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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Times have changed
Back in the 1950s President Eisenhower on a trip to southern California made time hit the links with the famous actor/comedian Bob Hope, a fellow enthusiast of the game. As they were riding out to where their balls had landed, suddenly a golf ball came flying out of nowhere and bounced off the front of the presidential golf cart startling Mr. Eisenhower. Without missing a beat Hope quipped that it was either a Democrat or a film critic. Ike chuckled and they went on with their game as if nothing had happened.
Well, today it’s more likely to run into a gun owner than a golfer.
ReplyDelete45 million Americans participate in golf while 107 million Americans report personally owning a gun, so…