Posted on 10/22/2021 7:38:59 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Seriously, someone could have wanted the cinematographer dead, and framed Baldwin for the murder.
What a plot twist that would be.
Thank you for that explanation, so many others are assuming Baldwin was doing something stupid or intentional. I may not like the guy but I find it difficult to believe he was intentionally discharging a firearm at real people.
I always test the over penetration of my handloads, especially when I am loading and shooting blanks at other people.
This one was reported to have one live round.
Here’s a question- Why isn’t it a rule to never allow anyone to be in front of a gun when filming a scene?
It violates the the 1st and 2nd rules of gun safety-always treat any gun as loaded and never point it at anything you don’t want to die.
I saw an old “Murder, She Wrote” like this. Now that old lady has seen it all!
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048295916/props-gun-death-injuries-rust-movie-set-rare
“When I’m doing a training session with a performer, my main guideline, the heartbeat of the conversation, is to make sure that they are treating any weapon — whether it’s a bladed weapon or a firearm — as if it could potentially kill somebody. And those are usually the words I use,” said UCLA’s Williams. “It’s a serious situation and everyone’s got to be on their game.”
Hollywood adheres to Safety Bulletins, written and distributed by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee, for standards on weapon and prop safety, as well as other rules.
In the first bulletin addressing firearms and the use of blank ammunition, the document notes prominently: “TREAT ALL FIREARMS AS THOUGH THEY ARE LOADED.” It goes on to say live ammunition is to never be used nor brought onto a set.
However, these are recommendations and not binding law.
Involuntary manslaughter, perhaps? Clearly I'm not a lawyer either.
That’s a good safety protocol, FRiend. :-)
If you’re filming a scene where on person shoots another it’s hard not to violate some of those rules. It’s been done many, many times throughout movie history.
I agree and understand about teaching the kids. I have five and was teaching to use a 410 as an anti-snake gun. We had targets and each one fired a shot, then around again. My youngest daughter ran in front of the barrel to look at what happened to the target “snake” just as the shot had been fired. No real issue, the shot had already happened, but I used this as an opportunity.
I chewed her up six ways from Sunday on never running in front of a barrel and made the other children stand there and listen. She was bawling, sobbing and crying by the time it was all over, but none of them ever forget.
Or maybe someone set him up.
https://uproxx.com/movies/alec-baldwin-live-bullet-round-prop-gun-halyna-hutchins/
I agree with your assessment but why was there a live round in the gun?
The Hollywood spin is revving up.
Next, they will engage the fifth-column media afterburners to avoid mention of “negligent manslaughter” or “negligent homicide.”
True, blanks don’t have a bullet at the end, but the blast from the exploding powder is certainly enough to kill a person at close range. There are a number of instances where a person with a handgun loaded with blanks put the muzzle to their head and pulled the trigger, fully expecting that nothing would happen - and they died on the spot from the expanding gases penetrating their skull and entering the brain.
He should be in jail until they figure it out, just like would happen to any of us.
The person in possession of the gun is always responsible to clear and make safe
Just wondering about that NPR article.
Is that How do you want your steak ~ “Rare”,
or like we like our abortions? ~ “Safe, legal and rare”?
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