The Reagan Assassination Attempt A Reminder of the Importance of Presidential Security

WASHINGTON — A federal judge gave his final blessing Wednesday to full freedom for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in ... The last attempt to assassinate a U.S. president or presidential candidate was in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was shot. On March 30, 1981, AP photographer Ron Edmonds made pictures of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that would earn him the Pulitzer ... John Hinckley Jr. said he doesn't remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that wounded Ronald Reagan and three others. Author: ... The man who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan has spoken out about Thomas Crooks' attempt on Donald Trump's life. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley tried to kill President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley shot the president, and his press secretary Jim Brady. John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... Archive video shows the moment a gunmen shot former White House Press Secretary James Brady in an attempt to assassinate then-President ... 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 ... John Hinckley Jr. said he doesn't remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that wounded Ronald Reagan and three others. Author: ...