You, like many people, fall into the trap of seeing the events of 1963 through a modern lens, a lens that itself was greatly influenced by these events. Presid

You, like many people, fall into the trap of seeing the events of 1963 through a modern lens, a lens that itself was greatly influenced by these events. Presidential security in 1963 wasn't what it is today. For example, JFK would stop his car to go mingle with the crowd. There's a photo on this audio recording from Miami in 1963 [1]. There are parallels with 9/11. Prior to 9-11, people would generally go along peacefully with hijackers. Why? Because they knew the "routine". The hijackers would fly the plane somewhere, land it, make demands, make noise for their political cause and, more often than not, people would get to go home. Harrowing for sure. But the general public didn't conceive of planes being used as cruise missiles. We all know post-9/11 was so much security theater but it was also largely unnecessary because people were now aware they could be used as a missile so were less likely to simply go along with demands. JFK's assassination changed the threat modelling and protection by the Secret Service of the president. In spite of that, Ronald Reagan was shot by an assailant [2] without any great planning or mass conspiracy. Now it's all bulletproof motorcades with armor plating to survive running over a land mine. It's Secret Service vetting every audience member at a live event. It's mapping out and securing any potential sniper positions. None of that was true to the same degree in 1963. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep_NiYKrcC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep_NiYKrcC0 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ron...