Also, Oswald was desperate to prove to the Soviets that he was spy material. The Soviets weren’t stupid and knew such a public nuisance had no value as a spy. They sent him away.
Anyone who has stood in the window of the book depository knows they could have easily thrown a sock and hit JFK. The shots were very easy to do.
High ground with the car moving past at 10 mph. Oswald knew how to shoot from his time in the Corps. The route had been published in the papers. Plus he worked there. He had the political leader of Capitalism passing right under his nose... how is a comrade supposed to pass that up? He didn’t.
But people absolutely love tasty conspiracy theories. So when fellow traveller Mark Lane of the communist front National Lawyer’s Guild produced ‘Rush to Judgement’ it was gobbled up like ice cream. That old commie suckered more people than PT Barnum.
I’ve been to Dealey Plaza a few times, most recently last May. Went into the museum once. You can’t look out the window of the actual sniper’s nest because that section is enclosed within glass partitions. However, just looking out the adjacent window you really can see how close the car was when Oswald fired the shots.