“Then again, we don’t expect an actor to know this if he has never fired a firearm nor is that skill set required.”
The producer should know!
Oops! Alec was the producer!
In a civil liability situation, he may be responsible in some way. However, criminally, I would expect not. Baldwin probably has some “civil” responsibility if he is in management or owns the production company, or is the producer.
A woman died. Someone was careless and that carelessness caused her death.
Apparently, someone took the firearm out for target practice the days before. It had to be “checked out” and when “checked back in” the person responsible didn’t do a safety check. Heck, even the people using it to target practice were negligent. They should have emptied the firearm when they returned it.
Someone or some entity owns the firearm, too. Can a production company own a >real< firearm? I always thought that it had to be a person’s name on the background check.