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In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)that the so-called 'magic bullet' isn't magic at all. The reason people think it made impossible turns in mid air has as much to do with people's misperception that Connolly was seated in the jump seat directly in front of JFK, rather than slightly towards the center of the car relative to JFK who sat at the far extremity of the rear seat.
IOW, JFK's and Connally's bodies were not perfectly in front of one another, as Connally's was slightly to JFK's left (when looked at from the limousine's rear). The bullet had no need to make any impossible turns. It entered JFK' neck from the rear, exited through his throat and proceeded to hit Connally, EXACTLY AS THE LAW OF PHYSICS PREDICT IT WOULD (PROVIDED THE TWO MEN ARE SEATED AS I INDICATED AND NOT WITH CONNALLY SEATED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF JFK).
The CTists have done America a dis-service by harping on the 'magic bullet,' predicated on duping many Americans into thinking that Connally was seated directly in front of JFK in the limo. Connally was not. And Oswald's second shot hit JFK first and then hit Connally.