https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/john-hinckley-jr-trump-shooting

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      He needed mental health treatment over the infatuation, not shooting Reagan.

    • SistersofMercy [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      He exchanged letters with Ted Bundy while in jail which are pretty crazy reads. And he tried to contact Charles Manson

      • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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        5 months ago

        Yeah, he wasn't in an amazing state. If he hadn't managed to shoot Reagan he'd likely have just shot someone else, including Jodie Foster. The line between stalkers being willing to commit violence to impress their victim and stalkers being willing to commit violence to control their victim is basically nonexistent.