Betty Ford revealed in a 2004 interview on '' Larry King Live '' that following the attempt on her husband 's life by Fromme , each time he left the White House she would pray for his safety on one of the White House 's balconies . The Sacramento assassination attempt was the first assassination attempt against Ford during his presidency . On September 22 , 1975 , 17 days after Fromme attempted to kill Ford in Sacramento , Sara Jane Moore , a political radical attempted to kill Ford in San Francisco . This second assassination attempt also failed and , two days later , California governor Jerry Brown responded to both assassination attempts on Ford 's life in California by signing into law bills imposing mandatory sentences for persons convicted of using guns in committing serious crimes and requiring purchasers of guns to wait 15 days for delivery . Ford went on to complete his 1974 – 77 presidency without further assassination attempts
attempted to kill Ford in San Francisco
Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco
Gerald Ford assassination attempt in Sacramento