Elvis shoots Nixon

In OTL, Elvis met Nixon in December of 1970. When he met him, among the things he gave Nixon was a Colt .45 revolver.

So, WI Elvis had decided to give Nixon a demonstration of how it worked, and shot Nixon by accident?

Man, this could be bad...
 
Well, Elvis suddenly becomes far less popular or even arrested for assassination (if Nixon dies) and Nixon is more popular. If he dies Nixon is a martyr. It is also possible Elvis escapes legal punishment if it is an obvious accident but his reputation would gravely suffer.
 
I think that the kind of people who were still big Elvis fans by the 1970s would accept that it was an accident, and not bark too much for his blood. For some reason, I have the idea that there was probably a lot of overlap between Nixon supporters and late-career Elvis fans, and the people in that Venn overlap would not be inclined to think the worst of the King.

Now, if JOHN LENNON had accidently shot Nixon, it would be a very different story. Though it's pretty implausible that he'd be having a friendly meeting with Nixon, much less one where he was allowed to bring a loaded gun.
 

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secret service would not let anyone elvis or john lennon with a gun with live bullets near a president of the united states .I like too see a Nixon elvis jam session/Nixon knew the piano.you know,
 
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