Alec Baldwin hired.
Posted on 10/27/2021 3:03:53 PM PDT by A Cyrenian
And who pulled the trigger?
Alec Baldwin.
It's that simple.
Actually it’s not and I for one am not going to convict that asshole without all the facts just because I don’t like his politics.
You're right - that's a pretty simplistic take.
But is the actor Baldwin also responsible for verifying a live round isn’t in the chamber in addition to memorizing his lines and acting? If so, then what’s the purpose of a movie “crew?" Why not just let the actors do everything on the set?
You don’t have the ability to convict him.
On the other hand, the gun didn’t kill the woman.
Coincidentally, my family member was shooting a western movie near there and said it’s the norm to show the other actors the weapon is definitely unloaded prior to filming the scene out of safety and as a professional courtesy.
Would he have checked the gun if it was a scene that required him to shoot himself in the head? Or one of his children? Can you think of any other situation in life in which the guy who pulls the trigger is not charged? For example a friend hands me a gun and says it’s not loaded. I point at him and shoot it, and it is loaded? He dies, I’m charged plain and simple.
Court of FR opinion. Parsing words is sophomoric.
It wasn’t a “prop” gun. It was a real gun.
AB shoulda known and followed the 4 basic rules for handling guns. Being on a “set” is no excuse. He’s guilty as h377.
Does every actor check guns for live rounds? I don’t know the answer but I’m guessing I’ve worked on about as movie sets as you have.
Words matter.
Triggers and Bullets too.
Being on a “set” is no excuse.
Alex Baldwin was the boss and the person ultimately responsible to check the gun and what cartridges, if any, that were in the gun and what type they were, live ammunition of blank rounds.
Poverty and prison time are what Alec Baldwin deserves
He’s handled guns before in his movies - Red October comes to mind and there have probably been others.
No it isn’t. Are you the lawyer for the gun wrangler?
Good thing he didn’t shoot Sean Connery..
Real guns can be props. It’s simply short for “ property.”That’s why they have protocols to assure that no one is shot.
Yes they do.
Multiple times.
Even if they just did it 5 minutes ago and never set it down.
Its an obsessive compulsive thing they do.
And I always believed it was Standard Practice to CHECK a GUN when someone hands it to you
Its called involuntary manslaughter.
He didn’t mean to do it.
He still did it.
That’s why there are different grades of murder.
He is guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
he should plead guilty, throw himself on the mercy of the court. Of course he won’t do that. he’s Aric Baldwin.
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