by the medical examiner’s office in Virginia, where Brady, 73, died in an Alexandria retirement community, and was confirmed Friday by Gwendolyn Crump, the D.C. police department’s chief spokeswoman.

There was no immediate word on whether the shooter, John W. Hinckley Jr., who has been treated at St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital since his trial, could face new criminal charges. Hinckley, 59, was found not guilty by reason of insanity after he shot Reagan and three others on March 30, 1981.
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This is stupid.

Welcome to the state of Terry McAulliff

[DumbAss Tanker]

The common law rule was that after a year and a day from the injury, it was no longer due to the crime.  Since Brady lived to about the typical life expectancy for people of his birth year, this seems like a stupid and unnecessary complication in a case that's been over for decades.  Having already been found not guilty by reason of insanity for the act, the State's hands  are bound on retrying him for any additional charges now; they can't go back and revisit that just because one of the outcomes changed, even if you get past the causation issue.

[zewazir]

My guess: the whole homicide ruling is a political move. They're going to make a martyr out of Brady so they can call for a new, stricter gun bans to make the original Brady Bill look pro-gun.

[Chris_]

John Hinckley Jr. won't be charged for James Brady murder

[SVPete]

James Brady’s death ruled a homicide by Virginia medical examiner

  The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/james-bradys-death-ruled-homicide-by-dc-medical-examiner/2014/08/08/686de224-1f41-11e4-82f9-2cd6fa8da5c4_story.html
By Peter Hermann and Michael E. Ruane August 8 at 8:45 PM EXCERPT:

Monday’s death of President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary James S. Brady has been ruled a homicide as a result of the gunshot wound he suffered in the assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981, more than three decades ago.

The announcement was made by the medical examiner’s office in Virginia, where Brady, 73, died in an Alexandria retirement community, and was confirmed Friday by Gwendolyn Crump, the D.C. police department’s chief spokeswoman.

There was no immediate word on whether the shooter, John W. Hinckley Jr., who has been treated at St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital since his trial, could face new criminal charges. Hinckley, 59, was found not guilty by reason of insanity after he shot Reagan and three others on March 30, 1981.
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This is stupid.

While it might be possible that Brady's life would have been longer, but for the injuries caused by being shot, calling it murder 33+ years after having been shot is stupid grandstanding and/or @#$%-stirring.

I would be less uncaring at his death had he and Sarah not tried to use his injury as a pretext to to trample Americans' constitutional rights.

[olde north church]

While it might be possible that Brady's life would have been longer, but for the injuries caused by being shot, calling it murder 33+ years after having been shot is stupid grandstanding and/or @#$%-stirring.

I would be less uncaring at his death had he and Sarah not tried to use his injury as a pretext to to trample Americans' constitutional rights.

You really can't blame him for what Sarah did.  He really wasn't in a state of mind to think much of anything.

[obumazombie]

The common law rule was that after a year and a day from the injury, it was no longer due to the crime.  Since Brady lived to about the typical life expectancy for people of his birth year, this seems like a stupid and unnecessary complication in a case that's been over for decades.  Having already been found not guilty by reason of insanity for the act, the State's hands  are bound on retrying him for any additional charges now; they can't go back and revisit that just because one of the outcomes changed, even if you get past the causation issue.

The rules seem to be very flexible when it comes to Holder's and owebuma's interpretation of them.