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[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

You are absolutely right. There is no question in my mind, either, that the head shot came from the front. It is so blatantly evident in the films from that day. Also, if you read many of the witnesses' testimony given the FBI or directly to the Warren Commission, a large number of people in Dealey Plaza said they heard shots coming from the front as well as behind. Of course, the Warren Commission just dismissed them all as being mistaken. Many, many people described hearing either 3 or 4 shots with 2 of them coming almost instantaneously. Since the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle requires a minimum of a second or two to chamber a round, re-aim, etc., this meant that it couldn't be a single person shooting. The Warren Commission just dismissed them all as being mistaken. Governor Connally said without reservation that he and Kennedy were hit by separate bullets. This would effectively eliminate the 'magic bullet theory.' He was sure of this point. But, again, he was deemed to be mistaken by the geniuses on the Warren Commission.

Sure, sure. WC apologists simply state that eyewitness testimony is so unreliable. I get that. But every single one of these people is wrong? Give me a break.

This stuff drives me absolutely insane!!!!!!!

It is maddening to me, also. Just the spray of bone and brain matter that comes flying off his head at the moment the bullet slams directly into the SIDE of his head looks to me to go either straight up (because it has no place else to go) or behind him. Can't they do Newton's Law on that and figure out where the bullet came from? I know, the limo was also moving--at a blazing 11 miles and hour. I guess the driver never got the memo that if you hear what could possibly be a gun shot, floor that 500CC pedal. This guy actually puts on the brakes at one point during the fusillade, and it's only on the third shot that he gets the Lincoln going. I'm not nearly as interested in the forensics of the case than in who was behind it, but it's all endlessly fascinating to me. Just one of the countless amazing pieces of trivia--it was the most photographed murder in history.