The shots, which hit President Kennedy, believed to have been fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. A Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, the murder weapon, was found on the sixth floor of the building. For a riflemen situated on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository the shots were pretty easy since the motorcade of the president was moving slowly and virtually a straight line with the alignment of the assassin’s rifle. The Mannlicher-Carcano found in the Texas School Book Depository had attached to it, a four-power telescope that made the shots on Kennedy’s head and arm even easier for the assassin. Oswald’s wife, Marina, testified that see saw Lee going out of their house, taking the Mannlicher-Carcano wrapped in a raincoat for target practise. Marina Oswald testified that see saw Lee sitting on the porch at night, handling the Mannlicher-Carcano attached with the telescopic lens. Examinations of the cartridges found around the Mannlicher-Carcano suggest they would have been loaded and ejected from the assassination weapon before, which would indicate Oswald practised using the bolt. This supports the Warren Commission because it is saying that Oswald knew how to use the Mannlicher-Carcano and it was possible for him to assassinate JFK during his motorcade was travelling down the Elm Street.
Lee Harvey Oswald disliked American’s and would have killed JFK for psychological and personal matters. Oswald sent a letter to his brother, when he was in the Soviet Union stating that he would kill any American who defended the American government, he believed he no longer had any attachment with the US and wanted to live in the Soviet Union for the rest of his life. On October 21, 1959, Oswald was denied citizenship in the Soviet Union and soon after that, he attempted suicide and was taken to a hospital in Moscow. This shows to what extents Oswald could reach when he faced an emotional crisis and had few options available. It has to be taken into consideration that the atmosphere of Dallas could have influenced Oswald. The main things that could have influenced Oswald were the anti-Kennedy newspaper advertisements and the distribution of handbills during President Kennedy’s visit. The influence of Dallas could have been a major cause for Oswald’s actions on 22nd November 1963.
The Zapruder film was filmed by Abraham Zapruder. It is the only film of the whole assassination of President Kennedy. The Zapruder film shows the rear of the president’s head getting dislocated from the rest of the body. This suggests the bullet must have entered from the front since bullets need a larger space to exit. From the film we can also see that Kennedy moves backwards violently after the fatal head shot. Normally your body would move in the direction of the bullet, so Kenney must have been shot from his front (possibly from the grassy knoll). If the bullet was shot from the front, the Warren Report must be wrong. This is because the Warren Report states that the shots on JFK were shot from the Texas School Book Depository which was behind JFK’s motorcade when he was shot, which meant the front of the President’s head should have been dislocated.
The Warren Report states Oswald used a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle to assassinate President Kennedy. The condition of the rifle found on the sixth floor of the Book Depository was “cheap and old”. According to the commission, the three shots from this gun were fired in 5.6 seconds, in this time period it hit the President twice and two other men atleast once. This particular rifle had a defective bolt which meant it took more time to fire shots, the telescopic sight was wrongly positioned which caused the rifle to fire high on the right. None of these problems support the Warren Report because they suggest three shots could not be fired accurately in a time span of 5.6 seconds. The “magic bullet” theory suggests that one bullet hit Kennedy in the back, exited his neck and then continued to hit Connally in the back, wrist and leg. The bullet was afterwards found on Connolly’s stretcher in Parkland which meant it fell out of his leg. The bullet was in perfect condition and didn’t look like it had gone through two people. Tests conducted on bullets Oswald supposedly used show that if a Mannlicher-Carcano bullet is fired on a piece of bone, the bullet ends up being severely damaged. This experiment suggests the magic bullet theory cannot be correct. This also means the Warren Report’s theory is wrong.
Different conspiracy theories on the Kennedy assassination were invented by people around the world. One theory stated that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby knew each other and were part of a conspiracy. This theory was called Oswald and Ruby and was made by Dave Reitzes. Dave Reitzes believed while Lee Harvey Oswald was in the marines another person named Lee Oswald was in New Orleans trying to join the Cuban exile army. Jack Ruby was known to have run a well funded operation, running arms to Castro in the late 1950s. Neighbours of Jack Ruby’s house in Texas, remember his weekend trips to Cuba in a 50-feet truck with guns. Dozens of people claim to have seen Oswald and Ruby in the summer of 1963. William Crowe, an entertainer in the Carousel Club told the Press he was positive that he saw Oswald in the Carousel Club. Stripper Kathy Kay told several Dallas newsmen that she'd seen Oswald with Ruby in the Carousel before the assassination and had even danced with them on one occasion. This theory suggests there was a conspiracy and Jack Ruby could have killed Oswald to stop him from testifying about the Cuban exiles.
Another theory was called “The Vietnam Theory” The family of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem ordered the assassination on JFK in revenge for a U.S.-backed coup in which Diem was gunned down violently. Believers initially included Lyndon Johnson in this theory.
The “FBI theory” states that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover knew that Kennedy would replace him after his 70th birthday but Lyndon Johnson would exempt his retirement. The theory says, Hoover knew of assassination plans but did nothing to stop it, or ordered Oswald to kill JFK.
The evidence covered in this essay suggests it was possible for Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate President Kennedy. The position of cartons in the Texas School Book Depositary, the statements of eyewitness’ who saw Oswald handle the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle before the assassination, tells us that Lee Harvey Oswald could have killed Kennedy. There is also evidence to prove Oswald didn’t kill President Kennedy. The evidence for this is that the gun had a defective bolt which meant the shots took longer to fire, the telescopic sight was not in the correct position which means the shots were inaccurate. On the basis of the evidence I conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President John F. Kennedy with a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. Although, I believe the magic bullet theory was wrong because it is not possible for a bullet to turn at that speed and cause seven wounds without being damaged.
