As John Hinckley walks out free, here's looking at his impact that remains tangible in Mr Reagan's legacy.
But the greying 67-year-old is far from being the household name that he became after shooting and wounding the 40th US president and several other people outside a Washington hotel 41 years ago.
"If Hinckley had succeeded in killing Reagan, then he would have been a pivotal historical figure," HW Brands, a historian and Reagan biographer, said.Barbara A Perry, a professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, said Mr Hinckley "would be maybe a Jeopardy question".
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