Posted on 10/26/2021 4:18:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
I agree. Quite “professional”. Considering the circumstances, I’d say they were and should’ve been considered adequate. Especially when you’re about to hand over a firearm to a bungling, boob actor.
Not yet.
# Homicide just means death by the acts of another human. It doesn’t mean murdered. Which is the intentional killing of another.
Depends on the jurisdiction. Different terms are used in different places to describe the same thing. I’d agree, that what you stated are the commonly understood meanings, but the actual legal terms employed may well be different.
## Spoiler alert: He thinks it’s a clear case that Baldwin should be charged with negligent homicide per New Mexico law. Baldwin is the one who did the final action that caused the death and injury—everyone before that might have some part in it, but Baldwin is the one who could have checked the weapon for safety, not pointed it at the target, and not fired it, but he didn’t. Maximum jail time for that in NM is 18 months, but he likely wouldn’t see that much.
My initial thought was ‘negligent homicide’, though some facts have come out that make me assign more guilt to Baldwin than I might other wise.
One question I have, is about the firearm itself. The movie is supposedly a western. As such, the weapon in question was likely a revolver. If it was cap and ball, the ‘blanks’ that folk have been talking about might actually be just a reduced load and wadding, not actually cartridges. A question I would have would be in such a circumstance, how easy would it be to check the firearm personally? Once the gun is loaded, would a visual inspection of the chamber indicate it’s status?
I’m not a cap and ball shooter, nor have I ever shot blanks, so this is just reasoned supposition, which might or might not be accurate. I’d be interested in the comments of someone experienced with same.
One last thing... I’ve seen reports that the gun in question had been used for target shooting. I know that if I had been involved at all with gun safety on site, that any such gun would have been clearly marked (perhaps with a dab of red paint on the grip), and that the ‘set’ guns would =never= have had live ammo in them.
You cut off the rest of my sentence, where I said "not as it's defined today."
I really do believe that the Bill Clinton adoration and his embrace by Hollywood created a new "elite" that grabbed a power over culture that they didn't have before.
Couple that with the smartphone, global instant access to media, and the need for immediate gratification, and we gave celebrity a power that it didn't have before.
Sure, people like Errol Flynn, Betty Grable, Marylin Monroe, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and their contemporaries, had a cultural influence on people, but they did not make the kinds of money that today's celebrities do. They did not have the political influence that today's celebrities have over large segments of the population.
-PJ
As such , I avoid extended interactions with libs. Be it work, home, church, walmart. Get in, get what you need done, move on. I sure as hell wouldn't be around any lib with a weapon.
Alec is lucky he didn't shoot himself. .
on a side note, All my lib friends are now former friends. Trump was the cure for liberalism. They went nuts and could no longer control their hateful hidden thoughts, like demons hearing the name of Jesus!
Trump was to libs what salt is to slugs.
Prove it, that he is a lib. That is provided you can.
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