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.

[John Corbett]

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.

Why do people keep looking for alternatives when there is an obvious answer that conforms perfectly to the evidence? Oswald mail ordered a rifle from Klein's in March of 1963 and received it at his PO Pox. He might or might not have had a specific purpose in mind when he ordered it. He used the rifle in a failed assassination attempt of General Walker. 8 months later he learned that the POTUS was going to pass by his workplace in a slow moving open top car. He smuggled the rifle into his workplace and at the scheduled time, found a secluded spot on the 6th floor of the TSBD with a perfect line of fire down Elm St. He fired off three shots, striking JFK with two of them, the third striking JFK in the head and killing him. All of this is supported by solid evidence and it is the only scenario ever presented that conforms to the evidence.

Truth is not a multiple choice exercise. There is only one truth and we are not entitled to one of our liking. We can either accept the truth that the evidence dictates to us or we can choose to delude ourselves into believing a fantasy that doesn't conform to the evidence. For 62 years the CTs have been searching for an alternative truth that simply doesn't exist.

[Mark A. Oblazney]

One solid theory: Oswald get his pistol so he could take another shot at General Edwin Walker. He had committed one murder and was already facing the death penalty. He knew he would probably be caught soon and wanted to use his time left to kill Walker. He didn't take the most direct to Walker's house, but he had enough cash to use the bus system to get there.

dang, i like this one.  forgot where walker was at the time.  ask Steve Roe !  could just see that little sh*t thinking this in his profound state of mind. the cherry on the snowcone.

[John Corbett]

dang, i like this one.  forgot where walker was at the time.  ask Steve Roe !  could just see that little sh*t thinking this in his profound state of mind. the cherry on the snowcone.

Oswald is the only one who knows why he did anything that day and he's not talking. It's fun to guess. My guess is he didn't plan to be taken alive and was going to shoot it out with any cop who tried to take him into custody. When Tippit got out of his car, Oswald probably figured that was about to happen. When MacDonald approached him, he seemed to have the same reaction. Fortunately, he was subdued without getting off a shot or MacDonald might have suffered the same fate as Tippit. Luckily for Oswald, Jack Ruby stepped forward a few days later and fulfilled Oswald's wish.

Thanks again, Jack.