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Alec Baldwin ignored the No. 1 rule of gun safety: Hollywood weapons expert
NY Post ^ | October 23, 2021 | By Kerry J. Byrne and Dana Kennedy

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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To: conservative98

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.


21 posted on 10/23/2021 11:24:38 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (OUT OF FB JAIL! and back on the attack. For how long? Back in jail again! 4th time this year!)
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To: conservative98

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


22 posted on 10/23/2021 11:25:14 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: conservative98

It still begs the question as to why live rounds were on the set in the first place.


23 posted on 10/23/2021 11:25:28 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving)
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To: conservative98

Jerk was probably assing around . Gotta know who added the live round.


24 posted on 10/23/2021 11:27:16 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“...someone loaded the gun.”

That would be the film’s hired armorer.


25 posted on 10/23/2021 11:27:59 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

True. I’ve noticed, on the screen, that some non firing firearms actually were made of rubber.


26 posted on 10/23/2021 11:28:07 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (OUT OF FB JAIL! and back on the attack. For how long? Back in jail again! 4th time this year!)
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To: conservative98
As much as I dislike Baldwin from what I have heard about him, IMHO the blame for this tragedy falls on the armorer and director.

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.

27 posted on 10/23/2021 11:28:30 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: conservative98

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.


28 posted on 10/23/2021 11:29:20 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: conservative98
You tell us, Alec, you effing coke head

29 posted on 10/23/2021 11:30:51 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: conservative98
The prop gun had misfired twice

How does a hammered revolver misfire, it has to be cocked first?

Maybe they're referring to the cartridge primer not igniting?

30 posted on 10/23/2021 11:31:05 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: conservative98

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.


31 posted on 10/23/2021 11:31:41 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: conservative98

The dead woman was married to...a lawyer.

I’ve no doubt ‘sued out of existence’ is coming soon...


32 posted on 10/23/2021 11:33:17 AM PDT by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: yesthatjallen

These are among the questions that should be asked, assuming they do a complete investigation into this tragedy.


33 posted on 10/23/2021 11:33:43 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: LeoWindhorse

Waiting for the SNL skit where he and Dick Cheney go hunting together.


34 posted on 10/23/2021 11:33:46 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: conservative98

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.


35 posted on 10/23/2021 11:34:34 AM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

It was a cap and ball revolver. I think those missfire quite often.


36 posted on 10/23/2021 11:36:40 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

What goes around comes around….Karma


37 posted on 10/23/2021 11:38:24 AM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 ( This clears up a lot of misconceptions.)
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To: conservative98
The word, "misfire," means that the gun failed to fire. It does not mean, while a person is holding it, the gun fires unexpectedly.
38 posted on 10/23/2021 11:39:30 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: carriage_hill

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.


39 posted on 10/23/2021 11:39:33 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Carl Vehse

Very true. The way things are going, though, every word is going to mean what it means and the opposite.


40 posted on 10/23/2021 11:41:28 AM PDT by x
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