Sharpshooter and JFK

If any nutjob CTists can prove to me that a bullet can travel in a zig-zag pattern during its flight (with 1963's technology) then I'd take them seriously. If not, then they're still retarded after 48 yrs.
 
9/11 Chewy Defense said:
If any nutjob CTists can prove to me that a bullet can travel in a zig-zag pattern during its flight (with 1963's technology) then I'd take them seriously. If not, then they're still retarded after 48 yrs.
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My neighbor was chatting with Mom the next day. "CIA done it, I just know it!"

He also thought he could remember his military service. He had served with Geo. Washington at Valley Forge.
 
It's not so amazing that such myths endure; what is astonishing is that people actually believe them in spite of their being busted time after time.

For the record, no one has ever duplicated Oswald's shooting feat.

Some shooters did better (some did a LOT better, assuming being a more efficient, accurate and successful murderer would count as "doing better"), some did worse. But no one duplicated the feat exactly. Which proves ... what, exactly?

I'm reminded of Tom Watson's winning chip in the 1982 U.S. Open. Watson chipped from the rough a short distance, his ball hitting the pin and dropping into the cup. After the event, several golfers--some of them among the best golfers on Earth--tried to duplicate the shot. None could. Even Watson himself gave it several goes, and he never even came close. This wasn't a case of some did better, some did worse. This was a case of EVERYONE did worse, a case where a relatively short-distance shot could not be duplicated in dozens (if not hundreds) of attempts. Certainly no one is going to argue (are they??) that Watson could not have possibly made his shot in the Open because no one else could later duplicate it?
 
Brown said:
For the record, no one has ever duplicated Oswald's shooting feat.

Some shooters did better (some did a LOT better, assuming being a more efficient, accurate and successful murderer would count as "doing better"), some did worse. But no one duplicated the feat exactly. Which proves ... what, exactly?
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Yup, nothing. And if Oswald had missed, he'd be a footnote in history books. He'd be the male version of Lynette Fromme or Sara Jane Moore, and even most people who knew about him would have to check his name in Wikipedia before mentioning him on this forum.
 
Thunder said:
the bullet flew straight. no zig-zagging took place.

stop watching Oliver Stone movies to get your history.
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Mark Lane's book, the first of a never-ending series of garbage misrepresented the bullet path between the two men.... deliberately.
My criteria for the worth of any of the follow-on books is whether or not they accept that.
If they do, the book is garbage, and only useful as a curiosity.
Just about all them do.
"Pictures of the Pain", by goes into this, as does "Case Closed" by Posner.
Livingstone and Groden promote the zig-zag bullet.
 
All the recreations try to get off 3 shots in 6 seconds. A real recreation would be to shoot until you hit the target in the head. I daresay most experienced shooters would not need a second shot.
 
matt.tansy said:
I daresay most experienced shooters would not need a second shot.
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I'm not disputing that, but let's not forget that the live situation isn't target practice. If you were an experienced shooter and an experienced presidential assassin, I'd expect you to finish the job with one shot. If you're just an experienced shooter, I'll cut you some slack. Like two extra bullets worth of it.
 
timhau said:
Yup, nothing. And if Oswald had missed, he'd be a footnote in history books. He'd be the male version of Lynette Fromme or Sara Jane Moore, and even most people who knew about him would have to check his name in Wikipedia before mentioning him on this forum.
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I do remember that two women attempted to assassinate Ford, but if you'd asked me their names, I would have probably said "Squeaky Fromme and whatshername". I'm not sure I would have remembered that Fromme's real first name was Lynette, or spelled her last name correctly.
 
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