In short, in this case, JFK was shot to death.
Agree.
That means the null hypothesis here is one shooter, since, given the preceding fact in evidence, the possibility of "no shooter" is eliminated.
At least one shooter, agree.
Thus, any additional shooter must be established,
Agree.
but we know there was at least one, because he died by gunfire.
Agree.
Now, this says nothing about who fired the shots.
Agree.
But separate from the null hypothesis, there was one shooter seen at the time of the shooting,
Do not agree. There are witnesses on the record stating a shooter behind the picket fence on the knoll. That makes it at least two shooters allegedly seen att the time of the shooting.
there was one rifle found,
A Mauser turning Carcano turning murder weapon, yes. Evidence?
None of the shells has the tags they shall have according to the official chain of custody. There is also an additional, non official, chain of custody.
So, how do you handle this?
bullet fragments that were traceable,
What fragments were traceable to what and according to whom? Are you thinking of the disgraced method of neutron activation analysis here?
as well as the nearly whole bullet recovered at Parkland
Chain of custody?
were all ballistically traceable to the one weapon
Evidence?
So while that doesn't eliminate additional shooters, it certainly narrows the scope.
If there is evidence for this, maybe yes. If not, its a completely different game.
We're now looking for unseen shooters
Wrong. There is witnesses for a shooter/shooters in the TSBD as well as on the knoll.
Wrong. Rifle were seen both in TSBD and on the knoll.
that left no trace of themselves behind
It depends on how you define ”trace” in this instance.
- The majority of witnesses said that they herd shots from the knoll.
- A few witnesses reported smell of gun powder behind the fence as well as while passing the knoll in the motorcade.
- A few witnesses reported white smoke gliding down the knoll while hearing shots coming from the same place.
- There is a photography showing white smoke over the knoll seconds after the shooting.
- An unknown man is showing Secret Service credentials to the first policeman arriving behind the fence. No Secret Service were on or around the Dealey Plaza shortly after the shooting.
- JFK’s head is snapping backwards to the left when hit in the head, indicating a shot from the right in front of him —-> the knoll.
- Muddy fotprints on the ground and on car bumpers, and lots of fresh cigarette buts, behind the fence.
- HSCA’s acoustical investigation found five rifle shots on the DPD’s dictabeltrecording from a stuck microphone on a police motorcycle. Four from behind the limo and one from the picket fence on the knoll. P for random noise = 1/100 000.
- HSCA acoustical investigation found no evidence of echos that could be misstaken for the source of the sound = echos can not explain (away) the majority pointing to (and running up to) the picket fence as the source of shot/s.
- The MC police driving behind to the left of the presidents limo says he got splattered from the head shot and given the very low speed, indicating the splatter flying in high speed backwards from the limo ——> headshot from in front to the right —-> the knoll.
- A few witnesses on the Dealey Plaza reporting seeing the back of JFK’s head being blown away, indicating a shot from in front of him.
- Almost everyone who saw JFK’s head wound close up are reporting a big gaping wound in the right back of the head, indicating a shot from the front. Surgeons, forensic pathologists, nurses, forensic photographers, x-ray physichians, agents from Secret Service and the FBI, almost 50 witnesses. A big gaping wound in the right back of the head.
- The team in Parklands trauma room one, who tried to save JFK’s life reported a small round ”punctuated entrance wound” just below JFK’s Adams apple = shot from the front (visible before the tracheotomi).
So, how do you define ”trace” in this particular instance?
Agree.
no fragments that could be eliminated from the found weapon.
Evidence?
It sounds to me like we're looking for evidence of unicorns at this point.
See above.
But that still doesn't establish Oswald fired any shots.
Agree.
But then we look at the weapon, and it was ordered by Oswald
Was it? Evidence?
Was it? Evidence for this?
shipped to Oswald's post office box,
Was it? Any evidence for this?
and possessed by Oswald (he was photographed with it
IF the photo is the real deal (easy to fake) it doesn’t prove anything. The plotters could have manipulated him posing with the rifle for fun.
and it had his prints on it).
Are you sure? Evidence?
It was stored in a place he had access to infrequently
Evidence for this?
Yes. The garage that kept giving ...
and it was found in his place of employment.
The Mauser?
He was seen by two people with a long package the morning of the assassination,
Well, none of them could identify the bag allegedly found in the snipers nest by someone unknown and not photographed before ellegedly picked up. No traces of oil from a broken up rifle, well oiled. Paper bag.
one of whom estimated the package initially at three feet.
Which one of them? Quote?
The rifle was measured at 40 inches.
Frazier said that Oswald carried the bag in his cupped hand beneath his armpit. Impossible if the bag had the broken up Carcano in it.
He made a special trip to the Paine home the night before the assassination.
Not so special, no, and the reason this time was a childrens birthday party that weekend in the Paines Household and that he therefore wanted to see his kids before the weekend.
His prints were determined to be on the trigger guard,
By whom?
his prints were on a sack found near the window where the shooter was seen,
A print but no traces of oil from the broken up well oiled rifle? Hmmm ...
and his prints were on the boxes in that corner.
Yes, he worked with those boxes among others.
He is the only person in the entire history of the world known to have access to the Paine garage and the sixth floor of the Depository.
So?
All this was covered in far greater detail in the threads preceding this one.
Feel free to copy and paste when appropiate. No worries.
Familiarize yourself with the arguments already made, the evidence already cited, and the reason why arguments for conspiracy get no traction.
There are millions of people not buying the lone not Oswald-story. But I guess you’re seldom outside this protected place?
As I said, feel free to copy and paste already made explanations when deemed relevant.
No worries.
