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In reply to the discussion: A short history of lone nuts shooting US presidents. [View all]nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)42. That's possible, I suppose.
However, you've now got over a dozen conspirators on Kennedy's route, any one of whom could be caught and implicated in the plot.
There are now at least three weapons (one per site), which have to be disposed of without being seen or discovered.
Then there's the issue of what the conspirators would have done had they failed to kill Kennedy at the third site. After all, at least three shots were fired in Dealey Plaza and only one of them was necessarily fatal. I'm not sure that qualifies as the work of a professional team.
Finally, there is the question of whether or not any witnesses reported shots being fired at the other sites.
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From my reading there were three professional assassination teams in Dallas the day Kennedy was
avaistheone1
Dec 2013
#39
A couple of times I've read that credible threats have been off the charts since 2008
Hekate
Dec 2013
#38
So they weren't lone nuts as your OP claimed? And you forgot about the attempt on FDR, not
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#19
You should learn to read more than headlines and perhaps you would not be so easily duped.
The Midway Rebel
Nov 2013
#26
Maybe if you posted facts? The OP has made a claim that has been debunked already.
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#20
so even when there are 2 assassins or the Booth conspiracy, they are ALL "lone nuts" ?
KurtNYC
Nov 2013
#24