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Later there would be endless musing over "Reagan luck" and "Reagan magic." He was in fact often fortunate. Not only did John Hinckley's bullet stop an inch from Reagan's heart, for instance, but the shooting occurred at a time when the public was still forming its concept of the new President. Reagan's image was enhanced when he responded with both wit and grit. But the incantations about "magic" imply mystical powers beyond the ken of other politicians. There is nothing mysterious about a veteran public performer with a knack for timing, a keen sense for what will...
...legislation was inspired in part by Sarah Brady, wife of White House Press Secretary James Brady, who remains an invalid seven years after being hit by one of John Hinckley's bullets during the attempt to assassinate President Reagan. She has led a series of fights for tighter gun laws. The Brady amendment enjoyed broad support from gun-control opponents, including an unusual coalition of eleven national police organizations. Even the President praised the idea of a waiting period, citing how well it has worked in California. But with elections only six weeks away, many Congressmen who favored the proposal...
...Lady dabbled in astrology as far back as 1967. In 1981 Quigley made Nancy a believer by showing how the astrologer's charts could have foretold that the period on or around March 30, 1981, would be extremely dangerous for the President. On that day a bullet from John Hinckley Jr.'s handgun gravely wounded the President. From then on, Nancy, obsessed with her husband's safety, was convinced of her Friend's power to protect him. And from then on, no presidential public appearance was slated without the Friend...
...testimony seemed a bit, well, schizophrenic. Appearing on behalf of John Hinckley, who attempted in 1981 to assassinate President Reagan, Psychiatrist Glenn Miller said the patient had improved enough during his five years in St. Elizabeths, a Washington mental hospital, to visit his parents without an escort. But at the same time Miller almost casually noted that Hinckley's "judgment is not perfect." Asked for examples by Hinckley's lawyer, Miller testified that the patient had written to convicted Mass Murderer Theodore Bundy expressing sympathy "for the awful position that Bundy must be in." Hinckley had also received a letter...
Federal District Judge Barrington Parker, startled by the disclosures, demanded to be shown Hinckley's correspondence. Justice Department attorneys, who opposed the visitation request, ordered Bundy's Florida cell searched for other Hinckley letters. After the testimony, hospital officials decided that maybe the one-day leave wasn't such a good idea after all and withdrew the proposal...