Posted on 10/23/2021 3:58:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Numerous crew members walked off the set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” in protest hours before the actor fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday, while others had shared concerns about safety, according to reports.
The Los Angeles Times reported it had spoken with three crew members who were on the set of the film at Bonanza Creek Ranch in north central New Mexico leading up to the fatal shot that would ultimately leave Hutchins, 42, dead.
Those members complained that the low-budget film in which Baldwin was both starring in and producing, were not following standard safety protocols. The Times reported it had reviewed a text message sent by one of the crew members to the film’s unit production manager just before a live round was fired by Baldwin during filming.
“We’ve now had 3 accidental discharges. This is super unsafe,” that message reportedly read.
Per the sources, there had been a number of incidents with a prop gun on set, and nothing was done about it. In one incident, Baldwin’s stunt double had reportedly fired two rounds from a gun after being told it was inoperable, or “cold.”
“There should have been an investigation into what happened,” one of those people told the Times, citing issues with gun safety. “There were no safety meetings. There was no assurance that it wouldn’t happen again.”
“All they wanted to do was rush, rush, rush,” the source added.
Not only were issues about three total prop gun safety incidents shared by multiple people working on the film, but six camera crew workers had walked off the job to protest their working conditions on the day of the tragedy. Complaints included long waits for paychecks, long hours on set and long commutes to the remote ranch in Santa Fe County.
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Malfunctions in a firearm don’t turn a blank cartridge into a live cartridge. Just sayin’
And again, why was live ammo even on the set? For what purpose? And who loaded the live round in the gun?
She is supposedly the daughter of a well-known Hollywood firearms consultant (and a guy who is definitely competent in handling handguns). Her social media stuff sure makes her look like a train wreck, though.
Yes, that was my take also. Baldwin has to be eliminated or named as a murder suspect. Police have already blown it if they didn’t take those steps.
Trying to put a happy spin on this using the term accidental discharge. In reality they were negligent discharges.
“1) Baldwin would have been arrested immediately on suspicion of homicide.”
Homicide is not a crime.
Events seem to have verified that look.
That’s a good point...was Baldwin tested for drugs or alcohol?
That was an excellent rundown of how firearms are supposed to be handled on a movie set. It reflects many of the same points another director outlined in a video I watched this morning.
I am having trouble getting my head around this. I don’t get why there would even be the possibility of live rounds in a prop gun on a movie set. I don’t get the part about “accidental discharges.” I watch “Gunsmoke” a lot. True to its name, there is always a lot of shooting. I am not aware of anyone getting injured, much less killed, for real.
This is my gun.
One is for fighting.
One is for fun."
I have dyslexia.
There has been no real news from the New Mexico authorities about what happened, and in the meantime Baldwin’s PR team has been pumping out stories and feeding them to friendly news sources to takeover the narrative.
Sorry, OSHA just doesn't have time for this sort of thing, they're way too busy doing COVID harassment investigations on companies who don't fire the unvaccinated....
Why have live ammunition on site?
Sounds like a union stunt gone way bad.
Oh what use is live rounds in a movie?
I have a chair with a bullet hole. I know exactly how firearms discharge accidentally.
It always revolves around a sequence of events none of which you ever expect to happen all at once, and while they are happening you say to yourself “We need to stop this now”.
Quick, notify Eric Clapton for the new theme song!
If it was a cap and ball, there were no cartridges, and no such thing as "blanks".
You would have a very light powder load, held in place by a wad and some grease or lard.
It would be hard, if not impossible to tell if there was a bullet in the chamber.
Another possibility is a hang fire from a previous load where the cap ignited, but not the powder.
The powder and bullet could still be in there, and a new cap may have fired it.
Why would there be any live rounds in the first place?
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