Reply #71: John Hinckley is said to have eaten dinner with Neil Bush

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the night before he shot President Reagan. I don't know if this is confirmed or not, but it is certain that the Bushes and the Hinckleys were old friends, which makes it at least an odd coincidence that the Hinckley son (known to be severely mentally ill by his family) was essentially turned loose, unsupervised, and ended up shooting Reagan when G.H.W. Bush was vice president.