Talk:John Hinckley Jr.

An event in this article is a March 30 selected anniversary (may be in HTML comment)

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Erotomania

Perhaps some more information on this is needed. Am I right in thinking that the erotomaniac already believes that there is some sort of, perhaps secret, relationship between himself and the person on whom he is fixated, often "proved" to him by delusions of reference, so to speak? And if Jody Foster was already in love with him, why the need for the grand gesture of killing Reagan? Was it erotomania or simply a misestimation of Foster's reaction? How did Hinckley believe Foster felt about him at the time and how do we separate this from the known fact that men accused or convicted of the most appalling murders do receive feminine fan-mail in the clink? --Daniel C. Boyer 20:35, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Assasin?

Hinckley wasn't a successful assassin, but I think he should be added to Category:Assassins. Agree? -- InterruptorJones 23:01, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Video

The shooting was captured on video, it should probably be linked to the article. Does nayone know where it can be found on the web? -Husnock 20:16, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Alternate Version

There seems to be some questions as to what really happened on March 30,1981. That fact that Hinckley was associated with the Bush Family and an analysis of the video tape taken during the incident brings up some questions. These should NOT be dismissed and should be part of the article. This balances out the various versions of the events. Let the readers determine what they believe.

Such long excerpts, especially excerpts of copyright material, are generally inappropriate in WP articles. Please summarize neutrally. Also, when we do represent minority views, they should be noted as such. The participation of Hinckley is not in doubt according to the vast majority of legitimate sources, and if we decide it is appropriate to include this particular minority viewpoint, it should be clearly labeled as such. Gamaliel 02:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I think that the part about Hinkley being a cousin or whatever of the bushes should not be in the opening section of the article. Maybe in a differnet section. More seriously the implication that the bushes wanted reagan to die so that Bush Sr would be president is propostrous. If the bushes wanted to do that the wouldn't have hired there cousin. Also i think that they are no that dispecable (sp?).

Republican parents?

I've reverted the edit that creates the phrase "Republican parents." I mention it here only because User:Golbez reverted essentially this same edit by User:132.241.245.49 about twenty-four hours ago, so it seems that the latter particularly wants it in this article. I admit that I can strictly argue only that the inclusion of "Republican" is irrelevant, not POV. That is, it feels POV; it sounds like it's trying to cast some kind of aspersion of conspiracy, but I don't get it exactly. The suspicious word was the most recent edit, so it doesn't have a long period of tacit peer approval, and that convinced me to re-revert. If Hinckley's parents are truly Republican and someone can write additional text that puts that fact in meaningful context, then this would be appropriate for inclusion in the article, I suppose. --Officiallyover 11:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC) I agree with Officiallyover that it would be best if more info was provided on his parents. 132.241.245.49 21:38, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

why

Why does this article have a controversial tag, having conspiracy theorists abound doesn't make it controversial Khukri 13:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok no response after 6 months, removing it. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 07:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Reagans wounds

Inconsistency - one paragraph says Reagan was hit in the leg with a ricochet bullet. Then later it is mentioned he was seriously wounded by a riochet bullet in the chest? Which is correct? 203.23.122.202

Bush connections?

I think there's a punchline of some sort missing from the Bush connections section. Is there supposed to be an allegation of Bush involvement in the assassination attempt? If someone has actually proposed such a conspiracy, why isn't it mentioned in the section? If no one has proposed such a conspiracy, then I guess it's just the beginnings of a list of everyone in the Hinckley family's Rolodex? Pointless as it stands now... —Wknight94 (talk) 12:27, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Himmler connection

The Reagan assassination attempt article says Hinckley is the grandnephew of Heinrich Himmler. If true, this might be an interesting addition to the article. --Saforrest 03:39, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Rohm

the link doesn't lead to the RG14 manufacturer ROHM, but to some japanese cie

FBI

It seems that Hinckley tried to join extreme right-wing groups

but they suspected that he was an FBI double agent when he spoke of explosions.