Martin,
It's worse to have two firearms than one. Oswald could have claimed that he was taking the disassembled rifle to a gun-shop for repair. Two guns has an aura of "armed-to-the-teeth". Not a good look when the President was going to drive by the TSBD later in the day.
It's reasonable to surmise what Officer Baker would have done if he (minus Truly) encountered Oswald "moving away from him" in the 2nd floor lunchroom. Frisk the suspect for a weapon is standard Police practice. Agree?
Oswald may have declined to take the revolver to work on Friday 22 November 1963 because of the "previous day" logistics that would be necessary to do that. Taking the S&W revolver to the Paine's on Thursday afternoon meant a risk of Marina spotting the handgun and being suspicious of the reason for him carrying the weapon. You know: Walker, Nixon (the vice-president) etc.
Oswald'd past life demonstrates his shrewdness.
-- Conning Soviet officials into letting him stay in the USSR.
-- His calm though deceptive performance on Radio in New Orleans.
It's worse to have two firearms than one. Oswald could have claimed that he was taking the disassembled rifle to a gun-shop for repair. Two guns has an aura of "armed-to-the-teeth". Not a good look when the President was going to drive by the TSBD later in the day.I don't really see the difference, to be honest. Bringing a rifle to work at a building where the President is going to pass by wouldn't look good by itself, regardless of the excuse given for it. In fact, a revolver might actually be the lesser of two evils because for shooting at the President from a building a revolver wouldn't be the best choice of weapon.
It's reasonable to surmise what Officer Baker would have done if he (minus Truly) encountered Oswald "moving away from him" in the 2nd floor lunchroom. Frisk the suspect for a weapon is standard Police practice. Agree? Frisking a guy who has just bought a coke from a vending machine at the 2nd floor doesn't seem likely for an officer who was under the impression the shots might have come from the roof. Also, frisking would require probable cause (and there was none at the time) and would have delayed Baker on his way to the roof.... so, no, I don't think it's reasonable to surmise what Baker would have done.
Oswald may have declined to take the revolver to work on Friday 22 November 1963 because of the "previous day" logistics that would be necessary to do that. Taking the S&W revolver to the Paine's on Thursday afternoon meant a risk of Marina spotting the handgun and being suspicious of the reason for him carrying the weapon. Point taken but not really understood. Oswald had allegedly been taking risks for nearly two months with the rifle, from the moment he supposedly gave it to Ruth Paine, wrapped in a blanket, in New Orleans when she picked up Marina. That didn't seem to bother him much and he also seems unconcerned about hiding the rifle somewhere in the TSBD (which is what he had to have done) during the entire morning with lots of people moving around in the building, so why no take a similar risk and hide the revolver there also on Thursday?
You know: Walker, Nixon (the vice-president) etc. Sorry, no I don't know.... Not really. All I know is the official version which is mainly based on Marina's tales....
Oswald'd past life demonstrates his shrewdness.
-- Conning Soviet officials into letting him stay in the USSR.
-- His calm though deceptive performance on Radio in New Orleans.
Really?
