The Reagan Assassination Attempt A Test of Presidential Leadership

“A young gunman ambushed President Reagan at close range yesterday and fired six shots from a .22-caliber pistol — one of them piercing the ... A judge ruled Wednesday that John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, will be allowed ... A note written to actress Jodie Foster from John Hinckley, Jr. on March 6, 1981, just over three weeks before President Reagan was shot. Growing ... Man who shot Ronald Reagan fully freed from court oversight after 41 years. 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: ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an assassination attempt, speaks about his remorse, gun laws and the more ... 'Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,' Hinckley says after former president was inches away from losing his life at ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley shot a .22 caliber Röhm RG-14 revolver six times at former President Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in ... A federal judge approved the release next year for Hinkley, who wounded the late President Ronald Reagan and three others in 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 ...