Why Would LHO Choose His Workplace As The Location For Shooting JFK?

[Richard Smith]

It isn't "out in the open" as the shooter would have been surrounded and shielded from return fire, and possible identification, since it would have happened quickly.

So you are saying that the SS would have fired into the crowd? I highly doubt that. This is how true lone assassins carry out their plan. There was not a single incident involving a rifle before 11/22/63 in regards to a POTUS.

There have been similar incidents.  So we don't have to guess.  The shooter is typically grabbed by someone in the crowed and subdued.  Think John Hinckley, Sirhan, Squeaky Froamme.  There is no escape in that scenario.  Oswald would have been subdued in a matter of seconds.   No conspirator had ever attempted to kill the president with a rifle before 11.22.  So I guess under your rationale there was no conspiracy.  In fact, the only conclusion that could be drawn from that line of thought is that JFK was not assassinated by anyone because no one had previously attempted to assassinate the president with a rifle.  That is idiotic.  No one crashed an airplane into a building before 9/11.  That isn't proof that the hijackers were innocent.  They recognized a vulnerability and exploited it.  In retrospect it is easy to see the risk of the president driving in an open car on a pre-announced route.   Sooner or later some nut was going to take advantage of that.  Your hero Oswald just thought of it first. 

[Rob Caprio]

I don't think Oswald wanted to be famous, as in known by everyone, but wanted to 'be someone' in his own head. I think he was a frustrated person who thought, if only he was given the chance, he could be someone and make a difference. He had fantasies of being a political warrior, striking a blow for world communism and in particular to support his hero, Fidel Castro, and for Cuba who he felt Kennedy was threatening. When he found out that the Motorcade was passing by his place of work then he took this as his moment to fulfill his fantasy. I don't think he fully thought it through, nor had he planned it in detail, so his action aren't logical but instinctive, including his actions after the event. I think he wanted to get away with it but I think he soon realised he couldn't - maybe from the moment he was confronted by Marion Baker. Once arrested he would ave tried, in my view, to continue to get away with it, denying it as he did and would have loved it to go to trial where he could have put across his political views to a world wide audience.

This is of course speculation on my part and contains lots of 'I thinks' but just adding my thoughts - I don't claim them as facts.

So you have no idea why he would allegedly use his own workplace where he was known.

[Rob Caprio]

Because the crowd at the airport was 'out in the open', duh.

'Out in the open' as opposed to concealed on the 6th floor of an office building, duh.

I know you think it would be easy for Saint Patsy to get right next to JFK in the airport crowd, shoot him and then simply run away, but that's only because you've watched the movie Taxi Driver too many times.

Saint Patsy could have gone out to the airport and tried shooting JFK at Love Field, but he also had no way of knowing that JFK would stop to shake hands with the greeting crowd.

So instead he waited for JFK to come to him. That was a sure thing.

Worked out pretty well for Saint Patsy, not so much for JFK.

What year did Benavides die ?

So being surrounded by people equals "out in the open" to you. No wonder you are clueless about this case.

[Richard Smith]

So you have no idea why he would allegedly use his own workplace where he was known.

Oswald knew that by committing the crime he would be arrested or killed.  There was no getting away with assassinating the president.  They only way he avoids detection is by not committing the act.  Oswald realized this as evidenced by his leaving his wedding ring and money with his wife that morning.  He doesn't care if he is "known" at his workplace.  He needs a location to fire the shot and the TSBD was ideal.  In fact, being "known" at his workplace worked to his advantage in that he could freely move about the building without drawing attention.  And it aided in his escape from the building when Baker noticed him.  If he had not been an employee that Truly could vouch for at that point, that is likely the end of the road for him. 

[Rob Caprio]

There have been similar incidents.  So we don't have to guess.  The shooter is typically grabbed by someone in the crowed and subdued.  Think John Hinckley, Sirhan, Squeaky Froamme.  There is no escape in that scenario.  Oswald would have been subdued in a matter of seconds.   No conspirator had ever attempted to kill the president with a rifle before 11.22.  So I guess under your rationale there was no conspiracy.  In fact, the only conclusion that could be drawn from that line of thought is that JFK was not assassinated by anyone because no one had previously attempted to assassinate the president with a rifle.  That is idiotic.  No one crashed an airplane into a building before 9/11.  That isn't proof that the hijackers were innocent.  They recognized a vulnerability and exploited it.  In retrospect it is easy to see the risk of the president driving in an open car on a pre-announced route.   Sooner or later some nut was going to take advantage of that.  Your hero Oswald just thought of it first.

You are assuming that he would have been subdued, but you have no way of knowing that he would have been. Everyone's attention would have been on JFK and Jackie not him. There would have been mass confusion. He could have even claimed that the shot came from somewhere over there.

Planes have hit buildings prior to 9/11. No POTUS was ever shot with a rifle before JFK. End of story.

[Rob Caprio]

Oswald knew that by committing the crime he would be arrested or killed.  There was no getting away with assassinating the president.  They only way he avoids detection is by not committing the act.  Oswald realized this as evidenced by his leaving his wedding ring and money with his wife that morning.  He doesn't care if he is "known" at his workplace.  He needs a location to fire the shot and the TSBD was ideal.  In fact, being "known" at his workplace worked to his advantage in that he could freely move about the building without drawing attention.  And it aided in his escape from the building when Baker noticed him.  If he had not been an employee that Truly could vouch for at that point, that is likely the end of the road for him.

Sadly for you, there is NO supporting evidence for this fairytale.

[Richard Smith]

You are assuming that he would have been subdued, but you have no way of knowing that he would have been. Everyone's attention would have been on JFK and Jackie not him. There would have been mass confusion. He could have even claimed that the shot came from somewhere over there.

Planes have hit buildings prior to 9/11. No POTUS was ever shot with a rifle before JFK. End of story.

Because Oswald did not shoot JFK at Love Field there must be a certain amount of "speculation"about what would have happened.  The best we can do is look to other similar examples of an assassin firing at someone from a crowd.  Sirhan, Squeaky Froamme, John Hinckley, Arthur Bremer, etc.  All apprehended at the scene.  But you didn't answer my question.  If you are claiming that because no one had used a rifle to kill a president before 11.22 that somehow casts doubts on Oswald's guilt, then why doesn't that same logic apply to your fantasy conspirators?  No conspirator had ever used a rifle to assassinate a president before 11.22.  Right?  So does that mean that no one could have thought of it because it had not previously been done?  And that JFK was not assassinated?  That is the only conclusion that can be derived from this bizarre line of argument.