"Even After Being Shot, Reagan Never Tried to Take Our Guns Away"

Hard to believe, but 40 years ago today new President Ronald Reagan was shot at point blank range....and he lived!! He lived to become one of our greatest Presidents and win re-election (49 out of 50 states) in 1984. It's hard to believe that that was 40 years ago. I remember it vividly.

Reagan was the 2nd of three famous shootings which took place around that time period. The first was musician John Lennon, who died at the hand of an assassin in December 1980, and the third was Pope John Paul II in April 1981, the month after Reagan's shooting. (Like the Gipper, the Pope survived and thrived after his assassination attempt. He eventually died at age 84 in 2005, Ronald Wilson Reagan died at age 93, in 2004).

EVEN AFTER BEING SHOT, PRESIDENT REAGAN NEVER TRIED TO TAKE OUR GUNS AWAY!! Think about that. If he were a Liberal, he would have quickly made a "case" for it, by reminding everyone of JFK, MLK and RFK getting shot to death in the '60s, and then invoking the LENNON assassination of three months earlier. (All four of those men were Liberal icons, though King was a Republican).

This shameless "let's ban guns" appeal would all be done, of course, from Reagan's hospital bed where HE was recovering from being shot (for dramatic effect). And were he a Liberal, he might even add in a "Maybe I've lived to FINALLY be the President who brings an end to gun violence" to INCREASE his ability to manipulate the masses.

Reagan DIDN'T do that: he knew America had a Second Amendment to prevent tyranny from the Government. He respected the Constitution and would never seek to exploit his OWN shooting to try to change it. In short, he WASN'T (thankfully) a Liberal, which is why they hate him so much. Some Libs have even made a big deal of the fact that he was a "666"......six letters in each of his three names, first, middle and last. That's how much they despise him for his "missed opportunity" to "get rid of guns.")

But THAT is one big reason why he was re-elected in a landslide, and our nation was so UNIFIED under him, come 1984!! Reagan did NOT try to exploit his own shooting to eliminate citizens having guns, unlike Clinton, Obama and Biden, who were never PERSONALLY shot but like to blame GUNS for what sinful people do with them...........to OTHERS. It was God using his "strong constitution" which helped the Gipper survive the shooting, but it was Reagan's love for THE Constitution which has helped America remain as free as we have been since March 30th, 1981.