Post by Rob Caprio on May 28, 2019 9:17:43 GMT -5
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Why was the scope on the rifle sighted for a left-handed man when Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) was right-handed?
In CE 2147 (Chief Curry Press Conference held on November 24, 1963) the question is asked about what hand LHO favors.
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Q. Is Oswald right-handed?
Curry. I don’t know. I haven’t seen him write. I mean, I haven’t seen him do anything that would indicate whether he was right or left. (CE 2147, p. 17)
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This is interesting for several reasons. Firstly, how do you NOT know by 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 1963, what hand your former prisoner favored? I mean you had him in custody for sometime so this should have been a given. Secondly, this shows us LHO did NOT sign any WAIVER of his rights since Curry ADMITTED he did NOT see LHO write anything (i.e. sign away his rights), so why was LHO NOT given a lawyer as he requested?
The answer was available from his wife of course and if we head back to CE 1401 we see this comment by Marina.
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Marina said Oswald was right-handed…(CE 1401, p. 763; p. 3 in original)
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So why was the scope set for a left-handed person? For those WC defenders who want to claim this is not so, please look at the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) conclusion by their Firearms Panel then. This is said in their volumes.
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(101) The telescopic sight was attached to a mount, which itself was attached to the LEFT SIDE of the rifle. (HSCA VII, p. 365) (Emphasis added)
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Why would LHO mount the scope in this way OR leave it this way since he was right-handed? In HSCA testimony though they would try and downplay this by saying there is “no such thing as a left-handed” scope, but we all know that is bunk.
Mr. MCDONALD. Does the method of mounting the scope on a rifle affect or have any influence on whether the rifle can be fired by a left-handed person?
Mr. LUTZ. The manner in which it is attached does not dictate whether it can be fired either left or right handed.
Mr. MCDONALD. Well, with the scope on 139, could it be possibly classified as a left-handed scope?
Mr. LUTZ. Definitely not. There is no such thing as a left-handed scope.
Shooting is very much an eye-hand coordinated event. The eye you use for aiming is on the same side as the hand you favor. For example, a left-handed person would use their LEFT eye for aiming and the weapon would be placed up against their LEFT shoulder, thus, the scope needed to be mounted on the LEFT side of the barrel. This is just common sense and for the WC and HSCA to deny this is silly. A right-handed person would do the EXACT OPPOSITE and the scope would be mounted on the RIGHT side of the barrel, but the scope is mounted on the LEFT side on CE 139. This alone shows us LHO did NOT use the rifle on November 22, 1963, or at any other time.
Ironically, LHO did know someone quite well who was LEFT-HANDED though. Here is the REST of the quote from above.
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Marina said Oswald was right-handed AND his brother Robert, was LEFT-HANDED. (CE 1401, p. 763; p. 3 in original) (Emphasis added)
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Could CE 139 have been in the possession of Robert Oswald? Just a thought as I have NO idea. Also, as a nod to John Armstrong, does anyone know if the LHO born in New Orleans was left-handed?
The WC also covered this in CE 2560 which was a FBI reply to Mr. Eisenberg of the WC. It said as follows:
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The gunsmith observed that the as we received it was installed as if for a LEFT-HANDED man. (CE 2560, p. 799) (Emphasis added)
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If the conclusion of the WC was correct (and it isn't), why would LHO have used a scope mounted for a left-handed person when he was RIGHT-HANDED?
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Why was the scope on the rifle sighted for a left-handed man when Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) was right-handed?
In CE 2147 (Chief Curry Press Conference held on November 24, 1963) the question is asked about what hand LHO favors.
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Q. Is Oswald right-handed?
Curry. I don’t know. I haven’t seen him write. I mean, I haven’t seen him do anything that would indicate whether he was right or left. (CE 2147, p. 17)
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This is interesting for several reasons. Firstly, how do you NOT know by 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 1963, what hand your former prisoner favored? I mean you had him in custody for sometime so this should have been a given. Secondly, this shows us LHO did NOT sign any WAIVER of his rights since Curry ADMITTED he did NOT see LHO write anything (i.e. sign away his rights), so why was LHO NOT given a lawyer as he requested?
The answer was available from his wife of course and if we head back to CE 1401 we see this comment by Marina.
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Marina said Oswald was right-handed…(CE 1401, p. 763; p. 3 in original)
www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh22/html/WH_Vol22_0397a.htm
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So why was the scope set for a left-handed person? For those WC defenders who want to claim this is not so, please look at the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) conclusion by their Firearms Panel then. This is said in their volumes.
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(101) The telescopic sight was attached to a mount, which itself was attached to the LEFT SIDE of the rifle. (HSCA VII, p. 365) (Emphasis added)
www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol7/html/HSCA_Vol7_0188a.htm
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Why would LHO mount the scope in this way OR leave it this way since he was right-handed? In HSCA testimony though they would try and downplay this by saying there is “no such thing as a left-handed” scope, but we all know that is bunk.
Mr. MCDONALD. Does the method of mounting the scope on a rifle affect or have any influence on whether the rifle can be fired by a left-handed person?
Mr. LUTZ. The manner in which it is attached does not dictate whether it can be fired either left or right handed.
Mr. MCDONALD. Well, with the scope on 139, could it be possibly classified as a left-handed scope?
Mr. LUTZ. Definitely not. There is no such thing as a left-handed scope.
Shooting is very much an eye-hand coordinated event. The eye you use for aiming is on the same side as the hand you favor. For example, a left-handed person would use their LEFT eye for aiming and the weapon would be placed up against their LEFT shoulder, thus, the scope needed to be mounted on the LEFT side of the barrel. This is just common sense and for the WC and HSCA to deny this is silly. A right-handed person would do the EXACT OPPOSITE and the scope would be mounted on the RIGHT side of the barrel, but the scope is mounted on the LEFT side on CE 139. This alone shows us LHO did NOT use the rifle on November 22, 1963, or at any other time.
Ironically, LHO did know someone quite well who was LEFT-HANDED though. Here is the REST of the quote from above.
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Marina said Oswald was right-handed AND his brother Robert, was LEFT-HANDED. (CE 1401, p. 763; p. 3 in original) (Emphasis added)
www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh22/html/WH_Vol22_0397a.htm
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Could CE 139 have been in the possession of Robert Oswald? Just a thought as I have NO idea. Also, as a nod to John Armstrong, does anyone know if the LHO born in New Orleans was left-handed?
The WC also covered this in CE 2560 which was a FBI reply to Mr. Eisenberg of the WC. It said as follows:
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The gunsmith observed that the as we received it was installed as if for a LEFT-HANDED man. (CE 2560, p. 799) (Emphasis added)
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If the conclusion of the WC was correct (and it isn't), why would LHO have used a scope mounted for a left-handed person when he was RIGHT-HANDED?