That’s the attempt by Baldwin’s people or so it is beginning to appear. Really, he needs to be held accountable for not following protocols for firearm safety.
The last safety procedure before he began actively handling that gun was to fire six rounds into the ground-—an industry safety measure (according to John Schneider on a YouTube interview). Plus Baldwin is the producer on the film, and ultimately safety is his responsibility.
The last one handling the weapon on set for the shoot is responsible for verifying it is unloaded or only loaded with blanks and NOT pointing it at anyone with your finger on the trigger. That would be baldwin.