article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Sarah Brady, who with her husband, James Brady, pushed for stricter gun control laws, including the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, died Friday, her family said.
article_snippet.sent: Brady, 73, died of pneumonia, her family said.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah courageously stepped up after Jim was shot to prevent others from enduring what her family has gone through, and Sarah work has saved countless lives," her family statement said.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Brady spent the rest of Sarah Brady life in a wheelchair, advocating against gun violence.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Brady died in August.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Brady was also involved in gun violence prevention for the past 30 years.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Brady was the chairwoman of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence from 2000 until Sarah Brady died.
article_snippet.sent: Although The National Rifle Association disagreed on public policy, Sarah Brady was an honorable American who we always respected," the gun rights organization said.
article_snippet.sent: On the Brady Campaign's website, Sarah Brady said Sarah Brady got involved in gun control after Sarah Brady young son picked up what Sarah Brady thought was a toy gun on the seat of a friend's pickup.
article_snippet.sent: The loaded gun was much like the one used to shoot Sarah Brady husband.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Brady "transformed tragedy into a courageous campaign, and because of Sarah Brady work and Sarah Brady remarkable life, American families are safer today," the Clintons said.
article_snippet.sent: Brady Campaign and Center President Dan Gross said in a written statement that few people are responsible for saving as many lives as Sarah and James Brady.
highlights_snippet.sent: NRA says although NRA disagreed with Sarah Brady, Sarah Brady was an honorable and respected woman .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Sarah Brady became involved in campaigns against gun violence after Sarah Brady son to picked up a loaded gun .
  