Why did Oswald go get his revolver?

[John Corbett]

Very hard for me to see how Oswald "knows he's been framed" unless he at least knows his rifle is in the building. That's really the only thing that "frames" him. So how does he know it's in the building - does he think he's brought it for "show and tell" like we used to do in second grade? Unless he knew "Oh, my God, they have framed me as the assassin of JFK!" his actions make no sense. The CT scenarios where the conspirators removed the rifle from the Paine garage and planted it in the TSBD, or Oswald was instructed to shoot and miss as part of a political message of some sort, are just desperate ad hoc efforts. I really can't think of any plausible "framing" scenario.

This is exactly what I meant when I started the thread about people overthinking the assassination. Oswald wasn't stupid enough to bring his rifle to work for "show and tell" on a day the POTUS was going to ride past the building. Even sillier that he would fire shots out the window as a political message. The idea that the conspirators planted Oswald's rifle ignores the fact the fibers on the butt plate matched the shirt he was wearing. I don't know why any CT would jump through all these mental hoops when a very plausible explanation is available. Oswald brought the rifle to work to kill JFK which he succeeded in doing. I think it's terribly unfair to Oswald given that this was the first big thing Oswald ever succeeded at in his miserable little life and so many CTs refuse to give him credit for it.