JFK: The Smoking Gun

     I am using the title here from the show that aired on Reels about the assasination of John F. Kennedy.  In today's post I will be looking at some of the facts presented by the television show and give my feelings on what was presented and how I am going to put these facts to the test.  Then over the next few weeks or months I will publish my findings.

The first fact that I would like to bring up is the Magic Bullet theory.  The theory had the bullet making dog leg turns,  stopping in mid-air and other magical things that I never before or after heard a bullet doing.  Original sketches from the Warren Report had Gov. Connelly sitting closer to the door however looking at the actual Limo the seats were closer to the center of the car which lines Gov Connelly up to be shot with the round that went through JFKs neck.  Though this fact is not new, It makes me question what is real and what is not with the JFK assasination.  Here you have all these big wig muckily mucks given the job of investigating the assassination and they can not even get the seating diagram right and have to make up a magic bullet theory?  Our tax dollars at work.

On Kennedy there was 7mm and a 6mm hole.  Also through testing the 6.5 Carcano (New not fired) would not fit into the 6mm hole.The 7mm hole was into the neck and was a soft tissue injury and the 6mm hole was into head and was a cranial wound.  Basically what I am going to test is the size of the holes made in soft materials and hard materials when shot and if there is a shrinking of the bullet after it is fired.  My theory being that when a round is fired, the bullet is compressed in the  barrel on it's way out.  If you ever have had a squib round (Low or no powder) and the bullet gets stuck in the barrell either you have to get it drilled out (Preferred) or fire a blank (or 3-4)  through it to get it out (Not preferred)

The authors of the books JFK: The smoking gun and Fatal error have presented a theory that an agent from the secret service actually shot kennedy in the head with a frangible .223 round.  Also after the first shot the said Secret Service Agent fell back when the car sped up and he squeezed the trigger of his AR-15 and accidentally shot Kennedy in the head.  I am going to test this in the same manner by sitting on the back deck of  a convertible and and hold an AR-15 and see where the bullet impacts.  Also I want to test what it takes for a Frangible round to shatter.  From personal experience a frange round wouldn't shatter going through a skull.

The authors also surmise that JFK was shot in the head at a much shallower angle than from the school book depository with the damage and placement in the front of the skull.  Well you can not tell the ballistic path with one hole.  You need at least 2 out there in space.  I am attempting to get some head simulates and I will attempt head shots from both a high angle like Oswald's and then a low angle like that from a a Secret Service Agent from the rear.

One thing I would like to state here is that now I am in the waiting mode.  I have sent in a few requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with the Secret Service, Justice Dept and the FBI.  Again I am trying to get Simulates which I am awaiting an answer back on.  Also I ordered the ammo that all had in the motorcade.  As I test each fact from the show I will post my results here.