Several shootings have been associated with Salinger 's novel , including Robert John Bardo 's murder of Rebecca Schaeffer and John Hinckley Jr. 's assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan . Additionally , after fatally shooting John Lennon , Mark David Chapman was arrested with a copy of the book that he had purchased that same day , inside of which he had written : " To Holden Caulfield , From Holden Caulfield , '' This '' is my statement "
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