The Reagan Assassination Attempt was made by John Hinckley, Jr. on March 30, 1981 as President Ronald Reagan left the Hilton hotel in Washington D.C. During the assassination attempt John Hinckley, Jr. fired six shots wounding the president and and three other men including the president's press secretary Jim Brady. A bullet punctured President Reagan's lung but, miraculously, the bullet malfunctioned and failed to explode on impact. The bullet was lodged just one inch away from the president's heart. John Hinckley, Jr. made the Reagan assassination attempt in a misguided effort to impress actress Jodie Foster. John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity on June 21, 1982 and confined at St. Elizabeth's federally operated psychiatric hospital in Washington D.C. The Reagan assassination attempt was played down by the government and president himself remarked to his wife "Honey I forgot to Duck". 

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