[beef]

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.

[Carl Vehse]

The word, "misfire," means that the gun failed to fire. It does not mean, while a person is holding it, the gun fires unexpectedly.

[GOP Poet]

Thank you for this post. Finally someone with some REAL gun experience on set speaks regarding this situation.

[Bullish]

Liberals like Baldwin love rules for everyone but themselves.

[BitWielder1]

Now Alec will become even more of an anti-gun freak, now that he himself has "proved" how dangerous guns are.
He will never blame himself.

[GOP Poet]

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.

Alec will not be walking away from this. Just the fact that he pointed a gun at someone on set and fired it puts him in criminal jeopardy. And yes he will have the best attorneys etc. But there is no burying that truth.

[northislander]

Ignoramous...

[gitmo]

The prop gun had misfired twice on Oct. 16 and once the week before, ...

That thing should have been out of commission until a gunsmith could fix it. But I don't see what that had to do with this incident.

[ealgeone]

there’s more to this story we don’t know about.

[northislander]

Now he will convert to becoming a tranny, get the ABC ‘courage award’ and be Time Magazine woman of the year... nobody will be able to touch him

[Verginius Rufus]

I wonder what legal consequences Alec Baldwin will face. His virulent anti-Trump rhetoric would be a “get out of jail free” card if he needed one. Maybe 40 hours community service?

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Baldwin always struck me as a particularly repulsive SOB, the kind of guy you just have the urge to beat the sh*t out of!

[eclectic]

Idiotic.

[Rappini]

It all doesn’t mean a pinch of Goose $hit, Baldwin pulled the damn trigger, she may have told him it was hot even if she didn’t he was responsible. My 2cents.

[cquiggy]

Baldwin has ridiculed gun owners for years.
Maybe every statement he has made on gun owners and the evils of guns should be applied to his actions in the death of this lady. He’s always screamed for penalties for anyone who causes a gun death.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

My rule No. 1: The first thing I do when I pick up (or am handed) a firearm is to determine whether or not it’s loaded, and especially whether or not there is a round in the chamber. My rule No. 2: I do NOT place my finger on the trigger or point the muzzle of the weapon at anything I do not intend to shoot!

[granite]

An adult under any circumstance not related to the actual production of the film has no business pointing a weapon at anyone and pulling the trigger, especially not knowing the status of the weapon (Hint: The weapon is always loaded). The shooter and only the shooter is responsible for this tragedy.

You don’t point a gun at someone and pull the trigger unless you intend to shoot them.

[zeestephen]

I read yesterday that Baldwin is a co-producer on this film.

Legally, that means his personal financial liability is much more at risk than it would be if he was just a hired actor.

[atc23]

There is no escaping this fact:

No one needs a high capacity machine gun which is what a Colt’s Model 1873 Single Action Army is - especially if it’s black!

[JoeRender]

Blanks can kill at close range especially if its a large caliber gun. The wadding in the blank and the gas being expelled is dangerous.

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