Excerpt: On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest at the side entrance of the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after a speech to AFL-CIO leaders when Hinckley, 25, who was standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots, hitting Reagan and three others.
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If it was a TV show set in the 1980s and it depicted a scene that look like that you'd say it was unrealistic. That is the most 80s photo I've ever seen everything about it is so stereotypical of action movies of the time.
I just love the fact that the US secret service used Uzi's, a weapon that has always been about form over function and it works but there are better options.
Given that overall length was a major factor, there was a short list of comparable arms that are 18.5 inches or less to choose from.