the oddity of the Reagan assassination
Ronald Reagan: An ex B-actor turned president and outspoken critic of communism, in office for 69 days at the time of the assassination.
John Hinckley, Jr: A failed singer song writer who saw the movie Taxi Driver fifteen times and became obsessed with Jodie Foster who played a 12 year old prostitute.
Hinckley begun stalking Foster but wasn't impressing her by saying he was impressed by her playing a 12 year old prostitute, somehow he thought shooting the president would impress her.
Hinckley bought a Röhm RG-14 .22 cal. blue steel revolver from a pawn shop along with devastator explosive rounds, on the morning of March 30th 1981 Hinckley was having breakfast at McDonalds when he found that Reagan was at the Washington Hilton Hotel, he decided to make his move writing a letter to Foster saying he hoped to impress her by the magnitude of his action.
You gotta wonder what this man was thinking, as Reagan walked out of the hotel greeted warmly by the crowd six rounds exploded in the air within three seconds, that's how long it took for Hinckley to empty his gun, hitting a secret service agent and Reagan puncturing his lung only narrowly missing his heart.
Reagan was bought to hospital for four days, Hinckley was found not guilty for stalking an actress and shooting the president of the United States since he was clearly insane, he was committed to a mental institution where he remains to this day!
The second in commands at the White House begun debating the availability of the nuclear football which was still in the possession of an army officer who was with Reagan for most of the day, Secretary of State Alexander Haig told everybody that he was in control as an oddly large number of Soviet nuclear submarines were closing in on the east coast.
Hinckley had political connections with the Bush's, Scott Hinckley was even a friend of George HW. Bush's son!
George HW. Bush Vice President at the time first felt what it was like to have his finger on the nuclear trigger.
Tell me when Lord!
Reagan survived it (miraculously considering his age) and borrowed a quote from boxer Jack Dempsey when he said to his wife "Honey I forgot to duck"
It was a very amusing episode in recent American history, and after getting shot Reagan didn't even attempt to enforce stricter gun laws so loonies like Hinckley couldn't get their hands on revolvers packed with explosive rounds unlike his successors Bush and Clinton!
John Hinckley, Jr: A failed singer song writer who saw the movie Taxi Driver fifteen times and became obsessed with Jodie Foster who played a 12 year old prostitute.
Hinckley begun stalking Foster but wasn't impressing her by saying he was impressed by her playing a 12 year old prostitute, somehow he thought shooting the president would impress her.
Hinckley bought a Röhm RG-14 .22 cal. blue steel revolver from a pawn shop along with devastator explosive rounds, on the morning of March 30th 1981 Hinckley was having breakfast at McDonalds when he found that Reagan was at the Washington Hilton Hotel, he decided to make his move writing a letter to Foster saying he hoped to impress her by the magnitude of his action.
You gotta wonder what this man was thinking, as Reagan walked out of the hotel greeted warmly by the crowd six rounds exploded in the air within three seconds, that's how long it took for Hinckley to empty his gun, hitting a secret service agent and Reagan puncturing his lung only narrowly missing his heart.
Reagan was bought to hospital for four days, Hinckley was found not guilty for stalking an actress and shooting the president of the United States since he was clearly insane, he was committed to a mental institution where he remains to this day!
The second in commands at the White House begun debating the availability of the nuclear football which was still in the possession of an army officer who was with Reagan for most of the day, Secretary of State Alexander Haig told everybody that he was in control as an oddly large number of Soviet nuclear submarines were closing in on the east coast.
Hinckley had political connections with the Bush's, Scott Hinckley was even a friend of George HW. Bush's son!
George HW. Bush Vice President at the time first felt what it was like to have his finger on the nuclear trigger.
Tell me when Lord!
Reagan survived it (miraculously considering his age) and borrowed a quote from boxer Jack Dempsey when he said to his wife "Honey I forgot to duck"
It was a very amusing episode in recent American history, and after getting shot Reagan didn't even attempt to enforce stricter gun laws so loonies like Hinckley couldn't get their hands on revolvers packed with explosive rounds unlike his successors Bush and Clinton!
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