Posted on 10/22/2021 3:12:39 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The crew of Alec Baldwin's movie set were already concerned about gun safety before he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and they had walked off the set hours before she was killed, after they complained about long hours, shoddy conditions and two other incidents involving the 'misfire' of weapons.
The workers had been complaining about the fact they had to stay overnight in Albuquerque - an hour's drive from the set - and not Sante Fe because production wouldn't pay for their hotels, according to sources cited by The Los Angeles Times and multiple social media posts by film and TV insiders.
When they turned up to set to clear their things on Thursday, they found they'd been replaced by locals.
It begs the question of who those local workers were, what their training was and to what extent did they check the weapon before handing it to Baldwin, suspected to have possibly been loaded with a live round.
Deadline also cites an unnamed source who said a gun had gone off 'in a cabin' while someone was holding it in a cabin.
'A gun had two misfires in a closed cabin. They just fired loud pops – a person was just holding it in their hands and it went off,' they said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“A set expert said they never, ever actually aim at people. The live-fire filming always uses angles to make it seem like a direct aim but it never is. So Baldwin did not follow standard safety protocols.”
Should be called the Brandon Lee rule (maybe it is?).
Given this info there is no chance that the productions underwriters will cover what will certainly be an enormous bill....
Must have been one of those new Google self driving guns.
Sounds like they hired some dimwit to work in props.
Didn’t Baldwin go all Diva, Lord and Master of All He Surveys over a movie production crew not having covid vaccinations a few months ago and fire some people? Is this the same movie?
Bet one of the walk offs put live rounds in before they walked off.
I read somewhere that Alec himself is one of those cheap ass producers.
He POINTED THE GUN AT THE CINEMATOGRAPHER AND PULLED THE TRIGGER!!!
YOU NEVER POINT A GUN AT ANYONE YOU DON'T INTEND TO SHOOT!
Rules are NOT for HOT HEADS like BALDWIN! He’s now a KILLER!
OK UNION THUG!! The “scabs” as you call them probably had nothing to do with this!
The director for sure saw everything and it appears he is not talking.
LOL!! A SCHADENBONER!
This may be the biggest one I’ve ever had.
Seriously.
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does anyone know what a misfire is?
It either fired or it MISSfired.
If would be impossible for a miss fired gun to harm anyone, unless you hit them with the gun itself.. The media is doing it’s best to give cover to that idiot Baldwin by trying to make it sound like the gun or the ammo did something wrong and not the person pulling the trigger.
OMG!! LOL!
Really. You could dock a boat to it.
Is that wrong?
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Ah, I can sense the veins bulging in the heads of gun owners to read this one. That was, of course the (unverified) incident the night before referred to. A revolver - that's almost certainly what it was - that magically goes off by itself twice. Um...no.
Live round in a gun 6 hours after disgruntled workers walk off the set. Interesting
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Weird isn’t it.
The article SAID the regulars were not working. So just who did the set work Buelar?
I am amazed they use weapons that are actually capable of firing a actual round.
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