Posted on 10/23/2021 11:06:53 AM PDT by conservative98
Alec Baldwin failed to follow the No. 1 rule of gun safety before the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” a Hollywood weapons expert tells The Post.
“Loaded or unloaded, a weapon never gets pointed at another human being,” said Bryan Carpenter, who heads Dark Thirty Film Services.
Even on a film or TV set, he said “you never let the muzzle of a weapon cover something you don’t intend to destroy.”
The prop gun had misfired twice on Oct. 16 and once the week before, according to the Los Angeles times, and union workers said the “Rust” set had been plagued by safety issues, prompting them to walk out in the hours ahead of the tragic shooting.
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“Nonetheless,” Carpenter said, the weapon handled by Baldwin was “obviously pointed at another human being.”
The weapons consultant cited what he called “Colonel Jeff Cooper’s four fundamentals” of gun safety.
“All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are,” reads the No. 1 rule by Cooper, an influential gun safety expert who died in 2006.
While news reports call the firearm a “prop” weapon, Carpenter said the label can be misleading. Some movie-set firearms are “true” props made of rubber. But others, like the one used on the set of “Rust,” are capable of deadly force.
The consultant also said that for safety purposes live firearms used in TV and movie productions are typically aimed at a dummy point, not at equipment, cast or crew members, as was the case with the weapon handled by Baldwin.
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Sounds like Anti-gun Baldwin was “Hoist on his own petard” but someone else took the hit.
So anti-gun that gun rules did not apply to him.
I hope this finally STFU’s this as erbic moron down. Been sick of this vile character for years . Him and his phony ditz wife. Arrogant losers with big mouths
It still begs the question as to why live rounds were on the set in the first place.
Jerk was probably assing around . Gotta know who added the live round.
“...someone loaded the gun.”
That would be the film’s hired armorer.
True. I’ve noticed, on the screen, that some non firing firearms actually were made of rubber.
If the script had Baldwin shoot at the camera for the scene, the director should have either changed the scene, or somehow remotely operated the camera while having the armorer triple check the firearm.
Actors are paid for their expertise on acting, not weapons and safety.
Here’s what I don’t get: how does a live round of any type, description, or nature, get on a movie set? For what possible reason is an actual, live round of ammunition present while making a movie? It is inconceivable to me. I can’t make it make sense, no matter how I twist my mind.
How does a hammered revolver misfire, it has to be cocked first?
Maybe they're referring to the cartridge primer not igniting?
My best friend’s brother and his buddies were at their family cabin drinking. The brother pointed a 12 gauge at one of his buddies and then moved it about 12” and pulled the trigger. He had a deer slug in it he forgot about and blew a hole in the cabin wall.
The dead woman was married to...a lawyer.
I’ve no doubt ‘sued out of existence’ is coming soon...
These are among the questions that should be asked, assuming they do a complete investigation into this tragedy.
Waiting for the SNL skit where he and Dick Cheney go hunting together.
It is too bad that this happened, but given that it did I can think of no one who deserves being in this pickle more than Alec Baldwin.
It was a cap and ball revolver. I think those missfire quite often.
What goes around comes around….Karma
With a real bullet? I doubt it.
If it weren’t for the Keystone Cops, I would think they’d be looking for who had access and has the ammo.
Very true. The way things are going, though, every word is going to mean what it means and the opposite.
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