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[–] samus12345 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No but seriously: there was an attempt to kill him, wasn't there?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

yes, John Hinckley Jr, who did it to impress Michelle Pfeiffer (not kidding)

he also shot Reagan's press secretary James Brady, who ended up in a wheelchair the rest of his life

and for whom the gun background check law was named -- Brady Bill