Posted on 10/22/2021 12:37:12 PM PDT by Red Badger
He can try to blame others, but the gun didn’t kill and wound anyone, The second amendment didn’t- alec did- the gun was minding it’s own business when alec came along and used it irresponsibly
The “actor” who pulls the trigger is responsible for determining that the discharge is harmless. Failing to train actors using guns in the proper handling of firearms is a profound dereliction. Any “actor” using a gun with inadequate training in its proper use must be held fully responsible for its misuse.
This same crew was threatening to walk off the set, citing safety issues..then Baldwin offs her..how “Convenient” someone put a live round in that gun, someone wanted her dead
Th eprop master is supposed to make sure the gun only has blanks, but it’s also the actor’s responsibility to double-check that. Two sets of eyes are better than one set of eyes.
A blank CAN kill at close enough range. (I don’t know if it was a blank but one article I looked at said that Baldwin said right afterwards “Who handed me a hot gun?” Like it’s someone else’s responsibility to make sure he doesn’t kill himself or someone else.)
Actors are all idiots, even the ones you like. Most of them honk about gun control and then take part in works that involve people shooting each other. You can look at their best work and see them handling guns improperly AND GETTING PAID THE BIG BUCKS FOR IT. Actors are WAY more complicit in the surge of gang activity and accidental shootings than hunters or 2nd amendment supporters. This is why we should #AbortTheEntertainmentIndustry It’s not worth saving.
Good point. :)
Even if it’s a plastic toy gun, if you don’t know the person who handed it to you, handle it carefully anyway. Pretty much if you’re handling something like a gun, at least don’t pull the trigger!
If you know him, it will be easy.
You could add Al Sharpton followers to that mix. Sharpton’s crew has been responsible for at least 6 murders in NYC.
I saw the VP of prop masters union on Newsmax, a prop gun can not shoot real bullets. This had to be a real gun that Baldwin picked up instead of a prop gun. Who did the gun belong to and why was it left out?
“I’ve never been handed a hot gun”.
That line will get him the Oscar! (or thrown into prison for murder.)
Holy crap, has this remark been verified?
Any chance Baldwin can run off to the swamp where the gators grabbed Brian Laundrie? 🤔
Johnathon Gilliam (author Sheep No More) explained that prop guns have a block that keeps a live bullet from being used. Someone who understands guns better than I do need to explain it but I’m pretty sure Gilliam knows what he is talking about.
Usually the chambers are bored shallow so a live round cannot be chambered.just like a 454 Casual is almost the same as a 45 Long Colt but the cartridge case is made a little longer and thicker so you can’t accidentally force it into the 45 LC...
Most likely they were doing a close up shot showing the viewer the POV of inside of the gun barrel. It's used a lot in film to make the scene more dramatic for the audience (famously, every James Bond movie opens that way) and has been in use since the very first Western film, The Great Train Robbery, in 1902. Audiences freaked out when the character appeared to "shoot" the audience:
Oh, come on. The family moved from Ukraine to the Arctic.
That would be a violation of the rules here.
Exactly! If he had taken the time to educate himself about firearms and followed the rules, this never would have happened, unless he wanted it to.
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