so I don’t know why he would have had to buy a gun with an assumed name other than his being stupid and paranoid.
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Consider the fact that he had defected to the Soviet Union. At the height of the Cold War. He was some kind of spook asset, voluntary or not, doesn’t matter.
He was being watched upon his return to the USA. Guaranteed. Whether he was “paranoid” is another matter, but he would have had some indication. He was a member of subversive organizations upon return.
This is why these discussions are unproductive, because so much that is “known” about the JFK murder just ain’t so. “The rifle was junk” etc.
The cemetaries are FULL of people killed with crappy weapons.
If you want to understand Lee Harvey Oswald I would recommend this book by a woman who worked with him and slept with him.
She is still alive btw and is interviewed from time to time.
The book:
https://www.amazon.com/Me-Lee-Came-Harvey-Oswald/dp/1936296373
Still JUNK.
I don't have the slightest interest in that discussion. I never proffered the argument that the Carcano was "junk."