Posted on 10/31/2021 1:15:42 PM PDT by conservative98
Fine - I have a modest proposal. Suppose we ban actors with a serious safety violation on their records from ever touching a firearm on set again? We could even call it the Alec Baldwin Rule.
You do you, Alec. We will be responsible for our own guns, even without your free advice.
Baldwin reminds me of the SDS hippie woman beater in Forrest Gump who blames his rage on LBJ.
How surprising that Baldwin would recommend punishing the innocent due to his incompetent malfeasance, which he is dumb enough to admit is rarely matched. He is in no position to give advice on anything, except being a loser, and should just go away.
Follow these two concepts and there will be no more accidental shootings in movieland:
1) Require that everyone on a movie set be taught that you always assume a firearm is loaded with live ammunition until proved otherwise; that you never, ever point a firearm at anything you do not want to shoot/seriously harm/kill; and, while on the set, you never pull the trigger on a firearm while it’s pointed at any living thing. It is easy to fake the angles on camera. Oh, all this is standard procedure already, but Baldwin ignored it because he’s special.
2) Make an example of the one-in-ten-million offenders like Baldwin by prosecuting them criminally, with long sentences and heavy fines for those found guilty. Continued movie careers should be unthinkable. Subject the offenders personally to enormous civil damages. That includes any who allowed a culture of carelessness among their employees and did nothing.
His next production should be a play from prison.
I’m looking forward to the days when Actors and Actresses can be eliminated from movie sets.
So again it is the gun at fault! How about the idiot weilding the gun. It didn’t just jump up and start firing, someone (Baldwin) was in control.
The problem isn’t the firearm. The problem is with the human mishandling of the firearm.
Bump
Or, alternatively...follow me, here...we establish and adhere to strict safety protocols. Just a thought.
I’m extremely interested in a conversation about limiting Alec Baldwin.
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I don’t know if there’s enough boutique stores in New England, NYC, and Santa Fe to cure Alec’s grief.
He has a tough road (or rodeo drive) ahead.
Thanks, Alec....not onto OJ Simpson with his advice on marriage.
Also, I meant to mention that in the podcast I linked SL Huang very much disagrees that guns in movies are the problem. She explains how it is intense safety and knowledge of firearms and helping directors set up shots for safety’s sake and getting the best shot possible that are what should be learned.
Maybe he should do Hallmark movies if firearms scare him now after his stupidity.
Well Alec, The people you’re trying to punish didn’t murder someo0ne on a movie set. Duh.
You did.
To paraphrase a Ron White joke, he has the right to remain silent but not the ability.
This after he kills a woman? What a phoney!
One wonders a couple of things.
First, precisely what are the safety protocols currently in place for control of prop firearms? (And, do they include show persons' familiarity with the operation and safety rules for any and all firearms used)?
and, Second, does Mister Baldwin own any firearms (or has he ever owned firearms)? If the answer is "yes", then he has no defense, as he should be presumed to know thoroughly the rules and procedures.
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