My take on JFK Conspiracy Theories and Theorists.

[DanTex]

129. Honestly, there don't seem to be all that many inconsistencies.

Not more than one would expect from an event scrutinized this much. As Vincent Bugliosi pointed out in his book, in every case there are always some facts that don't neatly fit the rest of the evidence -- some witnesses remember things differently, and also just some random things happen. But looking at the evidence in

More concretely, in order to believe the lone nut theory, one has to believe, for example, that Oswald defected to Russia and then came back to the US without being either a CIA or KGB agent. That visiting the Cuban and Russian Embassies in Mexico City a few months before the assassination was really just because he wanted a visa to Cuba, and not some intelligence activity. That Kennedy and Connelly were aligned in such a way that one bullet went through them both. Etc.

But to believe in a conspiracy, you have to explain away much more damning inconsistencies. If Oswald didn't shoot JFK, why was his rifle, and his fingerprints, along with three empty shell casings, found on the fourth floor of the TSBD? Whey was he the only employee that fled the TSBD after the shooting? Why did he shoot a cop that tried to question him afterward? Why did ballistics match the bullets to Oswald's rifle? Etc.

If there was a second shooter at the grassy knoll, why was no person, gun, or casing ever found there? Why are there no entrance wounds found in the front of Kennedy? Why was not bullet found anywhere that found any gun other than Oswalds? Etc.