JFK Assassination Forum

The JFK Assassination Investigation should have been over in 1964. Nothing that has been learned since invalidates any of the WC's core findings. It's been 62 years of doggy doo-doo since.

    John - Enjoy your "doggy doo-doo" day.

   YOU are the ostrich with his head firmly buried in the ground. And those volunteering their time and talent further reveal You to be completely outta step. The JFK Assassination Investigation has passed you by. Please step to the side.   

The JFK Assassination Investigation should have been over in 1964. Nothing that has been learned since invalidates any of the WC's core findings. It's been 62 years of doggy doo-doo since.

While I'm off in the ozone anyway, I virtually never see it discussed why Oswald would have felt he was obligated to shoot JFK from the cramped, exceedingly risky, difficult-to-escape-from 6th floor of the TSBD. OK, you've decided to shoot JFK. No one pays any attention to what you're doing anyway, and the event is during the lunch hour. Disappear a few minutes early with your curtain rods, ascend to the roof of the Dal-Tex building or wherever, do the deed, and blend back into the crowd. By all accounts, it would have been an easier shot. Ba-da-boom, ba-da-bing.

The sniper’s nest was apparently set up for supported shots, while seated on the seat box, in the kill zone (just after the limo emerged from beneath the oak tree) on Elm Street. Yes, I have built my own full size physical model and sat in it while aiming a similar sized rifle at targets placed at the proper angles. I cannot imagine any other reasonable place providing an easier shot. It is tight quarters, but concealment was part of LHO’s reason for selecting that spot. While simply sitting straight up on the seat box, LHO was able to view the approaching limo on Houston Street without exposing much of himself to the folks outside (for the most part). When the limo was essentially right below LHO all he had to do was raise the rifle up from his lap, lean forward, support his arm and the rifle on the window boxes, aim and pull the trigger. He was mostly concealed until the very last few seconds.

For what it is worth, I helped my cousin eliminate a groundhog a few days ago. It was rambling down a grassy hill when I saw it. I kept an eye on it while my cousin went to fetch his rifle. I told him where it was at the point in time that he returned with his rifle. He spotted it, dropped down so his arm and the rifle were supported on the table in front of him, and hit the groundhog in the head the first and only shot. The whole shot sequence only took a very few seconds. He isn’t an expert marksman or anything but knows how to shoot pretty well. I don’t think he had practiced with his rifle recently. He and his wife just returned from their winter home in the Florida Keys a week or two ago. A supported shot while seated is one of the most stable shots available to a shooter.

No Royell, what we are able to see between the legs of the spectators is the surface of the island. Here is one of James Hackerott’s images that shows how the surface of the island extends to the hips area of fedora man. I roughly outlined the shape of the island in yellow. The surface of Elm Street Extension is beyond the island. James’ 3D model is highly accurate. The line of sight is as close to Weigman's line of sight as is feasible. The main difference between James’ and my interpretations is I believe the car is about 5.5 feet further east. I have previously shown what appears to me to be a portion of the front right wheel of the car to the right of the traffic light post in the Wiegman film frame.

    The Lego Man we see on this visual aid is NOT where Fedora Man was standing. Fedora Man was standing close to the Traffic Signal Pole. He was standing in a very similar position on the Towner Film. Very close to the traffic signal post.
    There is only a very thin slice of the Island between the Traffic Signal Post and the Elm St Extension. This is exactly why Officer Baker was able to clear the corner of the Island in only 2 strides. What we are seeing behind Fedora Man on the Wiegman Film is the Elm St Extension surface street. There is NO CAR behind Fedora Man on the Wiegman Film. All there is, is OPEN surface street. NO "getaway" car is there. Not Yet!

As I stated on another thread, when I bought my 30-06 in Phoenix in 1976 out of the classified ads in the Arizona Republic, the seller and I met in the parking lot of Park Central Mall as a mutually convenient spot. I simply gave him the cash and he gave me the rifle. Possibly we introduced ourselves as Lance and Vladimir, but I don't recall even that. People who didn't live in a state like Arizona or Texas in the 1960's and 1970's perhaps have no idea the extent to which buying and selling guns was no more complex than buying and selling golf clubs or baby strollers. Yes, the gun would be identifiable by serial number, but tracing it would be a hell of a project.

There is no federal law requiring records being kept for sales between individuals. Gun dealers have been required to keep records of gun purchases since 1938. The fact Oswald decided to purchase a rifle via mail order rather than from a private seller is evidence of nothing. Trying to read Oswald's mind an any point in time is a futile effort.