Kevin C. McCarthy (@kevinmccarthy)

Interdasting. I've watched the clips referenced in the board posting, went back through the inauguration to see if the 21-Gun Salute was somehow overlooked in whatever footage there was but couldn't find anything to suggest that. In looking for past Inauguration Salutes, I found this clip of The Old Guard preparing for Obama's 2009 21-Gun Salute. It's clear they have great respect for—and take *great pride* in—the tradition. https://youtu.be/p1yIOrchUVk This is from the 2013 preparations: https://youtu.be/68ZLXugTsnw. It's harder to see all 4 guns but there are 4. I looked for footage of the actual events from Inaugurations past and can confirm they all had 4-gun 21-Gun Salutes: BUSH, Part Duex '05: https://youtu.be/7tB6ku2DP3I?t=1661 BUSH, Part Duex '01: https://youtu.be/0M-YkjXQlZM?t=2130 CLINTON '93: https://youtu.be/0Cyu_3OiecY?t=3598 BUSH '89: https://youtu.be/MW1c2PeZu9M?t=1421 REAGAN '81: https://youtu.be/0YMcNe_E6is?t=2382 NIXON '69: https://youtu.be/ckGmbe7HsNk?t=3140 Frankly, there seems to be smoke here, frens. Oh, and lastly, guess who DID get a proper 4-gun 21-Gun Salute on Inauguration Day 2021 (albeit at Joint Base Andrews)? https://youtu.be/9R4wJ_dJCZ8?t=227 I will throw out one theory, even though I don't buy it: Could the Biden camp have requested this be done this way as a "funeral" for all the lives COVID (supposedly) took? I cannot find evidence of that, but I'm theorizing how a virtue signaling weirdo might come to grips with this.