March 30, 1981: President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton, recovered, and gunman John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty.

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Remember when Indiana Jones nonchalantly chose to hip-shoot his way out of a duel with a threatening swordsman? It was pragmatism over pageantry. Simple versus struggle. Bullet beats blade.

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