John Hinckley

A Brooklyn music venue has canceled a long-planned concert featuring John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate President Reagan.

It does not ‘matter’ — beyond the strong emotions it has been used to stoke,” the statement said. All the outrage and concern are entirely about the quote message it sends unquote,” the statement said. “Hosting provocative happenings for its own sake is valid, and should be part of any venue’s reason to exist,” the statement said.

John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday.

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John Hinckley Jr., released from court supervision today 41 years after his attempted assassination in 1981 of President Ronald Reagan, won't be making ...

If we were going to host an event for the principle, and potentially put others at risk in doing so, it shouldn’t be for some stunt booking — no offense to the artist. “If we were going to host an event for the principle, and potentially put others at risk in doing so, it shouldn’t be for some stunt booking — no offense to the artist,” the venue said in a statement on its Instagram page. We do believe that ex-cons and people will mental illness can recover, and that we should want them to maintain hope that they can better themselves and earn a chance to fully rejoin society… Hosting provocative happenings for its own sake is valid, and should be part of any venue’s reason to exist. Hosting provocative happenings for its own sake is valid, and should be part of any venue’s reason to exist. Hinckley, a singer-songwriter who has released his music on streaming sites and a YouTube channel, was set to have made his first post-release concert appearance at the Market Hotel venue on July 8.

NORFOLK, Va. -- John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight Wednesday, officially concluding ...

Over the years, the court restricted Hinckley from owning a gun or using drugs or alcohol. When jurors found him not guilty by reason of insanity, they said he needed treatment and not a lifetime in confinement. A 2016 court order granted him permission to live with his mom full time, albeit under various restrictions, after experts said his mental illness had been in remission for decades. “There is no manual for how to deal with something like this. Reagan showed grace and humor in the face of death, Perry said. He was ordered to live at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. Today, historians say Hinckley is at best a question on a quiz show and someone who unintentionally helped build the Reagan legend and inspire a push for stricter gun control. “But in any case, I hope they’re right,” McCarthy, then 72, said of Hinckley's impending release from supervision. In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Brady Bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers. Stephen J. Morse, a University of Pennsylvania professor of law and psychiatry, told the AP last year that Hinckley’s acquittal by reason of insanity means he is not to blame for what happened and he cannot be punished. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence are named after Brady and his wife Sarah. “For the president himself to have been so seriously wounded, and to come back from that — that actually made Ronald Reagan the legend that he became ... like the movie hero that he was,” Perry said.

John Hinckley Jr., who shot then President Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt, was freed from court supervision Wednesday only to find out his ...

A federal judge greenlit Hinckley’s release last September, and Hinckley’s lawyer Barry Levine said at the time that Hinckley’s assasination attempt was the “product of mental illness” and his client’s mental illness had been in “complete remission” for over 30 years. Hinckley said his motivation for the assassination attempt was to impress actress Jodie Foster. Hinckley was found not guilty by a jury in 1982 on 13 charges related to the attack by reason of insanity, and was institutionalized at St. Elizabeth’s from 1983 to 2017. Hinckley shot Reagan and three others—Press Secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy—on March 30, 1981, outside of a hotel in Washington, D.C. Reagan was shot in the left lung and spent 12 days in the hospital.

Hinckley, who shot and wounded the president in 1981 but was acquitted by reason of insanity, had decades of mental health supervision.

Over the years, the court restricted Hinckley from owning a gun or using drugs or alcohol. Hinckley was 25 and suffering from acute psychosis at the time of the attack. Reagan showed grace and humor in the face of death, Perry said. In 1993, president Bill Clinton signed into law the Brady bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers. He was ordered to live at St Elizabeths hospital in Washington. Today, historians say Hinckley is at best a question on a quiz show and someone who unintentionally helped build the Reagan legend and inspire a push for stricter gun control.