The smell of gunpowder

[John Corbett]

   Though this "theory" has no Proof, neither does the SBT. Yet the SBT is routinely embraced as being legit. The SA Hickey accidental firing of the AR-15 is certainly not "silly". I don't believe the AR-15 was responsible for the JFK Head Explosion, but an accidental missed shot(s) fired from that gun is very possible. This accidental firing would explain the smell of gunpowder stretching down Elm St as this fired weapon inside the Queen Mary traveled down Elm St and then onto the Stemmons Fwy On-Ramp.

Did the AR-15 have a silencer? None of the other agents nor David Powers heard a shot fired from inside the Queen Mary. No one could miss hearing an AR-15 fired from just a yard or two away.

[Royell Storing]

Did the AR-15 have a silencer? None of the other agents nor David Powers heard a shot fired from inside the Queen Mary. No one could miss hearing an AR-15 fired from just a yard or two away.

   Gee, it's strange how all the motorcycle backfires could keep eyewitnesses from hearing shots fired from the sniper's nest, yet these same backfires would not hinder hearing the possible firing of the AR-15. And the SS circling the wagons on this AR-15 issue is Not surprising. The SS Agents inside the LBJ SS Car also claim that SA Lem Johns jumped out of that car and ran down Elm St toward the JFK Limo. Yet, there is Not even 1 single image showing SA Lem Johns doing this. The SS sticks together. 

[Ted Sager]

A weapon was fired on Elm street, but smell by GK was from a distraction fire cracker tossed to distract from real shooters. Smoke, noise but no weapon.

[John Corbett]

A weapon was fired on Elm street, but smell by GK was from a distraction fire cracker tossed to distract from real shooters. Smoke, noise but no weapon.

Silly

[Ted Sager]

It did drift from the GK where a firecracker was tossed to distract attention away from real shooters. Would NOT have come from 6th floor.

[Benjamin Cole]

TS-

Yes, many "nosewitnesses" smelled gunsmoke in the immediate aftermath of the JFKA, in the GK area, which was upwind from TSBD6.

Including police officers and military vets.

In the precise area, where Sam Holland, with perfect bird's eye view, saw gunsmoke, and from where many heard a shot or shots.

And where a man flashed a phony Secret Service ID at Sheriff Weitzman, and DPD'er Joe Hill.

A GK diversion? Maybe.

A snub-nose .38 gives off a lot of noise, and smoke, if lubed and using cheap ammo, or handpacked ammo.

Firecrackers give off a slightly different smell from gunsmoke.

Like any good yarn, the WC LNT does require a some suspension of disbelief.

[John Corbett]

TS-

Yes, many "nosewitnesses" smelled gunsmoke in the immediate aftermath of the JFKA, in the GK area, which was upwind from TSBD6.

Senator Yarborough said he smelled the gunpowder residue on Elm St. That doesn't give us a hint as to where that residue originated from.