[Ben Holmes]

(03-24-2017, 06:33 PM)Nick Principe Wrote:  

(03-24-2017, 05:47 PM)Ben Holmes Wrote:  (38) Oswald was the sole owner of the revolver found in his possession on arrest.

It's possible... I find the evidence that Oswald owned a pistol far stronger and more credible than that for the Mannlicher Carcano. But owning a pistol that wasn't used to shoot JFK and could not be ballistically matched by the FBI for the Tippit murder is just as credible evidence against Oswald as the thousands of other people in Dallas that day who owned a pistol.

Indeed, the police arresting Oswald all had pistols. The mere possession of a legally owned firearm has never been 'proof' that someone committed a crime.

It certainly speaks to Bugliosi's desperation, that he thinks a resident of Texas owning a gun should count as "irrefutable evidence" of non-conspiratorial guilt. Frankly in the state of Texas, it's more suspicious *not* to own a gun.

That's true!

I can't say that I've ever done anything more than visit the great state of Texas, but it's pretty common knowledge that their laws are very friendly towards those who wish to own guns... and that owning a gun in Texas is fairly common.

It's worth noting that Bugliosi was in California, a state notoriously difficult for gun owners...