Sorry to drag this back up to the surface, But it's been quiet on this board, and I saw some posts that I hadn't replied to, so…

(10-02-2014 02:01 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(10-02-2014 12:59 PM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  Not to mention no one has ever duplicated the shots with the very same weapon.

The same shots and timing were easily duplicated.

My understanding is that some highly trained, highly-skilled marksmen (including the one who, eventually, conceptualized the so-called "Mortal Error" theory of the shooting) have, periodically, been able to duplicate Oswald's speed and accuracy. But they (the duplicates) have not come easily.

(10-03-2014 08:57 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Oswald was clearly qualified as a marksman and his military record and files on this fact are irrefutable. Oswald was shooting from a protected, comfortable firing position with little stress or outside influence.

The knowledge that he was about to shoot and perhaps kill the President of the United States seems like the sort of thing that would cause stress in a man.

Quote:[JFK], while moving, was not far away and was traveling in a straight line. Independent investigations have corroborated that a shooter, even a relatively inexperienced user, using the exact same rifle, in the exact same time frame, could hit a target in this situation.

True. But Kennedy was hit twice: once in the lower-neck / top-of-the-spine, and once in the head. Even for a Marine, that is remarkable accuracy.

Quote:There was a lone gunman. This is no longer theory, it's fact. The case for Oswald acting alone is just as solid as the cases for Hinkley and Chapman acting alone.

The "Mortal Error" theory acknowledges and encompasses the Lone Gunman: the two shots fired by the Lone Gunman set in motion the "Mortal Error" chain of events.

(10-12-2014 12:44 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  

(09-26-2014 11:08 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  the combined weight of the JFK and RFK assassinations -- and you can sort of include MLK in there, too, since it happened in the same era -- had a profound (and negative) impact on the people of that generation, IMHO.

Made for a great song.

Not my favorite of the '60s folk/pop phase. But yes those are very memorable lyrics and Dion made powerful use of them.