Thirty years ago today
March 30, 1981, John Hinckley asked actress Jodie Foster for a date by shooting President Reagan. She declined, but Reagan went down in history as the first president to survive an assassination attempt…well if you don’t count the time Squeaky Fromme forgot to chamber a round in her Colt M1911A1 when she tried to shoot Gerald Ford.
Hinckley remains in St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC after the courts finding him not guilty by reason of insanity.
Of course the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, named for James Brady, the Reagan staffer who was the other shooting victim that day, is using the anniversary of the event to push for more gun control instead of better enforcement of current laws.
Category: Gun Grabbing Fascists, Historical
The Brady Campaign and the other anti-gunners use emotionalism in their argument instead of logic.
I’m really not for any organization that has as its mission to take away a Constitutional right.
Jonn, you forgot about Teddy R, who caught a .38 in the chest. He died with the bullet still in him.
I saw Brady and his wife on the local DC news this morning, touting the anniversary and pushing for more legislation. It was a good excuse to turn off the TV and leave for work a little early.
Jonn, you forgot Sara Jane Moore, she actually fired at Gerald Ford, and missed.
As for the so-called Brady Campaign, screw ’em. Maybe they should be pushing for limits on the First Amendment, after all, people say nasty things out loud, every day. Witness Bill Maher, Chrissy Matthews, Ed Sgt Schultz, just to name a few.
UpNorth, you are assuming that people actually listen to Maher, Matthews, and Schultz. Something like, keeping the original basis of the thread afloat, if I shoot at a president and miss, have I really expended a round?
So true, Bobo. If a moron yells something, and no one hears him/her, has it really made a noise?
I haven’t come upon any of the Brady people in my travels, however, if I ever did, the first thing I would ask them is “How many gun laws are currently on the books, Federal, State, and local?” They won’t have an answer, or they will do the proper lefty tactic and deflect and ask a question of their own.
Seems to me we already have too many “common sense” gun laws on the books and with every new one proposed we hear “this one will make it all better” when in fact, it does nothing, just makes it harder for law abiding citizens to protect themselves or to enjoy their hobby. Criminals don’t care, they aren’t interested in following the law to begin with, that’s why they’re criminals. But, that’s logic talking when emotionalism is the name of the game.
Fuck Brady. He was a political straphanger who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now he lets himself be paraded around slobbering on himself to help out that haggard evil old bitch he is married to. Hasn’t she died yet?
Reminds me of the old (updated) punchline,
“By the way, did you know Barack Obama is fucking Jodie Foster?”
The Actor In Cheif/Union Boss was not the first to survive an assassination attempt. That honor was bestowed upon Andrew Jackson (twice) in the 1830s.