Is anyone else sick to death of all the fuss surrounding the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts?
I have an idea.
Let’s re-purpose the Kennedy Center. Never mind all that artsy-fartsy stuff; let’s turn it into a massive indoor shooting range, with all the 100-yard rifle- and 25-yard pistol ranges that the place can hold, open from 6am till 9pm, 7 days a week. And so that it can’t be hijacked by the hoplophobes and politicians, we’ll hand over its management in perpetuity to, say, Gun Owners of America.
Now for all sorts of reasons, we’ll have to rename the place, because let’s be honest, J.F. Kennedy and shooting do have somewhat of an unpleasant association.
And I’m against naming pretty much anything after a politician, because they get enough name recognition already, the lousy poltroons.
So let’s name it after a renowned and respected American ordinary citizen, and to make it even more non-political, let’s stipulate that he’s no longer alive. Without trying to prejudice the thing, and just to help the thought process, let me give just a few examples: Elmer Keith, Wyatt Earp, Audie Murphy, Samuel Colt, Oliver Winchester, John Moses Browning… I think you can all see where I’m going with this one.
Pick one, and one name only, and put it in Comments / email. You don’t need to give any reasons because I’m pretty sure it’s self-explanatory. I’ll tally up the votes and give the people’s choice later in the week.
Oh, and you only get one vote each. We are not Democrats.