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Well much is made that it cost “$12” or whatever. Not a “quality” weapon by any means.

Ain't inflation a bitch? I think the S&W revolver Oswald used to kill Officer Tippet cost about half that. And a ticket to the movie where he was arrested -- a ticket he didn't buy -- I'd be shocked if it were more than 25¢ for a matinee.

Now, if I had evil intent at that time, I'd be shopping for an M1 Garand. A damn near perfect weapon, being phased out and surplussed by the military, and Oswald would have already trained on it. A steady hand with an M-1 could make the motorcade shot with iron sights; the scope is just insurance.

I hate to say it, but Mrs. Kennedy probably said it best “A Shitty Little Communist”.

Someone, I forget who, nailed the point that the Holocaust made an intuitive sort of sense -- history's greatest crime committed by history's greatest gang of criminals. The reason so many conspiracy theories surround the Kennedy assassination is that it doesn't make that kind of sense. How could a crime that affected so many people be carried off by this lonely little pissant loser? There must be more to it. We have an emotional need for a bigger villain.

Well I think the equivalent today might be $150 or something. Not a top-shelf item, but entirely capable of what it is designed to do. NOw I don’t want to be misunderstood in that I don’t necessarily think there was any kind of organized thing with this Oswald guy, but the appearance of same could have led to all sorts of repurcussions. The effect could have been the same. On the other hand it’s not productive to blame everyone else on the planet either.

How could a crime that affected so many people be carried off by this lonely little pissant loser? There must be more to it. We have an emotional need for a bigger villain.

You make a very good point. Imho, there is generally more danger in the day to day of life, from the lone wacko then from a more professional kind of criminal element. The problem is when you have lots of these wackos coming together under the umbrella of ideology or religion. For instance, the Nazis, radical Islamists, and certain nation states such as Iran and others. The environment intentionally shapes and exploits the vulnerable and preys upon their psychoses.

One more point, sometimes I think people are willing to believe a conspiracy theory (sometimes even outlandish ones) rather than accepting things at face value such as the “lone gunman theories”, as psychologically, it’s more comforting to believe in a conspiracy rather than deal with a world where evil can happen anywhere, at any time. IOW, there is no reason, or plan, but rather random chaos.

Not to contradict myself, per se, but I don’t think we will ever really know what happened with JFK.