One of the most notable of perhaps all history's lone-gunman was a fame-seeker in his mid-twenties named Lee Harvey Oswald.
Even after the events of September 11, 2001, Oswald's act, and the chain of events leading up to his act, are forged in American History as one of the worst single tragedies ever.
Oswald sat quietly on one of the upper floors of a dust-filled Dallas, Texas, school-book warehouse ..ate a nice lunch..and then patiently awaited the arrival of his trophy; which, in this case, was a large motorcade carrying the President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Once spotting the black limo coming head-on down the now-famous Dealy Plaza, Oswald likely put down his half-eaten sandwich, grabbed his crude-looking weapon—an Italian-made 6.5 mm., army rifle—and slid open the window he had been peering out of for hours before-hand.
Sticking the barrel of the gun out into the bright noon-day sunshine, Oswald, who was said to be crack shot, likely squinted, then squeezed off two rounds—missing the entire motorcade completely with the first bullet.
But next—perhaps after steadying himself for a second try, the little man with the rusty rifle and fogged-up sights, managed to hit Kennedy low, near the throat. A bullet which is said to have traveled downward, and through the body of the passenger, who happened to be the Governor of Texas, John Connolly.
Finally—taking a deep-breath...and then holding it, Oswald's finger squeezed gently on the trigger one last time.
Finding it's mark, the Carcano rifle bullet struck the front of the President's skull dead-on; completely removing nearly a quarter of it with a grotesque burst/spray of blood, bone, and brain-matter.
The truth behind Oswald's intentions will never be known, or told, as he was then murdered himself by a nightclub owner and gang-member named Jack Ruby while being escorted to court.
"America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable." ~ Hunter S. Thompson
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