Union or Non Union doesn’t have one thing to do with it.
Those unions were threatening to strike for wages and working conditions.
Wait a second....Aren’t Liberals and the Left all about the working man, fair wages, wage equality, unions and folks being able to make a living wage? Isn’t that thinking one of the foundational ideas for EVERY DEMOCRAT and SOCIALIST POLITICIAN?
How could it be that Liberal #1, Alec Baldwin, didn’t want to pay a fair wage to the folks working behind the scenes?
So only union people know how to handle firearms? Whodathunk.
The movie “The Deer Hunter” broke a lot of the Hollywood gun rules.
Russian roulette tends to do that.
DeNiro wanted to load a real round during the scene in the hooch.
He wanted to add realism and tension, I read. What a freakin’ moron!
The Director said no.
Which opens up the possibility that a union goon planted live rounds in the gun in retaliation.
So far I've seen no actual description or photo of the gun that Baldwin was holding when the shooting occurred.
I commented in another thread that they would be more upset at using scabs vs the death of a young woman. I hate being right.
Anyone that has been around firearms knows you NEVER point the weapon at another human being, EVER.
This doesn’t past the smell test. The scabs WOULD NOT HAVE mistakenly used real bullets. When you’re dealing with props there are safety checks upon checks and test firing. There would have to be a deliberate loaded of real bullets into the prop gun. So no, something else stinks.
Baldwin has murdered and injured more people in real life with less ammo than Keanu Reeve has in all 3 of his John Wick movies. Should have paid up to the union.
Rut Row!!
My father taught us never to even come close to pointing any gun at anyone at any time - even an unloaded BB gun. This was later reinforced in my concealed carry class when the teacher told us “All guns are always loaded.” Not “Treat every gun as if it were loaded”, but it was the mindset that ‘All guns are always loaded’ whether you believe you just unloaded it or not.
Baldwin has no say so or responsibility on the hiring of set personnel , that is the producer and director. Do you not have any idea on how these things work?
“We never point that barrel at another actor, even if it’s a gun that has a block barrel, it’s just good training,” Hunter added. “If you don’t point a gun at another human, it won’t kill them. You’re never supposed to have live ammunition on the set, but just because there’s no live ammunition does not mean that something can get in the barrel of a gun and become a projectile.”
Given Baldwin’s experience it’s hard to believe he didn’t know this.
Movie crew stories got me thinking of this. Back in 1980 there was a multi million dollar production titled “Can’t Stop the Music.” Was Bruce Jenner’s big screen debut. Movie was so gay that it even embarrassed the Village People, who were in it. Had such a big budget that most of the crew were straight. They called it “Can’t Stop The Homos.”
The absolute mendacity and hypocrisy I have seen on this thread is no better than the same on DU.
You people have tried and convicted Baldwin without knowing any facts, no investigation. Lets just string him up based on his Politics and Bad Behavior.
None of us know what he must be feeling right now and how that may effect him now and in the future. The whole think right looks like a terrible accident.
I will wait for a complete investigation for what happened by the police and the insurance company, and it will be thorough.
If there are any charges lets see what they are and on who. Right now it looks like a tragic accident until other facts come out, so endless, libelous speculation is unwarranted.
“What Went Wrong?”
Lefties with a gun. They really had to ask?
Who was it supposed to be aimed at?
“ Baldwin hired non union gun handlers because union gun handlers were threatening a strike and Baldwin didn’t want to delay production. So he hired scabs instead. ”
I didn’t realize FR had become a pro union site .
What’s wrong with non union people ?
Unions stink.
Union / non-union has absolutely nothing to do with the outcome.
Alec Baldwin pooched it. He apparently failed to (a) check the firearm loading prior to handling it, and (b) failed to follow the 4 common rules of firearm safety. Complete and utter negligence, if not actual recklessness.
Any fault is completely on him. And given his previous outbursts, he probably should have been background-checked and red-flagged.
Anyone else is an accessory to the fact.
Never let a libtard handle a firearm.
They can barely breathe on their own.