The Politics of the Reagan Shooting Implications and Impact

35 years ago, John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. Here's a recap of how it ... 'Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,' Hinckley says after former president was inches away from losing his life at ... John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, shares his thoughts. 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 ... Hinckley, now 67, shot Reagan as the president was exiting a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Days after announcing on social media that he planned to open a music ... John Hinckley Freed From Mental Hospital 35 Years After Reagan Assassination Attempt ... Hinckley, 61, went to live with his elderly mother in ... Six shots were fired, wounding the President, Agent Tim McCarthy, Metropolitan Police Officer Thomas Delahanty, and White House Press Secretary James Brady. President Ronald Reagan is pushed into the president's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel, March 30, ... John Hinckley, Jr., fired his .22 caliber revolver with “devastator” bullets at the President and his security team. Reagan was wounded when one of the bullets ...