"I-I-I just don't understand...I know she was alive when I must have passed out..."
Prop “guns” don’t have bullets.
Did the eyewitnesses say why Baldwin pointed the gun at the two victims and pulled the trigger?
I like playing with guns. Never shot or killed anyone before tho.
LIVE ammo??? On a movie set???
Holy F-ups Batman!
If the bullet went right through her and hit the other guy, Baldwin fired that gun very close and right at her. Very much doubt that New Mexico cops under the control of Democrat politicos will do a real investigation of a Hollywood liberal icon like Baldwin.
Looks like a case for movie production control.
A tragedy for sure, but Baldwin is an imbecile. Every gun is loaded with live ammo until you personally confirm otherwise. If checking ammo isn’t your first choice when handed a weapon, it isn’t negligent…it’s far worse.
Wouldn’t a prop gun be a lot lighter ???
Shouldn’t he have noticed the difference as he held a heavier gun ???
Baldwin is undoubtedly a POS, but this isn’t his fault. The prop master is responsible for the gun, and the director likely had Baldwin positioned in the way that the gun was aimed at the DP. No one could have expected the gun to fire a real bullet.
I’m not a lawyer, but If I were out hunting with friends, and this same thing happened, I’m quite sure many States would immediately charge me with at least 3rd degree murder, probably 2nd.
The state would say: “you are holding and operating the gun, you are 100% responsible for its safety.”
So can we assume Alec Baldwin will be charged?
Life imitates art......
Before I pointed and shot any kind of gun at anyone for any reason and did not want to kill or injure them I would consider it MY responsibility to ensure that it was harmless. I don’t care who handed it to me; my mother, my son, my best friend, my co-worker,...doesn’t matter.
It was Baldwins responsibility to KNOW that gun was not loaded with live ammo. There may be others who are also responsible to one degree or another but HE is the shooter!
ANY gun should be assumed to be loaded with live ammo until proven otherwise to an absolute certainty.
If there is any doubt or question, no matter how small, that the gun may be, could be loaded,... then there is no doubt it is!
Violated pretty much every safety rule there is, but it will be the prop master’s fault. Definitely not Baldwin.
The “projectile” went through TWO victims?
That’s some shooting, Alec.
"I-I-I just don't understand...I know she was alive when I must have passed out..."
Ban Alec Baldwin!!!
How the hell did this happen? I hope the families sue the crap out of him, and Hillaria takes her brood back to Spain, by way of Boston.
He's so anti gun...you'd think he would treat it as if it was a real gun. I believe that treating it as such would be a norm.
No matter....He throw some money at them...the family will sue the studio....and Baldwin will sleep just fine.
I think there is more to the story then is being told. First was he out shooting as part of a scene, or was he acting up. And as this going to head live ammunition in it, how could it even be considered a prop? He should be charged with manslaughter until proven otherwise.
It was a real firearm. My kids, way before their teen years, were taught to treat all firearms like they’re loaded. Even the four year old got it. Having said that, on movie sets, live ammo is used rarely and under strictly controlled conditions. They usually have a firearms expert handling everything, including ammo. Every gun guy knows you don’t hand a loaded firearm to a child or a moron. Every person in the movie industry is on notice that Alec Baldwin is a total moron. Lots of blame to go around.