Why did Oswald go get his revolver?

[John Corbett]

I thought it deflected off the window frame?

AI explanation:
"Deflection by the window frame: The bullet struck the wooden frame of the window Walker was sitting near, changing its trajectory. This is a common factor in missed shots when a projectile hits a solid object before reaching the target Kennedys and King.

Walker’s quick reaction: Witnesses say Walker lowered his head just before the shot was fired, reducing the chance of a direct hit LSU Press.

Bullet fragmentation: After hitting the frame, the bullet broke apart, scattering fragments that caused only minor cuts to Walker’s lower right arm."

If it deflected off the window frame that would be an indication his aim was high unless he trying to aim at the window frame.

[Zeon Mason]

LHO’s employment at that point in time allowed him to learn some basic professional photograph processing techniques that he then apparently used to create a fake ID or two. LHO apparently used his newly fabricated fake ID name to order two very inexpensive firearms. He ordered the revolver first, on January 27th, 1963, then later he ordered the rifle on March 12, 1963.

Robert Oswald wrote in his book “Lee” that LHO enjoyed trying to “trick” the authorities. It appears to me that LHO was simply enjoying using his fake ID name to try to “trick” the gun sellers (and the shippers) into providing the guns to a fake person. LHO might have also thought that the fake name might make it harder for the authorities to trace the guns to LHO. However I will say that using his own P.O. Box as the shipping address does seem to me to be incredibly stupid.

alternatives:

A. Oswald was CIA and he had to keep using the same fake name used in USSR for some reason.
B. Some other person found out about Oswald’s use of the fake name Alek Hidell from reading his letters and figured they could order a revolver and rifle using that name and create an Oswald name P.O. Box to send the rifle and revolver.
C. The “other” person was a conspirator with plan to shoot JFK and frame Oswald. Why he (or they) wanted to do that is another rabbit hole discussion.
D. The “other” person was Alek Hidell, the other personality of a schizophrenic Oswald.
E. Oswald was an MK Ultra experiment in company with Thomas Arthur Vallee and a few other USMC trained riflemen who either attempted to shoot or actually did shoot and kill people for no apparent reason. Sirhan Sirhan may have been in this group.

[Charles Collins]

alternatives:

A. Oswald was CIA and he had to keep using the same fake name used in USSR for some reason.
B. Some other person found out about Oswald’s use of the fake name Alek Hidell from reading his letters and figured they could order a revolver and rifle using that name and create an Oswald name P.O. Box to send the rifle and revolver.
C. The “other” person was a conspirator with plan to shoot JFK and frame Oswald. Why he (or they) wanted to do that is another rabbit hole discussion.
D. The “other” person was Alek Hidell, the other personality of a schizophrenic Oswald.
E. Oswald was an MK Ultra experiment in company with Thomas Arthur Vallee and a few other USMC trained riflemen who either attempted to shoot or actually did shoot and kill people for no apparent reason. Sirhan Sirhan may have been in this group.

Robert Oswald confirmed that that was the same P.O. Box that LHO and he used to communicate in letters with each other. So, it seems that if “someone else” created an LHO name P.O. Box, then Robert Oswald and LHO used that same P.O. Box also.