Reply #35: The rifle was far too long to have been carried into the building as...

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...was claimed by the WC. The WC claimed that the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle had been broken down and placed in a bag fashioned from the brown wrapping paper found in the Texas School Book Depository. They additionally claimed that the bag was carried into the TSBD by Oswald cupping one end of the bag with one hand while the other end fit under his armpit.

Sorry, but even when the rifle was broken down, it could NOT be carried that way because one of the two pieces was far too long to have rested in one of Oswald's hands and fit under his armpit. This information is found in the WC exhibits and documents from which the final report was drawn.

As to your claim that the overwhelming number of witnesses stated that the shots came from the TSBD, perhaps you would have been better-served to have done some research before making that kind of comment. Take a look at this website where the witnesses are broken down by what they actually said in their eyewitness testimony, not what they've been reported to have said by WC apologists:

216 Witnesses to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Sorted by Source of Shots
<http://www.history-matters.com/analysis/Witness/Sort216Witness.htm>

"216 Witnesses
52 Knoll
48 Depository
5 Knoll & Depository
4 Elsewhere
37 Could Not Tell
70 Not Asked"

...or try this...

Issue #1 "Case Closed or Posner Exposed?"
<http://www.assassinationweb.com/shack1b.htm>

"...but is apparently unaware of Craig Ciccone's catalog of 326 witnesses, of whom 90 reported shots from the knoll, 46 from the Depository, and 6 from both. (141)"

Additionally, no photograph or piece of film from that time shows Oswald in the 6th floor corner window of the TSBD at the time of the shooting. What we do have is very vaguely worded "testimony" in the WC that was used by the WC to further nail down a case against Oswald. There is, however, a photograph showing Oswald out front of the TSBD watching the motorcade when the shooting begins. Claims have been made to indicate a fellow by the name of Lovelady was standing at that location, but Oswald was later arrested wearing the same shirt as shown in the photo. Lovelady was wearing a shirt with a different pattern altogether.

I personally believe a shot, or shots, were fired from behind the Presidential limo, but more likely originated from the Dal-Tex Building. The Dal-Tex Building was located on the corner of Houston and Elm Streets, across the street from the TSBD. A shooter firing from the third floor of this building would have had a better view down Elm Street unobstructed by trees. A shot hitting the back of JFK's head from the TSBD would have had a better chance of going on and striking Mrs. Connally rather than Gov. Connally.

But, I slso believe, based on the photographic evidence that has been made available over the last few decades that there was at least one shot fired from the vicinity of the Grassy Knoll. To claim otherwise is to ignore or dispute the overwhelming majority of eye witnesses as the WC tried to do.