 He was shoved into a limousine on the way to the hospital. We didn't know really how serious it was. It was quite serious. And James Brady was never the same. James Brady's wife advocated for gun control, was able to pass a temporary, as it turns out, in retrospect, assault weapons ban afterwards in bipartisan show of support. James Brady ultimately died 33 years later of the wounds that were inflicted on him that day in 1981. And his death was termed a homicide, a homicide.