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John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years.
Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981.
Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital.
Source: BBC News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr.
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/758283971092443136
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:53AM
(Score: 1) by AssCork on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:56AM
Apparently she was, she went full Democrat right after that.
A shame Brady didn't get a quick death though - I wouldn't wish anyone a decade of wheelchair-bound drooling on themselves (despite the very HHGTTG-esq justice of a politician being shot in the spine even being possible).
If only his wife had been there that day, then maybe we wouldn't have had to suffer through +30 years of reactionary feel-good gun-control legislation that has been amazingly effective at stopping crazies from doing mass-harm to innocents.
Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @09:29AM
She was always a typical Hollywood Progressive.
Now, a significant change for her was coming out as a carpet muncher.
a decade of wheelchair-bound drooling
Ah. Another Reactionary passing judgment on whose life is worth living.
The brain is amazing in its ability to rewire itself.
He got some motor function back and appeared to be happy that he had that.
Above all, Jim Brady never lost his sense of humor.
30 years of reactionary feel-good gun-control legislation
You got the pieces, but you assembled them poorly.
The control part was done by the Donkeys.
That was effective in reducing harm (relative to doing nothing).
Specifically, weapons of war that were meant to kill large numbers of people rapidly and which have no place in a civilian population were banned.
The Reactionary part was when the sunset dates on those laws came along and Republicans wouldn't re-up those laws.
Look at the mass murders lately: All with assault rifles.
Thanks, "Party of Lincoln".
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