Reagan's Assassination Attempt A Haunting Reminder of the Fragility of Democracy

President Ronald Reagan waves and then looks up before being shoved into the President's ... shot outside a Washington hotel, March 30, 1981. On March 30, 1981, fewer than 100 days into President Ronald Reagan's first year in office, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate the president outside ... It was then we learned I'd been shot & had a bullet in my lung. Getting shot hurts. Still my fear was growing because no matter how hard I ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an assassination attempt, speaks about his remorse, gun laws and the more ... On March 30, 1981, Reagan was exiting the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, where he had just given a speech before members of the AFL-CIO. As he ... President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest on Monday, March 30, 1981, by John W. Hinckley Jr., 25. But, Reagan wasn't the only victim. 40 YEARS AGO TODAY: On March 30, 1981, an attempted assassin shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign very deliberately echoed the one that Ronald Reagan ran in 1980. ... Like Reagan—who was shot by ... Reagan · Lee Greenwood to release 'beautiful' new song partially penned by Ronald Reagan · What Jimmy Carter can teach us about life and our legacy · Jimmy ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was just seventy days into his first term of office when John Hinckley Jr. opened fire outside the Washington Hilton ...