IF this was indeed a conspracy from the highest levels (mob, LBJ, Soviets, Russians, Cubans, visitors from outer space or the future) -
- WHY was a simple bolt-action single-shot rifle used in lieu of something with a greater rate of 'fire' (semi-auto, lever-action, full-auto, you-name-it)?
AS it was, whomever (Oswald, 'Mac', some other bogey man) was firing apparently MISSED the first shot - and all three could very well have been missed or badly off-target, so, WHY WASN'T a weapon with a greater rate of firing employed?
It appears, to me, that, overall this was a half-*ssed assassination attempt GIVEN the choice of firepower ...
AS it was, whomever (Oswald, 'Mac', some other bogey man) was firing apparently MISSED the first shot - and all three could very well have been missed or badly off-target, so, WHY WASN'T a weapon with a greater rate of firing employed?
There'd have to be a breakdown of three seperate questions to better look into that:
1. WHY was a simple bolt-action single-shot repeating rifle used. The Carcano is a bolt-action repeater IF the six-shot clip that holds the ammunition in line for the feed mechanism, similar to the eight-shot clip of an M1 Garand rifle, is present. Otherwise, the Carcano is a singleshot as you suggest.
2. WHY a Carcano? Price alone? Availability? Why purchase an unknown rifle mail order in a community well-served by gun shops, which Oswald had to go to to obtain ammunition, in any event.
3. WHY that particular model of Carcano? Just luck of the draw, or does it have any particular feature that makes it particularly useful for a rifle-equipped assassin, whether solo or working with partner/s.
Then go *here.*
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That's your statement, not mine. I'm just extremely curious when it turns out that Ferrie - - who was fingered by a PI as having a connection with Oswald, but who claimed he never met Oswald - - was actually with Oswald in a CAP group 8 years before. If the PI was making up stories, then what are the odds that Ferrie and Oswald would actually have been in the same CAP? It's as if somebody, out of the blue and with pure fancy, said that you have a connection with somebody picked at random on the other side of a public restaurant, somebody you've never met and don't know - -- - and then it turns out the two of you were in a Scout group a decade before. The odds against that are very high. More plausible, I would think, is that Ferrie was lying when he said he didn't know Oswald