Except that if one is going to claim that the blanket had retained it's shape w/o the rifle inside, then one can claim there's no proof that the rifle was there 'continuously' unless somebody checked the blanket every day. That's the kind of questioning that you'd have to face in court.
Bravo, Chappie.... You've exhibited a glimmer of common sense... Very unusual...and refreshing.
On this subject are you aware that Ruth Paine testified that the blanket was FLAT and gave no hint that the rifle was in the blanket when she had seen it in the garage. During her WC appearance they placed the rifle in the blanket, and asked her if she recognized the shape of the blanket.... And she replied that the blanket was FLAT when it was on the floor of the garage.
2. On the top of page 32 it is stated that Ruth and Michael Paine "both noticed the rolled up blanket in the garage throughout the time that marina Oswald was living in their home". I am sure the record will not support that statement, a rather important one, too. I recall that there was a period of time before the assassination that neither of them saw the blanket. I have always had the opinion that there was a gap in the proof as to the rifle being continuously in the garage, one that probably could not be filled. It cannot be filled by ignoring it. The conclusion is even worse when it states that "The rifle was being kept among Oswald's possessions from the time of its purchase until the day of the assassination." I do not think the record provides any real evidence to support that broad statement. The fact is that not one person alive today ever saw that rifle in the Paine garage in such a way that it could be identified as that rifle.
