[HighSierra5]

If I remember correctly,it was a type of exploding bullet that failed to blow up when he was shot.

[SamAdams76]

Actually the bullet did not hit Reagan directly, it was a ricochet off the car door as Reagan was being pushed into the limo by the Secret Service.

Reagan was actually being taken back to the White House when a Secret Service agent noticed some bloody foam coming out of the President's mouth and re-directed the limo to the hospital. Up to that point, nobody (including Reagan himself) realized he had been shot. (Reagan thought the pain he felt was from being pushed roughly into the limo)

[SmokingJoe]

No.