Baldwin pulled the trigger.
Period.
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wasnt even necessary to pull trigger in a rehearsal
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.
Gross negligence to fire a weapon and rely on others to tell you it’s not loaded.
Thank God they identified the gun that killed the girl. Did they immediately arrest the gun?
That’s what I figured it would have been based on the initial reports of what happened:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4006100/posts?page=37#37
F.lli Pietta 45 Long Colt Revolver.
Glad to see they finally ID’d the revolver. Some web sites have been showing a photo of a fancy Dragoon front loader.
And yet all the articles I have read thus far show pix of a semi-auto, not a revolver.
It is impossible to fire any firearm “accidentally”. It is always and only neglect and incompetence, at the very least.
They’ll all blame each other.
Fathead Trampgirl bozodirector
Put them all in jail
It was an evil AK-Glock and shot on its own.
Mary Jo Kopechne all over again...
Did he pull the trigger TWICE is the real question
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
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
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.
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