"It is hard to find anyone with a truly open mind."

I'm fully in agreement with you on that, Ron. It's almost impossible to find anyone with a truly open mind. People's impression of anything or anyone is usually formed quite early and very quickly...after that, they simply devote further efforts to solidifying and defending their first impression.

My impression, from watching the Zapruder film, and from the comments of numerous eyewitnesses in Dealy Plaza on that day, is that some of the shots (not all of the shots) were fired from in front of the motorcade, from the grassy knoll area, and that one of those shots from the front blew out the back of Mr Kennedy's head as it exited. And yes, it does seem totally obvious...to me.

If it doesn't to you, well, there's nothing I can do about that, because you have formed a different initial impression about it for whatever reason (and I'll never really know what your reasons are for the impression you have formed). My thoughts are as opaque to you as yours are to mine. That's the hard thing about human life. We cannot ever know truly what anyone else is thinking...or why...no matter how hard they try to explain it to us.

I have no idea why you find it implausible that someone might have fired shots from in front of Kennedy, why you don't find it quite obvious that someone did, and there's nothing I can do about it. I shrug, I feel a sense of resignation and despair, and I walk away....