Hinckley goes home: Man who shot Reagan & obsessed over Jodie Foster released

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John Hinckley Jr, the man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in order to impress actor Jodie Foster, was released from a psychiatric facility Saturday morning, 35 years after his 15 minutes of fame.

On March 30, 1981, the Texas native fired six shots outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, 69 days into Reagan’s first term.

One of the bullets ricocheted off the presidential limousine and hit the new commander-in-chief in the chest below his left arm, puncturing a lung.

Hinckley also wounded police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and, most severely, press secretary James Brady.

The 41-year-old Illinois native ended up paralyzed and became a staunch advocate for gun control, particularly as the namesake for the landmark 1993 Handgun Violence Prevention Act, better known as “the Brady Bill.”

His death was ruled a homicide when he passed away in 2014, 33 years after he was shot.

Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982, in part because he described the crime as “the greatest love offering in the history of the world,” in honor of Jodie Foster.

His obsession with the young actor started after he saw the 1976 film “Taxi Driver,” in which she plays an underage prostitute who the main character, Travis Bickle, tries to rescue before attempting to shoot a fictional US senator.

In July, a judge decided Hinkley is not a danger to himself or others and ruled that he could be released to live with his 90-year-old mother in Williamsburg, Virginia.

He will be able to live alone after one year.

The attempted assassin had already visited Williamsburg in preparation for his release and has to follow a number of rules now that he is free including mandatory therapy and a monthly check-in at a mental facility.

Hinckley has been diagnosed with an array of mental health issues, including schizophrenia and delusional disorder.

He will be allowed to go online, but can’t search for details about his crime or set up social media accounts without permission.

The son of Bush family friend and oil executive John Hinckley Sr also began to stalk President Jimmy Carter when he was in office and was able to get close to him.

Once Reagan was elected, Hinckley turned his attention to the new president, despite telling his parents he thought he would be good for the country.

Reagan wasn’t wearing a bulletproof vest when he was shot, and neither was his Secret Service team, since the president only planned to be in public while making his way from the Hilton to his car.

John Hinckley Jr, the man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in order to impress actor Jodie Foster, was released from a psychiatric facility Saturday morning, 35 years after his 15 minutes of fame.

FEELING PROGRESSIVE EVERYONE?

It'll be a shame,
If hinckley jr., doesn't meet a
modern day Jack Ruby.


Hopefully, the government isn't wasting
tax dollars, to provide a protection detail
for that piece of trash.

Waiting on Death Row, for SEVEN YEARS in a private cell with cable TV (like we do ), waiting for his 'last meal' & lethal injection, would of been cheaper.

Well, I am sure Jodie Foster isn't real happy about it.

I don't think, his next of kin, would be either.

Brother, children, grandchildren.

Neil Reagan
Christine Maureen
Patricia
Ronald
Maureen Elizabeth
Rita Miremb
Michael
Cameron
Ashley Marie

Yeah well he isnt fixated on them. He is, however, fixated on Jodie Foster. That is the most terrifying thing in the world have someone so fixated on you they are willing to harm others for you, harm others to get to you, or harm you rather than see you living without them. Honestly, what does Reagan's family have to worry about? But who really has to worry, here? I am sure you have never had anyone fixated on you like that.

A perp walk, down "Any Street, U.S.A.",
would've been cheaper.

Maybe he can continue to try and impress Ms Foster by turning his kind of attention on the sitting prez.....oh I kid....a little

I agree, the media ran with some, love sick puppy theory, just for headlines.
For a failed assassination attempt.

Personally, I am not impressed by psychosis. Neither was Jodie Foster.
Much to the dismay of the MSM.
MAYBE... her new she-husband, can kick his as*
But the idea that you refer to his as "fixated", is a little disturbing.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. –

The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan has been released from a Washington mental hospital for good, more than 35 years after the shooting.

A spokeswoman for the District of Columbia's Department of Mental Health said early Saturday that all patients scheduled to leave St. Elizabeths Hospital had been discharged. Hinckley was among those scheduled for discharge.

An Associated Press reporter saw a hired car pull into the driveway of the Hinckley home at around 2:30 p.m. Officers from the Kingsmill Police Department chased reporters away.

A federal judge ruled in late July that the 61-year-old Hinckley is not a danger to himself or the public and can live full-time at his mother's home in Williamsburg.

Hinckley had already been visiting Williamsburg for long stretches at a time and preparing for the full-time transition. He'll have to follow a lot of rules while in Williamsburg, but his longtime lawyer Barry Levine says he thinks Hinckley will be a "citizen about whom we can all be proud."



FILE - In this March 30, 1981 file photo, U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shown being shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel. Secret service agent Jerry Parr, in raincoat to the right of Reagan, who pushed Reagan into the limousine, was credited with saving President Ronald Reagan’s life on the day he was shot, has died. He was 85.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/10/john-hinckley-jr-who-shot-ronald-reagan-freed-from-mental-hospital.html/

Why? Because he was forced to get the help he needed instead of doing it on his own before he wrecked lives? Frick you Barry Levine, frick you....if Hinckley commits any more crimes, this dumbazz should serve the sentence with him. Frickin scumbag lawyers....

What about ALL the men & women, black & white & Asian, American & Non American; that have tried to get to Obama ?
It was a record number, in his first term.
(Not that the MSM, wants to talk about that.... or the security breeches).

It is a common thing here, on Washington DC radio... " The White House is on lockdown, because..... blah blah blah "

When are these, 'gate jumpers' getting out?
Does this adminstration refer to them as 'would be assassins'? or 'terrorist' ?

Nope... 'Mentally ill ' or 'Homegrown terrorists', & 'it was an incident, that was resolved'

He has been leaving the hospital unsupervised for years. He first got weekends at his parents house, then was able to get a drivers license then was able to stay at his parents unsupervised for weeks at a time.

A disgrace. Any attempt successful or not on a President or elected official should be a capital offense, mandatory death penalty insane or not.

Now that he is ruled sane, they should charge him for the murder of James Baker.

There's a difference between a gate jumper and someone who actually tries to harm the President.

Hummm.. I was just reading about his life,& death & that of James Brady

True..
When I relocated... I think it just shocked me, how many, 'would be assassins', there are. And most people have no idea. .... And think or thought, 'Everbody loves Pharaoh'.

It's ok, I sent him a letter telling him Jodie Foster comes into the forums here and really wants to talk to him. I told him her user name is SassyEuro2........

I hope he knows, I am "straight stand in" & I don't want to see any damn rainbows or unicons crap ..... when I arrive .