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Jan. 27, 1963: Oswald thinks about buying a gun

Jan. 27, 1963: Oswald thinks about buying a gun

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Jefferson Morley
Jan 27, 2013
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On this day in 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald is thinking about buying a gun. The CIA is paying attention to him and his wife.

Oswald's pistol

The 23-year-old ex-Marine is living on Elsbeth Street in Dallas (in a building that was torn down earlier this month). He works at the Jagger-Chiles-Stovall graphic arts company and is taking typing lessons at night. He l…

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