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by ttctciyf 1014 days ago
> how does that upend anything?

If the story in the article is true, the bullet Landis found - i.e. the famous "magic bullet" - could not have wounded both Kennedy and Governor Connally and have been shot from the Book Depository (to Kennedy's rear) as the so-called single-bullet theory[0] requires, so it upends the Warren Commission's version of the assassination completely.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-bullet_theory

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There is nothing magical about the bullet. The governor was sitting in front and to the right of Kennedy as you can see here:

* https://spacecoastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/JFK-A...

look at the arms. Kennedy is resting his arm on the car frame and Connally cannot. The seat he is in is not lined up with where Kennedy is. The bullet needs no magic to go in a straight line.

"Magic bullet" is just the most recognisable name for CE399[0], nothing supernatural implied by my use of it.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-bullet_theory