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Jordan Benzon Per#3B 4/10/2011 Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan A Magic Bullet or a Second Assailant A magic bullet or a second assailant, who really wounded President Reagan? March 30, 1981, just 70 days after entering office, Ronald Reagan, traveled down the street from his home, to a local hotel to give a speech. Though to his surprise, while going back to his car after giving his speech, five shots were fired from the supposed suspect John Hinckley Jr. Of the five shots that were fired only one hit President Reagan, and according to the government, it was the last one which ricocheted off a wall and miraculously hit our president. Later in the hospital, he said, “ “Honey, I forgot to duck.” which were his bantering words intended to ease his wife’s anxiety .” (Jack) The government feels he was hit by the fifth bullet which could not have been possible, due to the position of his arm after the first shot. Again, the government feels it was a ricochet from the fifth bullet, yet how could it have been, when it would have had to have taken a near impossible path. Furthermore, for it to even had been able to even ricochet for that matter, it would have had to been a fired by a high powered rifle, whereas the assassin only had a .22 revolver.  As Ronald Regan left the hotel, he had his arm raised waving to the paparazzi which had gathered to see their beloved president. Although, as he neared his limo, five shots were fired, and from watching the video we see his body guard thrusting his arm down and the rest of his body into the limo at the sound of the third shot. So this thus in tells that he had to have been hit by the first or second bullet and in all unlikelihood, the third. Whereas the government says he was hit by the fifth, but how could he? He was already almost in the car at the sound of the third. So how could this have been done without a second assailant who fired a silent shot in between or before the first or second, and possibly third? This quote written by Lee Proctor, Roger Shoffner, and Robert L. McCartor, Ph.D. explains the video recording angles of this. “ The first shot is at time marker 2:00 on two of the tapes and 2:01 on the other. This series of still images shows Reagan with his left arm raised. [See Image 2] On the photo marked 2:11 Reagan is wincing, although this is shown more clearly on the videotape. [See Image 3] Another photo was taken at the same time which also shows Reagan's "grimace." Markers 2:10 and 2:11 denote the second shot. [See Image 3] Brady, barely visible behind Delahanty in the bottom photo, falls. Reagan still has his left arm raised. Markers 2:24 and 2:25 show the third shot. [See Image 4] Although it is not obvious in the still photo, this is the shot that hits Delahanty.  Note that by this time Parr has grabbed Reagan from behind and has pinned his left arm to Reagan's side. Parr does not let go during the remaining time. After this shot, therefore, it is impossible for a bullet to enter Reagan's chest under the left arm. The forth shot occurs at markers 3:01 and 3:02. [See Image 5] This is the shot which hit McCarthy in his right abdomen and spins him around. Note that Parr still has Reagan's left arm pinned and is shoving him towards the limo. Stills 3:04-3:10 show Parr pushing Reagan into the limo. [See Image 6] By 3:10 Reagan is out of sight. This is before the fifth shot is fired. Note that all of the persons wounded in the shooting have been shot except, supposedly, Reagan. The two photos at marker 3:27 are the most revealing of all. [See Image 7] This is the fifth shot.”

Furthermore, the government and doctors claim that rather than being one of the first two bullets, it was instead the fifth. Yet the fifth bullet ricocheted and it being a .22 revolver, could not have had enough power to have taken the course described by Lee Proctor, Roger Shoffner, and Robert L. McCartor, Ph.D., “It would have had to climb to hit the limo, slide down the car body, jump between the body and the window, make a u-turn, drop two feet, pass through Parr and Reagan's left arm without making a mark, then hit Reagan under the left arm, glance off his seventh rib, and travel through his lung stopping one inch behind his heart and one inch from his aorta.” Thus as you can see from this, it was impossible for this bullet to be redirected like so, thus there had to have been a second assailant, which the government also denies true. In addition, the gun that fired the fifth bullet was only a .22 revolver which in no way had enough power to cause a bullet to ricochet that far in general, let alone change directions. Thus we see it had to have been a high powered gun such as a rifle which fired the bullet, for the bullet to be able to enter that amount of flesh ricochet off a rib and almost hit his aorta. So here again, we see there had to have been a silent shooter with a higher powered gun similar to a .223 rifle. Over all the attempted assassination was not single handedly conceived by John Hinckley Jr. but rather also by a second assailant who is not known, and who also carried a gun similar to a .223 rifle. “ At this time, we simply don't have enough evidence to provide credible answers to those questions. But the evidence does show that Hinckley could not have acted alone. Hopefully further research on this subject will shed some light on the conspiracy behind the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. ” media type="youtube" key="4w6KPkv0vT8" height="510" width="640"