The Legacy of the Reagan Shooting A Reminder of the Fragility of Democracy

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 ... On March 30, 1981 - a little over two months after taking office, Reagan was shot by a would be assassin named John Hinckley. Hinckley had no political agenda. 'Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,' Hinckley says after former president was inches away from losing his life at ... Lawyers for John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, are scheduled to argue in court Monday that the ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. Hinckley, now 67, shot Reagan as the president was exiting a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. Would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. to be released June 15 ... A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted unconditional release to would-be ... John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... 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. Phil Cianciola looks back at that day ... President Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton. X. ronald reagan ...