If Oswald did not commit this crime and was framed by the placement of evidence on the 6th floor, then by implication there must have been a conspiracy. If someone comes here endlessly suggesting that Oswald couldn't have done it by, for example, concluding that he didn't come down the stairs, then the only implication that can be drawn is that this person is a CTer. They don't have to espouse a specific nutty theory like they think "LBJ" or the "CIA" was behind the assassination. They merely have to conclude that Oswald didn't do it to be a CTer because there would have to be a conspiracy to frame Oswald for the crime etc. The evidence linking Oswald to the crime did not just magically appear. Suggesting that Oswald didn't or couldn't do it is not the end of the discussion as contrarians desire. That conclusion contains obvious implications for the involvement of others to commit the assassination and then frame Oswald. No matter how much folks like Martin run from the implications of their own baseless conclusions.
Congratulations, Richard. It looks like you're dipping your toe in the right waters and you're coming around. Now all you have to do is take the plunge.
Go to the photo of the reenactment done in Dealey by the FBI. I've posted it numerous times on here. You like to prowl on this site, so look for it and take a look at it. It's not just "buffs" like us [as you'd probably call us], but the FBI was in quite a quandary too. They looked at the autopsy photos [something none of us got to do until years later], put stickers on the JFK stand-in and scratched their heads.
"Wait a minute," they said. "How can the back entrance wound [shown as a sticker on the stand in] come out *above* that wound and go on?" It's physically impossible but clear as day in that photo. I'm sure they also read that the back wound had no exit wound when probed.
That's pretty much the essence of this case. It really doesn't matter if Walt thinks Oswald was cavorting with a Russian gangster in Cuba; it doesn't matter if someone thinks LBJ, Nixon, Ruby or all three were in on it. What matters is the "evidence" cooked up by the government would have easily been disputed and dismissed if Oswald had lived and had a competent lawyer during a trial.
And yes, it does matter if three shells [one bent] were found in the fake sniper's nest, yet an elaborate hiding of the gun supposedly took place, and he was unable to get down there in time like the government wants us to believe. It flies against all reason and comment sense.