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What Will Come of This Shooting?

Comparisons have been drawn to the events of March 1981, when an assassination attempt was made on Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. as he entered the Washington Hilton.

Out of the Hinckley shooting came the Brady Bill and Brady Handgun Act – the landmark federal gun-control measures that created the background-check system for handgun purchases. My question, which has only become more urgent, is – What will come out of this shooting, at the same hotel, this past weekend?

James Brady was press secretary to President Ronald Reagan when both he and the president, as well as Secret Service agent Tim........

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