Response to Critics
There are a number of critics who believe that Donahue was mistaken about the accidental firing of the AR-15. Their arguments that it simply "didn't happen" seem to stem from these main points:
Additionally, there are a couple of misunderstandings about the theory that I would like to clear up in this section (i.e., that Hickey was accused of being “hung-over,” and that a law-suit filed by Hickey against St. Martins Press “proves” Hickey didn’t do it. The latter is especially interesting in terms of how events got misrepresented and twisted around.
As we will see, none of these arguments really carry much weight.
There are a number of critics who believe that Donahue was mistaken about the accidental firing of the AR-15. Their arguments that it simply "didn't happen" seem to stem from these main points:
- “Accidents don’t get any freakier”;
- No one saw Hickey fire the explosive head shot;
- Questions regarding Donahue’s trajectory analysis;
- The film of bystander Charles Bronson “shows Hickey seated at the moment of the assassination,” and therefore “he couldn’t have fired the fatal head shot;” and
- The HSCA Neutron Activation Analysis “proves” Hickey didn’t do it.
Additionally, there are a couple of misunderstandings about the theory that I would like to clear up in this section (i.e., that Hickey was accused of being “hung-over,” and that a law-suit filed by Hickey against St. Martins Press “proves” Hickey didn’t do it. The latter is especially interesting in terms of how events got misrepresented and twisted around.
As we will see, none of these arguments really carry much weight.