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

[Ross Lidell]

Since the motorcade was due at 12:25 and BRW stayed until 12:20 it seems as your whole theory goes do
wn the drain. Why wouldn't he have picked the 7th since it had a closet with a door?

The protruding window ledge could have made aiming at the Presidential limousine more difficult.

[Ross Lidell]

Since the motorcade was due at 12:25 and BRW stayed until 12:20 it seems as your whole theory goes down the drain. Why wouldn't he have picked the 7th since it had a closet with a door?

The time estimates by witnesses are not likely to be absolutely accurate. Did Bonnie Ray Williams look at his watch? Did BRW wear a watch?

Was Oswald hiding quietly in the Sniper's Nest hoping BRW would leave the 6th floor before the President drove by the TSBD?

[Richard Smith]

Spin away, but it won't work. It is infinitely more difficult for a single person to kill with a rifle than up close with a pistol. That is why NO LNer ever attempted their task with a rifle.

The use of a rifle confirms that it was a carefully orchestrated conspiracy utilizing multiple shooters.

Tell it to John Hinkley, Arthur Bremer and Squeaky Froamme.  All failed attempts with a pistol.  A rifle can be deadly effective.  Provide us your "supporting evidence" that validates your claim that "it is infinitely more difficult for a single person to kill with a rifle than up close with a pistol."  Start with the example of Charles Whitman who hit moving human targets at distances of three times the JFK assassination with similar USMC training to Oswald.  And don't forget James Earl Ray. 

[Colin Crow]

The time estimates by witnesses are not likely to be absolutely accurate. Did Bonnie Ray Williams look at his watch? Did BRW wear a watch?

Was Oswald hiding quietly in the Sniper's Nest hoping BRW would leave the 6th floor before the President drove by the TSBD?

There are timestamps that have been repeatedly posted that show that Williams likely did not vacate the Sixth floor until at least 12.25.

Mr. BALL. Did you stay there?
Mr. NORMAN. Well, we stayed there I believe until we got the news that the motorcade was coming down, let's see, is that Commerce, no Main, because Commerce- we went back in the building, James Jarman and I.

A timeline of the Presidential Motorcade taken from Dallas Police Radio logs shows that the Motorcade got to Main about 12.24pm. Aslo Jarman estimated the time they left the front of the TSBD to be 12.20-12.25.  They walked approximately 200 ft to the west elevator and about 160 ft to the SE corner of the 5th floor. This would take about a minute at 6ft per sec walking speed. The elevator took about 45 seconds to reach the 5th floor. They could have been in position on the fifth floor about 2 minutes after departing the front steps and may have been in position around 12.25 or slightly earlier depending on the accuracy of the broadcast. Williams claimed he joined them after they arrived.

[John Iacoletti]

The time estimates by witnesses are not likely to be absolutely accurate. Did Bonnie Ray Williams look at his watch? Did BRW wear a watch?

He didn't have to.  He went down after hearing Norman and Jarman on the fifth floor, and their departure from the street to go upstairs is timestamped by them hearing a report that the motorcade was on Main street.

[John Iacoletti]

Start with the example of Charles Whitman who hit moving human targets at distances of three times the JFK assassination with similar USMC training to Oswald.

Whitman had been out of the Marines for 20 months, where he tested as sharpshooter on both stationary and moving targets. Oswald had been out of the Marines for 4 years, last barely qualified as a "marksman", the lowest rating, and had no practice in the intervening years.  Whitman had been shooting since childhood.  Whitman brought 7 firearms, including a semiautomatic shotgun and 700 rounds of ammunition.  Oswald allegedly brought a cheap surplus Italian rifle with a misaligned scope and 4 rounds of ammunition.  Whitman killed or injured 38 people over a 90 minute period of shooting.  Oswald allegedly killed or injured 2 people over a 5-8 second period.

Other than both being in the Marines, they are in fact nothing alike.

[Richard Smith]

Poor dishonest John.  So many lies, intentional omissions, and baseless claims in one short post.  Both Oswald and Whitman received similar training in the USMC.  Oswald qualified as a "sharpshooter."  There is no confirmation that he "had no practice in the intervening years."  In fact, Marina indicates he did take the MC rifle to practice (no doubt another lie in the sinister plot).  Both used a rifle in the commission of their crimes (although Whitman hit targets at much greater distances than Oswald needed too).  There is no confirmation that Oswald's scope was misaligned at the time of the assassination.  There is no confirmation that Oswald's shots occurred over 5-8 seconds.  Simply because the objectives of the two crimes were different is not relevant in rebutting Caprio's nutty claim that "It is infinitely more difficult for a single person to kill with a rifle than up close with a pistol."  That is the point being addressed.  There are numerous examples to the contrary.  Whitman is just one of many.  A rifle can be a deadly weapon.  That would seemingly be obvious even to the most dishonest contrarian.