Head Shot at z230?

[Bob Prudhomme]

The broken facial bones, in and of themselves, don't tell us anything useful about the nature of the bullet. In order to conclude that the bullet disintegrated inside the skull, you have to ASSUME that the bullet didn't exit the skull. Given the wide debate about the exact location of the large hole in the "right rear" portion of JFK's skull, is this really a safe assumption to make?

I'm NOT trying to hijack your thread, or start a debate on the location of the head wounds. I am asking you to rely on less controversial assumptions (like the well-documented existence of small particles in the skull), which should be sufficient to support your argument.

I don't think you quite follow what I am saying here, Drew.

The problem with the large exit hole in the right rear of JFK's head is this. How would a bullet entering the right temple, just inside the hairline, and exiting the right rear of the head manage to break all of JFK's facial bones? I have shot enough deer with soft and hollow point bullets to know the damage created by a bullet is mainly downstream of the entry point. Therefore, the only way to explain the damage to JFK's head is to assume he was hit in the head by two bullets; one entering in the right rear and one entering later in the right temple. I don't believe the first bullet exited, but the second bullet created a sufficient pressure wave, as it disintegrated into powder, to cause a blowout of the skull in the right rear of JFK's head.

The main point to be made here is that frangible bullets turn to dust and do NOT exit. Any "exit" wound seen is a blowout caused by elevated internal pressures.