Re: As for why the shot was missed by security . . .
Would it be safe to assume (a very dangerous approach to the subject, I know, but sometimes an assumption is all we have) fire crackers of varying power may have been going off around the parade -- and particularly in the vicinity of the president's car?
If so, it’s a custom whose days might be numbered,
Dan
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"It's the shot you don't hear you should worry about." -- William Conrad (AKA Frank Cannon)