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JFK Assassination Discussion & Debate / Re: An example of MTG's thought process
« Last post by John Corbett on Today at 11:37:59 AM »MTG raises a reasonable question.
In the WC-SBT-LNT-HSCA narrative, LHO's first shot missed not only JFK, but the entire limo, despite the fact LHO's angle was down into the limo, and the limo was closer.
There is nothing reasonable about the observation that he missed the entire limo because he wasn't trying to shoot the limo. It makes as much sense as saying he missed the Queen Mary and LBJ's follow up car. He wasn't trying to shoot and of the cars. He was trying to shoot a guy in one of the cars. He missed that guy. There is no definitive proof as to what his shot actually struck. I think the most likely explanation the bullet hit the pavement to the right of the limo but that is just an educated guess. Others have postulated the shot hit a tree branch or the traffic arm. We will never have proof of what the shot struck and where it went after but my best guess is that shots struck the pavement and a fragment from that shot caused Tague's injury.
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Then somehow that missed shot, despite a relatively steep angle, somehow fractured the FMJ and the lead core squirted out and struck the curb by the relatively distant Tague, with enough force to send concrete up into Tague's face to deliver visible cuts.
Any scenario you want to propose for how Tague got injured is going to seem improbable, but Tague got struck so something improbable happened.
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I have reasonable doubts about the above scenario.
Nobody cares.
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Tague was unsure of when he was struck.
Which means it could have been the first or the third shot. We can rule out the second shot because that whole bullet ended up at Parkland.
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The HSCA, the second official investigation, concluded there had been a gunsel on the GK.
That didn't happen and even if it had, there is no way Tague could have been injured by a shot from the GK unless that shooter was firing in Tague's direction. Do you want to argue for that proposition?
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It may the the GK gunsel knew he had little chance of accurately shooting at JFK with a snubnose .38, and only acted as a diversion. He shot in front of the limo by a wide margin, and towards an area did not not observe bystanders (although he was hurried and did not see Tague).
The diversion worked well, splitting up manpower, and allowing LHO and another perp to more easily leave the TSBD.
That is one of the dumbest things I've seen proposed regarding the JFKA. it's right up there with Greer shooting JFK and the storm drain shooter. You should find another hobby. This one requires one to think rationally.
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