This date in 1963

[rightwinger]

His choice of rifles sucked, though. For ten bucks more, he could have bought a scoped M-1917 Enfield. I would have gone with the $89 Garand...

When he died, Oswald had $200 to his name.
Spending $89 on a Garand M1 was out of his price range.

$19.95 was about all he could afford.

Which refutes the idea of some grand conspiracy. You would think the assassination of a President would warrant an investment in a top grade sniper rifle by the Mafia, Russia or CIA

A $19.95 Carcano was a top grade sniper rifle in the hands of a Marine shooting 88 yards at a target moving 11 mph. The limousine was also moving away from the shooter, not horizonyally. So he could have made that shot as far as 200 yards with the same rifle.

Bolt action limits the amount of shots you can get off. Three
For more money he could have gotten a semi automatic and set up a field of fire