Posted on 10/22/2021 3:12:39 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The crew of Alec Baldwin's movie set were already concerned about gun safety before he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and they had walked off the set hours before she was killed, after they complained about long hours, shoddy conditions and two other incidents involving the 'misfire' of weapons.
The workers had been complaining about the fact they had to stay overnight in Albuquerque - an hour's drive from the set - and not Sante Fe because production wouldn't pay for their hotels, according to sources cited by The Los Angeles Times and multiple social media posts by film and TV insiders.
When they turned up to set to clear their things on Thursday, they found they'd been replaced by locals.
It begs the question of who those local workers were, what their training was and to what extent did they check the weapon before handing it to Baldwin, suspected to have possibly been loaded with a live round.
Deadline also cites an unnamed source who said a gun had gone off 'in a cabin' while someone was holding it in a cabin.
'A gun had two misfires in a closed cabin. They just fired loud pops – a person was just holding it in their hands and it went off,' they said.
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You’re a UNION THUG....period. People that actually do JOBS are NOT SCABS, BUB.
“OK UNION THUG!!”
I was a union member for one week of my entire working life, when I was about 18. I quit after one week after seeing how the old guys, LONG TIME UNION MEMBERS, were lazy and even if I did twice the work, we would all get paid the same. I have HATED UNIONS EVER SINCE. So want to reconsider call me some UNION THUG?
You would think the inside diameter of the barrel would be made incredibly narrow only allowing a bit of smoke and report discharge from the weapon.
Apparently their guns are the real deal.
Quit calling people SCABS....THUG!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJMtnRMpjM
Andrew sisters
The article used the term and so to provide continuity with it and not confuse dimwitted imbeciles like youself, I USE THE SAME TERM. LETS GO ANN ARCHY!!!
That’s the set armorers job.
CC
So the question is “Was that person one of the newby same day hires?”
“a gun had gone off ‘in a cabin’ while someone was holding it in a cabin.”
Might Alex have been holding it?!?
Especially a single action revolver, which this likely was.
CC
Good question. I’ve also heard versions where the producers were going cheap and didn’t hire a guns guy.
CC
“And not trust the new scab prop person.”
Good point. I had not thought of that.
I will tell you, I am very cautious around guns. I would never point a gun at someone unless I feared for my life. Even if i knew the gun was loaded with blanks. Even if I knew gun was empty. I am that afraid of guns.
Sounds like they were careless, reckless.
Western Style Six Shooters are Single action.
The ONLY way they can discharge is if the Hammer is pulled back to the fire position.
This makes the trigger a very easy pull. So if numbskulls have the hammer pulled back and put their finger on the trigger as a way to hold the weapon…….discharges will happen.
If true that will be damning negligence used agianst them in any civil suit by the family of the dead women.
The 911 caller stated the Assistant Director handed Baldwin the weapon as the A.D. took over for the Prop/Armory dept. that walked out.
Sounds like he didn’t know the difference between a blank and a live round. But it’s just a guess.
First time I’ve seen this. What’s your source?
You are Dead right on that!
Because leftist idiots know nothing about firearms. They wouldn’t know the difference between a hangfire and a hangnail, let alone what a misfire is.
A scab is someone who crosses a picket line in order to bust a strike. These people were simply non-union. That doesn't make them scabs.
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