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Rollcall
September 27, 2001

Losing Control at Handgun Control? While one airliner after another
slashes their payrolls, the best-known anti-gun lobby in Washington laid
off 14 people Tuesday.
Officials at the Brady Campaign, formerly known as Handgun Control,
confirmed to HOH yesterday that they cut nearly 20 percent of their
staff this week.
“It’s a difficult time around here,” said spokesman Brendan Daly. “Like
a lot of other nonprofit organizations, we’ve been hit by the downturn
in the economy.”
Daly said the group has also been affected by the terrorism in America,
which has led to overflow contributions to relief efforts. “The
terrorist attacks have rightly focused people on helping the victims,
but that has a direct impact on our fundraising.”
The fact that gun control has not been at the top of the Congressional
agenda has also not helped the group founded by Jim and Sarah Brady
after Mr. Brady nearly died from a gunshot wound during the 1981
assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Among their triumphs
was getting the Brady bill signed into law, which resulted in a five-day
waiting period on handgun purchases.
“They’ve known some of these people for a very long time,” Daly said of
the couple. “But I think they’re holding up.”