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November 22, 1963; Oswald takes a long brown package to work. "Curtain rods", he tells the man who gives him a ride to work every morning.
At 11:40 eyewitnesses place Oswald on sixth floor. Five men working there break for lunch, leave Oswald alone.
At 12:05 an employee goes to sixth floor to look for a vantage point to view motorcade; he notices books and boxes stacked high enough to cover window in southeast corner.
12:30 motorcade passes; from Oswald's vantage point it's an easy shot, especially for a trained marksman such as Oswald (factually, he was classified as a "sharpshooter" in the Marines). When looking through his scope, the final kill shot would appear to be 25 yards.
First shot, miss, there were oak tree branches in his line of fire.
Second shot, 3.5 seconds later, hits Kennedy and Connally.
Third shot, 8.4 seconds after the first, kills Kennedy.

The second shot was neither "magic" nor "pristine", it hits Kennedy in the back, exits his throat, tumbling, it enters Connally's right shoulder, leaving an entrance wound nearly exactly the length of the bullet, exiting right chest, enters and exits his right wrists and superficially lodges in his left thigh. Countless tests have verified the ablility of a single bullet to do such damage. There are no "fancy physics" nor mystical directional changes as Oliver Stone comically suggests, the bullet maintains a straight path until it is deflected off of Connally's rib and makes a slight directional change. The bullet, later discovered on Connally's stretcher, was not "pristine", it was significantly damaged.

The third shot has been established, without a doubt, to have come from the rear (any theories which suggest otherwise can be immediately dismissed). The brain spray in the Zapruder film is from the exit wound, close examination of the film reveals Kennedy's head does lurch forward at the moment of impact before it's propelled backwards by the "jet effect".

The vast majority of witnesses (close to 90%) testified that there were three shots. Three shots which the overwhelming evidence suggests came from the rifle that was found on the sixth floor of the depository, where Oswald had been left alone (there were 3 spent cartridge cases on the floor in the shooter's "nest"). Within minutes eyewitness had pinpointed the book depository. Oswald had earlier instructed his wife to take pictures of him with the rifle (these photos are real, don't believe the hype).

One would be hard pressed, at this point, to find any compelling evidence which places another (or two or three) shooter(s) in Dealey that day.

where are you getting this? The Warren Commission? Haha

I'm fucking innocent

I've always felt the exact opposite. To me, it takes much more mental gymnastics to believe in a vast conspiracy as opposed to a loner with mental problems that popped somebody from 50 yards away with a scoped rifle.

Quick question - how many people here would say they're decently experienced with bolt action rifles?

Is this case still under investigation?

i can side with either side when i hear the arguements. but one gigantic issue i have is from JFK the movie. If it was a single shooter for the book depository, why not take him out before they make that turn with the oak tree in the way? it was a straight unobstructed shot for a single dude to make. seems odd.

Cause Oswald was a crazy/psycho! He was too stupid to use common sense! Duh!

I think it will always be under investigation.

not a good enough answer for me. the guy supposedly wanted to be remembered forever for fulfilling his mission. the first approach all but guarantees that. the second approach contains a lot of chances of a miss. even for a sharp shooter.

Po TA toe, PO ta toe.

Nah...it was an easy shot.

The motorcade mad a "S" turn prior to entering Dealey. There was little time to size it up on the first approach...also the turn from Houston onto Elm is 120 degrees, the motorcade slowed down to 10 mph. Remember, if you're going to accept the lone shooter theory, you have to realize that when the motorcade turned on to Houston it would have been Oswald's first view of it. He wasn't sure exactly what to expect.
On top of that... certainly you can understand a greater comfort level in having everything unfold while you're behind the motorcade...all eyes are on the motorcade.

ok...those are much better answers. still, a sadsad moment

seems kinda weak to me. You're obviously making Oswald out to be one of the best shooters of all time. The guy should be in the Bolt Action Rifle Hall of Fame. He's Babe Ruth in that place.

If he shot when the motorcade was closest - if I understand the setup correctly - then he would be firing when the car was traveling tangential to his position, requiring him to lead the target more and decreasing the chance of a hit. If however, he fired when the car was further away but traveling almost directly towards or away from him it wouldn't require any significant lead.

Wasn't the scope broken?

Or...they were waiting for the motercade to reach the area where they could benefit from a beatiful cross-triangulation set up.

I still have several unanswered questions but this site has been very helpful to me:

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

Folks, any research you do regarding this issue should involve reading
Case Closed by Gerald Posner.

There is neither ballistic nor wound evidence, nor anything on the Zapruder film, which supports this theory. Do you understand that?

Somewhere, Oliver Stone is masturbating furiously.