Posted on 10/28/2021 8:31:54 AM PDT by servo1969
That would have been a pretty good trick on a single-action revolver.
I read or saw a video by a guy in the know that, as a last and final precaution, actors should always dry fire the weapon into the ground. Obviously, that was not done here.
The spin is obvious.
He had to cock it and then fire it, but Baldwin is the ‘small’ part of the chain.
Wonder if this guy shaves using a mirror?
Old style SA revolvers should always be loaded with the firing pin on an empty chamber
Good way to lose an ear, and hearing and possibly a skull fracture from the concussion.
The firearm is a copy of the Colt SAA!!
“Single action army.
Baldwin pulled the trigger.
he looks bad . about to go broke
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10141023/Alec-Baldwin-pictured-family-Northeast-coast.html
Well. No. Checkov let his car roll down his driveway and crush him. A common problem with that year jeep
Dry firing a weapon into the ground would have to be 6 times for a six shooter. Consider Russian roulette.
It’s because deep down, we actually expect very little of actors and entertainers. They’re really just like children.
Generic Colt Peacemaker copy.
As much as I hate that slimeball Baldwin, and make no mistake he is going to be sued out of existence by the family of Halyna Hutchins, I wouldn't expect an actor to be a weapons expert that is well versed in every form of firearm and how to clear each type that could be encountered.
That is why an Armorer is hired, just like a stunt coordinator is hired to make sure all stunts are properly rigged.
If an actor made a stunt fall into an airbag, is it the actor's responsibility to ensure that the bag is properly inflated to the correct pressure? No, that falls in the stunt coordinator.
Where Baldwin does have full and complete liability is that Hollywood has protocols with firearms to always "cheat" the aim in a scene so that you never actually point a weapon at another. Clearly, Baldwin didn't "cheat" his aim, so that is 100% on him.
As co-producer of the film, it was also ultimately his responsibility to ensure that the Armorer that was hired was competent and capable of handling the job. She clearly was not. That's on him as well.
Criminal charges for Baldwin? Probably not. Civil liabilities? Yes, he has civil liabilities up the Wazoo.
“How you say... in Ingles... cucumber.”
Nothing wrong with six quick clicks.
Like the one Marty had in "Back To The Future III"
“Baldwin could have — if he’d taken a basic NRA gun safety course — easily checked the weapon and determined if it was loaded or not.”
Checking if a single action is loaded with only blanks is not difficult. But time consuming. It requires completely unloading and reloading the firearm.
Not a lawyer, so perhaps correct criminally.
But from a civil perspective, doesn’t Baldwin have the “deepest pockets?”
....I did a little bit of research on accidental discharges...the following clip is from a Los Angeles Times article going back to 2015....again, just posting if for info, since some years ago, there WERE some instance of Glock handguns and accidental [sic] discharges...I own a Glock 17 Gen 3 and love it...!! AGAIN, these instances go back a number of years ago... (As Pilate said, what is truth...??)
“Glock uses the marketing term “Safe Action” to describe its firing-pin system, but the truth is that Glocks are accident-prone. They contributed to more than 120 accidental discharges in the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from 1988 to 1998. Anecdotes of increased accidental shootings have followed the pistol for more than 30 years wherever it has been adopted by police officers and citizens alike.”
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