[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18606]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



     HINCKLEY SHOULD GO TO JAIL AND WE SHOULD THROW AWAY THE KEYS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, John Hinckley shot President Reagan, 
James Brady, and two security guards with intent to kill. Hinckley also 
planned to kill President Carter.
  Deemed insane, Hinckley was put in the hospital. And now that 
hospital says Hinckley has regained his health, he is no longer insane, 
and he should be entitled to and they are granting him ``supervised 
leave.'' And the Government will not appeal it.
  Unbelievable.
  What is next, Mr. Speaker? White House tours? Disney World?
  Beam me up. Hinckley should go to jail. We should throw away the 
keys. An America that tolerates assassins like Hinckley is an America 
that will have more assassins like John Hinckley.

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