To: ought-six
If you think the "Single Bullet Theory" is wrong, I would love to hear exactly how it did happen, step by step.
Please include the following:
The position of the shooter[s].
The exact location of the wounds.
The approximate distance of the shots.
The number of shots.
The type of weapon used.
The caliber used.
789 posted on
10/07/2003 6:23:49 AM PDT by
Shooter 2.5
(Don't punch holes in the lifeboat.)
To: Shooter 2.5
Easy. For your single bullet theory (Arlen Specter's "magic bullet" theory) to be valid, one would have to suspend the laws of physics. The "magic bullet" theory you so eagerly embrace necessitates that a 6.5mm bullet entered JFK's back, did a 60 degree upward turn through his upper torso, exited his throat, hung suspended in mid-air, then, seemingly taking on a deterimation all its own, decided to go after Connally, which required downward turn at a right oblique, hit Connally in the back, exited his back and smashed his wrist, and finally struck his leg. Whew! That's quite a bullet! Would I had such a missile when I go deer hunting, because with one shot I can take out the entire herd. Talk about economy!
Now as for shooters: Intense and thorough investigations (even the Church Commission in the 1970s) concluded that there was more than one shooter, with nearly all experts concluding that there were two behind the motorcade and one in front: one in the book depository to the right rear of the presidential limo; one in the records building directly behind the limo; and one in the bushes behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll to the right front of the limo. Types of weapons and calibers? That's hard to say, since there were never enough bullet fragments recovered to measure or examine in order to conclusively make that determination (not counting the 6.5 mm Mannlicher Carcano found in the book depository).
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