How Mrs. Connally Described Her Husband Being Shot-HSCA

[John Corbett]

No. The wound showed that the bullet entered on a downward trajectory.  It was 1.5 cm in the longest dimension (the bullet is 3.0 cm long) and was drawn as an ellipse with its long axis in the vertical direction:

You are assuming that the bullet did not deflect.  But it must have imparted significant momentum to JBC in order for the bullet to have made such an impact sensation in JBC's back.  The only way that happens is if it changes direction suddenly.

That might be one of the dumbest things you've ever written.

[Andrew Mason]

That might be one of the dumbest things you've ever written.

Which part is dumb? The Shaw diagram or Newton’s laws?

[John Corbett]

Which part is dumb?

Which part is not?

[Andrew Mason]

Which part is not?

Interesting form of debate. I post a response in the form of Dr. Shaw’s drawing.  I also post an explanation of why the evidence implies that the bullet changed direction upon hitting JBC in the fifth rib.   You call the post dumb.  I then ask which one is dumb. And your response asks me to explain which one isn’t dumb.

[John Corbett]

Interesting form of debate. I post a response in the form of Dr. Shaw’s drawing.  I also post an explanation of why the evidence implies that the bullet changed direction upon hitting JBC in the fifth rib.   You call the post dumb.  I then ask which one is dumb. And your response asks me to explain which one isn’t dumb.

Seems like a perfectly reasonable question.

[Andrew Mason]

Seems like a perfectly reasonable question.

So Dr. Shaw’s diagram is so wrong as to justify calling it dumb?