1. Evidence for this?
2. If so, how is this evidence of him killing JFK?
The 6.5x52mm round recovered from the scene can only be fired from the Carcano. Shooting at Walker also show intent to kill someone important.
JFK, unless you think he shot someone else other than the President and Tippit.
1. The same Carcano that was first identified as a Mauser?
2. If a Carcano, why is it evidence of Oswalds guilt?
Misidentified by an officer who'd never seen the Carcano before (which would have been just about every cop in Dallas, or the Southwest US for that matter). More importantly the Mauser thing came from officer buzz around the TSBD, it was never officially identified as such. The recovery of the rifle is on film.
It is evidence of Oswald's guilt because he owned THE rifle that made the shots, and the rifle was recovered from the floor where he was working that day. Had he bought at standard hunting rifle or M-1 Garand in .762 it would be possible to cast doubt, but he bought a Carcano that required a specific caliber.
Has never been in dispute. There was still a round left in the rifle.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305136
There were no bullets recovered from any victim in the limo. Fragments, yes, but how do you tie them to the Carcano allegedly found in TSBD?
It's called "Ballistics". The fragments were large enough to reveal the rifling, shape, and size of the round, and all are identified as 6.5x52mm round.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305151
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305150
This isn't magic, all one needs is a good microscope.
The first bullet that struck was found at Parkland, and was mostly intact, which is a trait of the 6.5x52mm bullet when fired into mostly soft tissue.
I know CT-loons hate this, but that's the reality of this weapon.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/305144
1. Did Oswald kill Tippit too? Evidence?
His gun, retrieved FROM HIS HAND while attempting to shoot a second policemen in the theater. Eye witnesses saw him shoot Tippit.
2. If so, how is this evidence of him killing JFK?
Shooting a policeman is the act of a desperate man who was attempting to escape...unless you're someone who decides to shoot cops on your lunch hour. It's not a stand-alone event. Look at the facts:
Oswald is on the 6th floor when JFK is shot, he leaves his rifle there.
Oswald flees the TSBD.
Oswald returns to his rooming house to change clothes, and takes his pistol with him.
Oswald shoots Tippit. Why? Why would an innocent man shoot a cop if he allegedly doesn't even know the President has been shot?
Oswald attempts to kill a second policeman in the Texas Theater. Why? Is this something an innocent man does?
Oswald's actions on 11/22/63 taken in total prove his guilt.
His actions in the weeks prior the assassination are even more damning. His trip to Mexico City to obtain visas to either Russia or Cuba. His attempt on General Walker's life. His stalking of tall buildings along the parade route prior to the assassination asking for rooftop access. These are not the actions of an innocent man.
The key is the Carcano. He could have chosen any other surplus rifle in .762 and his bullets would have been common in Texas, and everywhere else in the US in 1963, but he didn't - he bought a Carcano. Conventional wisdom says he did so because it was the cheapest rifle he could buy, but he lived in Texas where guns were sold everywhere including hardware stores. He could have walked into any pawn shop and picked up an M-1 Garand for maybe $10 more than he paid for his mail-order Carcano. The M-1 was the rifle he was trained on while he was a Marine, so it would have made better sense to buy a weapon he could use in his sleep.
Yet he bought the Carcano. Why?
Was he that cheap? Maybe. Was he that dumb? Maybe.
Here's something to consider; maybe he chose the rifle because it stood out. It came with a scope, and the fact that it was Italian made it exotic. Oswald, being a Marine, certainly would have understood that 6.5x52mm is not an every day round like the .762, and would stand out if he used it in a crime.
And maybe that's what he wanted.
You don't kill JFK because you want to be anonymous. His actions and demeanor while in DPD custody were of a man loving the spotlight. He had finally found the fame that alluded him in his defection to Russia, and was absent on his return from Russia to the US. For the first time in his life he was somebody, and he was going to milk it for everything that he could.
So it all comes back to his choice of weapon; a rifle chambered for a proprietary round that would point back to its user. If you understand ballistics the Carcano is the ultimate smoking gun.
