He took a shot at the President, wounded another man for life and therefore should never be released. His intent was to kill the president and whether one agreed with him or not, he was still the president.
What if he was from the future and knew what Ronnie would end up doing to the world? You know the old "if you could go back in time and kill Hitler before he came to power" scenario. If that's the case, isn't he a hero?
I recently read a book about the Reagan assassination attempt.
Hinkley was a pretty sad case. It followed his whole life and his final trip. He was one of those guys who had plans but didn't make any reasonable efforts to accomplish them. I forget the details but I think he wanted to be a songwriter. He used all his money to go to Hollywood to sell his songs. Got more and more detached from reality. Family just wanted him to get a job.
Had about $ 2 left to his name when he went to kill Reagan.
Reading it, I can see him getting out. I didn't see him as evil.
16. On NPR they said he lied about going to a movie when in fact he went to a book store
Edited on Thu Dec-01-11 10:39 AM by mod mom
& looked at books about the assassination. A Dr said he was a megalomaniac. If he is intrigued by his deed, then he could strike again. I don't believe he should be allowed out unsupervised.
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