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‘Rust’ Shooting: Gun That Killed Halyna Hutchins Was Used That Morning for Live-Ammo Target Practice
The Wrap ^ | October 25, 2021 | Sharon Waxman and Brian Welk

Posted on 10/27/2021 12:27:12 AM PDT by grundle

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To: grundle
THIS one won't hold water.

The crew would plink with their own guns (imo)

21 posted on 10/27/2021 4:16:52 AM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

Maybe the attraction was an antique or reproduction firearm?


22 posted on 10/27/2021 4:25:05 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla

Meanwhile, still wondering if this might have been a murder staged to look like an accident.

Not necessarily by Baldwin.


23 posted on 10/27/2021 4:28:19 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: grundle

What would remove the Gabby/Brian saga from the headlines?

Answer ALec Baldwin killing someone and wounding another!


24 posted on 10/27/2021 4:30:04 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: grundle

...and if not for California gun laws, the crew wouldn’t have needed to go out shooting that day in an unfamiliar place, as they could have done it at home, and with their own guns.


25 posted on 10/27/2021 4:35:09 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: mewzilla
Could be ... never thought of that.

Come to think of it ... has the gun been identified ?

26 posted on 10/27/2021 4:43:20 AM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

Think of the commonality between the last two fatal accidents in Hollyweird.

Anton Yeltsin and this one.


27 posted on 10/27/2021 4:45:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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I just looked and can find only a reference to .44 .... which seems a little heavy for plinking, eh ?


28 posted on 10/27/2021 4:47:01 AM PDT by knarf
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To: mewzilla

I sleep in a tin foil bed.


29 posted on 10/27/2021 4:47:43 AM PDT by knarf
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To: RummyChick

I was wondering if this was a set up to get insurance to cover a lousy movie that wasn’t worth finishing.


30 posted on 10/27/2021 5:10:00 AM PDT by eccentric (a.k.a. baldwidow)
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To: grundle

I don’t care if the gun used for plinking killed Bigfoot earlier in the day, it’s irrelevant. Alec Baldwin was handed a gun by someone who apparently didn’t do a safety check. After Baldwin received the weapon, he didn’t perform a safety check on it. End of story.....

Involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide. Those are the two options.


31 posted on 10/27/2021 5:39:31 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (If you are vaccinated, you cannot get COVID from someone who is not vaccinated. Lighted up Karen!)
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...to go “plinking,” a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said.

What's it called if you shoot at Pepsi cans?

32 posted on 10/27/2021 6:07:07 AM PDT by KevinB (''...and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: knarf; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; carriage_hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; All
I just looked and can find only a reference to .44 .... which seems a little heavy for plinking, eh ?

I use a .45 and there’s others that use a .50.

IMO “plinking” is more of a .22 or .25 in size, Plunking would be a better description of .38, .357 Magnum, .40, .44, .44 Magnum, .45acp, .50 Calibers.

33 posted on 10/27/2021 6:09:24 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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None the less- starting with baldwin and going backwards EVERY PERSON that handled that Firearm is Responsible for the end result. And baldwin committed the crime of MURDER !!!


34 posted on 10/27/2021 6:15:29 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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More like plenty of blame to go around.

Low self-esteem, debbil worshipping (check out the t-shirts and tats on the photos) young "armorer", like she had some sort of credentials, allowing people access to the guns AND bringing real ammo to the set, trying to get in with the cool kids.

Was any drinking and/or dope smoking going on at the same time? That's what low-lifes do in the morning, you know.

And oh yeah, Mr. big liberal gun control "Check out my quick-draw just like Gary Cooper!!"

35 posted on 10/27/2021 6:21:59 AM PDT by OKSooner (6uild 6ack 6etter)
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To: grundle

So out of three idiots the so called “armorer” the AD, and Alec, nobody thought to check the weapon. It is an instinct to me, and they want to disarm us.


36 posted on 10/27/2021 6:26:16 AM PDT by X-FID (Trump 2020)
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To: mabarker1

They only reason for live ammo on site is for actors to get a feel for the actual recoil. Guess this was a dumb way to “feel” the recoil of live vs blank.


37 posted on 10/27/2021 6:38:04 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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Question on civil liability. Will the 6 million dollar policy cover all the civil award? Since the film production was not following industry standards will the insurance company say sorry, no coverage? As a producer, how much will Alec be personally held responsible financially? Will the financiers of the movie sue Alec for their lost investment? Lost return?

Also the criminal side will be interesting.

It will be interesting. Also did Alec literally kill his career?

38 posted on 10/27/2021 6:45:46 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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Crew members had gone ”plinking“ and returned the gun to the set, an insider tells TheWrap

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Who the hell goes plinking and does not fire very round in the gun? I go plinking I have to force myself to not use every round in the damn BOX...If I take my .22 out I only bring one box of ammo for that reason...I have been known to use up 2 boxes before.

Yeah it was fun...and at that time, cheap. I just found an old CCI box with a $1.79 price tag from wally world years ago. Been using it to keep assorted rounds for years. Couple of 22 shorts, 2 or 3 of this, 5 or 6 of that...now and then I’ll go plink a little and use everything in it...start over...

As I’ve said repeatedly, Baldwin ignored firearm safety rules, this was user stupidity, I won’t go into that aspect of it any further. Already been there.


39 posted on 10/27/2021 7:26:54 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!)
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To: mabarker1

caliber never made any diff to me, it’s the field expedient act of shooting something OTHER than a target


40 posted on 10/27/2021 7:44:13 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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