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Alec Baldwin asked why was he given ‘hot gun’ after fatal film set shooting
NY Post ^ | October 22, 2021 | 8:58am | Emily Crane

Posted on 10/22/2021 6:57:38 AM PDT by conservative98

A distraught Alec Baldwin repeatedly asked why was he given a “hot gun” after his prop weapon accidentally discharged on his New Mexico film set Thursday, killing a cinematographer and injuring the director, witnesses have claimed.

The tragic accident unfolded while Baldwin was filming his upcoming western film “Rust” at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Sante Fe.

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, died and director, Joel Souza, 48, was injured after they were both struck when the gun discharged, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said.

Immediately after the incident, an eyewitness told Hollywood gossip site Showbiz 411 that Baldwin started asking how he could have been given a “hot gun” – meaning a firearm loaded with real ammunition.

“In all my years, I’ve never been handed a hot gun,” the actor allegedly kept saying.

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KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; alecbaldwin; banglist; bonanzacreekranch; emilycrane; halynahutchins; hollywood; joelsouza; newmexico; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; nra; rust; santefe; secondamendment
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To: 1Old Pro

> his alone responsibility to do the final safety check <

Absolutely true in every instance when a gun is involved.


61 posted on 10/22/2021 7:26:36 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Eagles6

I think that was a show called Alias Smith and Jones.


62 posted on 10/22/2021 7:27:11 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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To: 1Old Pro

I don’t get it but its happened before. Remember Brandon Lee getting killed on the set of “The Crow”?


63 posted on 10/22/2021 7:27:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: LFOD

You can’t shoot a movie if you follow rule number two. At least certain kinds of movies. Thousands of scenes require pointing a gun at someone without the actor willing to kill anyone.


64 posted on 10/22/2021 7:27:48 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: NY Cajun

Why would Baldwin even point a gun at a non-actor.


I’d guess he was pointing it at the camera, or a near off-angle from the camera, for a scene.


65 posted on 10/22/2021 7:27:54 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Ransomed

Another likely scenario is that he was goofing around with the gun and fired it at them. Or, knowing Alec and his short fuse, he was holding the gun, they said something that pissed him off and he angrily fired it at them, trying to scare them.

In either case, I believe that it was an accident and seriously doubt that he knew about the live rounds. But he certainly doesn’t deserve all of the sympathy and support that he has been receiving until all of the facts come out regarding what led up to the shooting.


66 posted on 10/22/2021 7:28:58 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: nascarnation
This is an anti-2A jerk who has made many movies involving firearms. He had plenty of opportunity to learn proper firearms handling for safety and failed to do so. Additionally, he was one of the producers of this movie responsible for hiring the prop master / armorer involved in this event.

This is on you, Alec.


67 posted on 10/22/2021 7:29:13 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MortMan

I don’t know, but I thought prop guns were designed to fire blanks but not real ammo. Also, the gasses from a blank could wound or kill someone at close range.

That leads me to a question. Could blank rounds be made at some odd size that could not chamber in a real gun, and for the same reason a prop gun could be designed to chamber an odd sized blank but not real ammo. So instead of 9mm blanks, the blanks could be slightly smaller and shorter. Then a prop gun that looks like a 9mm gun would really be chambered too narrow and short to accept real 9mm ammo but it would accept blanks. That would add a safety factor.


68 posted on 10/22/2021 7:29:18 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: conservative98

#1 guns don’t “accidentally” discharge.

#2 see #1


69 posted on 10/22/2021 7:30:03 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: conservative98
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70 posted on 10/22/2021 7:30:12 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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To: MortMan

Exactly. But all these know-it-all’s won’t ever get the point.


71 posted on 10/22/2021 7:30:53 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Nifty
I’m really interested in the details. What is a “prop gun” gun in this case and how is it used?

Arizona Ghostriders: Gunfight Safety.

72 posted on 10/22/2021 7:31:07 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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To: conservative98

Live ammo in a prop gun sounds like a plot device in a cheap detective series. Didn’t I see this in an episode of Columbo or Perry Mason?


73 posted on 10/22/2021 7:31:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: Ransomed

Should be some good video of the incident.


74 posted on 10/22/2021 7:32:09 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Yes, my question as well. Was the discharge during the shooting of a scene?


75 posted on 10/22/2021 7:33:15 AM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: throwthebumsout

Or he could have just been running through a rehearsal of an upcoming scene with the camera gal and director just standing there. Who knows at this point, anything’s possible in hollyweird land.

FReegards


76 posted on 10/22/2021 7:34:29 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: The Louiswu
No, I remember that show.

This was a later show.

A man / woman team, a spy, intelligence type thing.

I'm sure the talking heads will reference, in relation to this.

77 posted on 10/22/2021 7:34:36 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: rktman

As I have mentioned in another thread, it is stunning that any of the guns used in these movies even remotely have any possibility of launching a projectile. They often point those guns directly at a cameraman…..right? Somebody help me out here.


78 posted on 10/22/2021 7:34:49 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: conservative98

This guy is a loose cannon nutcase like all progressive idiots. I feel sorry for anyone that comes in contact with this fool.

He needs to retire from public life.


79 posted on 10/22/2021 7:35:11 AM PDT by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: conservative98

I recall Alec sitting as guest on a talk show, saying some very hateful things about Republican Henry Hyde.
I don’t recall the exact topic, but recall the host looking rather surprised at the viciousness of Alecs remark.


80 posted on 10/22/2021 7:35:32 AM PDT by lee martell
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