Reply #108: I agree that LHO's rifle did not kill JFK, but [View All]

[maine_raptor]

IMHO, the "single bullet theory" is one of the weakest points that the lone gunman proponents have to over come.

Once again, on the use of "a look-alike oswald's gun" being used:

According to FBI reports, which can be found in the 26 volumes of Hearings & Exhibits of the WC, the gun found in the TSBD had the following problems; 1) the telescopic sight was loose and had to have shims inserted between the barrel and the sight, 2) the sight itself was found to be "off" (high and to the left), 3) in such condition that the FBI experts were very hesitant to actually fire it in fear that it would cause them harm.

BTW: Many supporters of the WC claim that the fact that the scope was off "helped" LHO shoot accurately.

I do NOT accept that the "heights, distances and orientation of the figures in in car are correct" on these reconstructions. Why? Because in late 1964, while the Warren Report was still undergoing final revision, the limo was returned to the Ford factory in Dearborn, MI and COMPLETELY rebuilt. NO blueprints exist as to the exact placement of the rear seats vs the jump seats where Connelly and his wife were seated. In addition, even if you did have the numbers, placement of the targets would have to match exactly, a difference of as much as 12 inch would be enough to throw the test off (considering the bullet diameter is about 1/4 inch).

Photos of JFK at autopsy time show an "entrance" wound in the back that is LOWER than the "exit" wound in the throat. How could that happen when the shot was fired from "above and behind"? According to the autopsy doctors, there was NO path from the back to the front. One of them found that the bullet appeared to only have traveled the length of his pinkie into the back (he probed it).

As to the reactions on the Z-film, aside from Connelly's cheeks puffing out, there is the fact that he is holding his ten-gallon hat in his right hand during the time that CE#399 is said to be traveling through his right wrist. A wrist that I might add was "shattered" (according to his doctors) by the impact of the bullet.

Finally, I urge you to travel to Dallas yourself. Take a look at Dealy Plaza and go to the TSBD. Look out the window where LHO was supposed to be. And when you do ask yourself why didn't he take the shot as the limo traveled down Houston St towards the TSBD rather than wait until after it had passed onto Elm St.

Yes, the head shot(s) are important, but the single bullet nonsense is the key to understanding what happened that terrible day.