Mr. Belin. In what way did it influence them?
Mr. Baker. To me it was immediately a rifle shot. A lot of the solo officers said they thought it was the backfire from a motorcycle because you can make those motorcycles pop pretty loud. But that instant it just, I don't know, it just hit me as a rifle shot.
Senator Cooper. How long have you been firing a rifle?
Mr. Baker. Say, from the time I was about 17 years old.
Senator Cooper. Have you fired other types of rifles other than the one you used?
Mr. Baker. Yes, sir; the first one I had was a 30-30 Marlin lever type.
Senator Cooper. Have you ever seen the rifle that is alleged to have belonged to Lee Oswald?
Mr. Baker. I saw it, a photograph of it, in the newspaper.
Senator Cooper. Do you know what kind of rifle it is?
Mr. Baker. Not offhand. I heard it was some foreign make gun. Most of the boys down there at the police department have had dealings with foreign type guns, rifles, you know of this kind, and a lot of them sell them, and a lot of them rework them, you know, make them into deer rifles.