Brady targeting Florida

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has targeted Florida and its multibillion dollar tourist industry to protest the passage of a self defense law by the legislature last year. The law which had overwhelming bi-partisan support and was signed by the Governor allows for a the use of deadly force if the person shooting feels threatened. There is no other state in the nation - and no other civilized nation on Earth - that has a law like this," said Brady Campaign spokesman Peter Hamm. "It could cause the most aggressive people in society to overreact."

The group headed by Former Reagan Press Secretary Jim Brady, who was shot in an assassination attempt on President Reagan's life by John Hinckley Jr. in 1981, and by his wife Sarah Brady is handing leaflets to tourists at Miami Int'l Airport, placing billboards on busy highways and advertising in European papers about the dangers of traveling to Florida.