X Marks The Spot

[Jerry Freeman]

Well, for one thing, you don’t know that “the assassin” (sic), much less Oswald, was actually on the sixth floor of the TSBD.

Did readers not see my posts?----Men were seen on the 6th floor. Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney saw them come down the stairs.

[Martin Weidmann]

Did readers not see my posts?----Men were seen on the 6th floor. Deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney saw them come down the stairs.

Where do I find these posts?

[Martin Weidmann]

Indeed. That's his biggest problem. He actually lost the argument some two months ago and still doesn't realize it. It's kinda sad, really.

Like any other fanatical zealot, Richard, can not imagine that his bible (i.e. the official narrative) could possibly be wrong.

Oswald not coming down the stairs unnoticed within 75 seconds after the last shot means that he wasn't on the 6th floor and thus that he could not have shot Kennedy from there. This would destroy a crucial part of the official narrative and justify the question what else there is in the official narrative that could also be wrong.

Obviously, Richard doesn't like or accept any of that, but he is not so dumb that he doesn't understand that he hasn't got a shred of evidence to put Oswald on the 6th floor when the shots were fired (as he claimed) so he falls back on his faith like belief and simply hopes he can BS his way out of the mess he has created from himself by deflection and making (in his mind) big issues out of non-issues.

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled” - Mark Twain

It looks like Richard has finally understood just how big a fool he made of himself and has now crawled back under the rock he calls home.

[Mike Orr]

Did Oswalds pistol misfire when he was wrestling around with McDonald in the Texas Theatre ? Bent firing pin ?

[Andrew Mason]

Did Oswalds pistol misfire when he was wrestling around with McDonald in the Texas Theatre ? Bent firing pin ?

McDonald explained that he had his hand on the butt of the gun.  To fire the revolver, the hammer has to move back first and then move forward to have the firing pin strike the bullet primer.  It seems that his hand prevented the hammer from moving back which meant the gun could not fire.

[Zeon Mason]

So the vent window was open? Why didn’t the man just stick the pistol right thru the

[Zeon Mason]

… and shoot Tippet like a fish in a barrel?

[Richard Smith]

So the vent window was open? Why didn’t the man just stick the pistol right thru the

Note that this is a question that calls for speculation.  So the answer can't be dismissed as speculative by contrarians.  Here goes.  Tippit sees Oswald doing something suspicious that draws his attention.  What exactly we can't ever know but likely the typical tells of criminals on the run when encountered by the police.  Tippit takes notice and decides to pull over and check it out.  Probably not for any reason directly related to the assassination.  Just suspicious behavior.  He asks Oswald a few questions through the window and maybe asks to see his ID.  Oswald likely tries to bull his way out of the situation.  Having just assassinated the president and being concerned that he may already be a suspect in that crime can't ID himself to Tippit without fear of arrest.  This doesn't work.  Tippit decides to exit the car for further discussion.  Oswald can't risk the possibility that he has been identified as a suspect in the assassination.  He realizes then that he had no choice but to kill Tippit while he still has the element of surprise.