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EXCLUSIVE: President Ronald Reagan's biggest secret: He packed heat in his briefcase
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Brad Meltzer

Posted on 06/14/2015 10:40:15 AM PDT by HammerT

I was in Secret Service headquarters when they told me about former President Ronald Reagan’s biggest secret.

I write fiction for a living, but in my thrillers, I try to get the details right. So what better way to understand how a President lives for my newest thriller than by spending time with the Secret Service agents who spend so much time with him?

So there I was, on my tour of Secret Service headquarters. The agents had taken me into a small museum they have on the premises. It’s a room lined with photos of Presidents and archival exhibit cases filled with Secret Service artifacts. A newspaper with a “Kennedy Dead” headline. A replica of Lee Harvey Oswald’s rifle. The pistol used to try to kill President Gerald Ford. They even have the actual car door from the limo when Reagan was shot. [...] Then one of the agents offered this secret: When Reagan was President, he carried his own gun. I couldn’t believe it. “It’s true,” they said. A .38. Reagan used to hide it in his briefcase and take it on Air Force One.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; reagan; ronaldreagan
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To: DesertRhino

On the other hand, people shot with a 9mm in the head get to go to the christening of the ship named after them.


21 posted on 06/14/2015 11:58:26 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Organic Panic
Obama carries a rape whistle in his purse.

To which Reggie would come running to every time Obama used it.
22 posted on 06/14/2015 12:18:00 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: HammerT

I would expect Clinton would be carrying a condom in his wallet.


23 posted on 06/14/2015 12:20:59 PM PDT by The Great RJ (“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.” Margaret Thatcher)
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To: HammerT

He should have carried on his belt, side or chest for easier access but I forgive him.


24 posted on 06/14/2015 12:21:28 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: HammerT

OBUMBLER CARRIES A GALLON OF KY JELLY, A TAMPON , A 12 INCH DILDO AND A GALLON OF PREP H.... he packs a gerbil up his butt... and always has his Girl’s bike nearby...AND HE SUCKS HIS THUMB.....


25 posted on 06/14/2015 12:26:53 PM PDT by zzwhale (i)
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To: zzwhale
OBUMBLER CARRIES A GALLON OF KY JELLY, A TAMPON , A 12 INCH DILDO AND A GALLON OF PREP H.... he packs a gerbil up his butt... and always has his Girl’s bike nearby...AND HE SUCKS HIS THUMB.....

Daymn dawg!...but probably an accurate depiction...

26 posted on 06/14/2015 12:31:00 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: SubMareener

I can show you the same thing with 45. And for extra fun, an astounding percentage of the people murdered in the Holocaust and NKVD murders were shot in the head with a mere 32. A 38 is more than adequate.

Wild Bill Hickok did most of his work with the equivalent of a 380.


27 posted on 06/14/2015 12:35:03 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: HammerT

I had a friend who worked the Old Guard under Pres. Reagan in the 80’s and he said Reagan was a regular at the firing range (I believe the range is under one of the Capital buildings)

He also said Reagan had a 1911 in the the podium when he made a public address or spoke to the press.

Never knew if it was true, but I believe it.


28 posted on 06/14/2015 12:35:05 PM PDT by JimBianchi11 (The 2A is the cornerstone of our free society. Those that don't support it, oppose it.)
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To: zzwhale

No way. The mentioned faggot has servants carry that stuff for him.


29 posted on 06/14/2015 12:37:36 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: HammerT

According to the liberal meme painting him as borderline-retarded, I thought President Reagan’s biggest secret was that he was an intelligent, driven, man of principle and action (he actually saved many people as a lifeguard) who could get along with his adversaries, and drove Democrats to grind their teeth to nubs.


30 posted on 06/14/2015 1:10:40 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: HammerT

Obama packs his own butt plug.


31 posted on 06/14/2015 1:11:45 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: PROCON

ROTFL!


32 posted on 06/14/2015 1:11:50 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: GraceG
You can buy prints of it here:

Ronald Reagan Riding a Velociraptor

And I have to admit, I like Bill Clinton's painting as well.

33 posted on 06/14/2015 4:48:05 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Rome2000

Now that’s quite a feat of flexibility!


34 posted on 06/14/2015 4:52:54 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Rinnwald

And probably the worst thing he did for the Demonrat National Communist party was to rid the world of the USSR..


35 posted on 06/14/2015 6:55:09 PM PDT by HammerT (The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
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To: 300winmag

Who around here uses such hackneyed cliches?


36 posted on 06/14/2015 6:56:09 PM PDT by HammerT (The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Yes, I love it!!


37 posted on 06/14/2015 6:56:34 PM PDT by HammerT (The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
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To: JimBianchi11

I would imagine that her would have wanted to keep up his skills... like the rest of us ..Ahem! should... *hangs head in shame*


38 posted on 06/14/2015 6:58:03 PM PDT by HammerT (The Right to keep and bear arms: A Commonsense Civil Right)
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To: HammerT

It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.


39 posted on 06/14/2015 6:59:45 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Vince Ferrer
I like this one:


40 posted on 06/14/2015 7:02:52 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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