Quote:6.5 × 52 mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle with a six-round magazine. 

 

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, can get off 3 shots in that period of time with a bolt action rifle.

 

Especially that one because it had a tendency to jam.

 

You can get the shots off but you're probably not hitting your target under 7 seconds.

 

 

Quote:I try my best to be correct, politically so or not.

 

It is not wrong to have an opinion, my interest in the debate is whether it is right to discriminate based on that opinion.

 

As for the flat earth topic, I addressed your assertions in that thread. I won't rehash all of it, the fact is that there were people who believed the earth was flat in significant numbers, especially in Asia, as late as the 19th century. It was nowhere near universally "debunked" 3000 years ago.

 

It isn't discrimination to have a different opinion and to express it. That word is thrown around all the time, but it's dishonest in almost every use. 

 

 

Quote:Simply not true. It has been done. Read up on it.

 

And I like that comment about "probably" LBJ being in on it. Probably? He either was or wasn't.

 

And how could it have been LBJ when it was the CIA? Or wait, I mean the Mafia. Or wait, I mean the Texas oil men. Or wait, I mean the military-industrial complex. Or wait, I mean the Russians. Or wait, I mean the Cubans.

 

We seem to always want a complex solution when the most simple is usually the correct answer. Oswald had motive and opportunity.

 

Technically, it can be fired within 3 seconds. When trained marksmen have difficulty making 3 accurate shots (under 7-8 seconds), it makes it hard to believe that a man who only made marksman while in the Marines could make those 3. Oswald even shot himself accidentally--with a .22. We're supposed to believe he could shoot 3 times with a cheaply-made rifle on a moving target, at the most important man in the world (stress), all while keeping it between 6-7 seconds?

 

I'm not even a big conspiracy theorist. I don't know who or where another shooter would've have been. If this was an actual conspiracy, it would be smart to spread rumors about the alleged involvement of groups that didn't have involvement. It would discredit all of the dissenting opinions, no?

 

I don't know much about the JFK assassination, but I know a little bit about guns and shooting. It's extremely difficult for an expert marksman to make those shots on a target that isn't moving. Factor in a moving vehicle, wind, a poor shooter, and I'd bet that the man who shot himself in the elbow would miss more times than not. Oswald couldn't even hit General Walker from 100 yards. Walker was a bigger target and he wasn't moving. JFK was almost 3 times further away, moving, and smaller. 

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