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Alec Baldwin Calls On-Set Shooting Death ‘One-in-a-Trillion Episode'
NBC LA ^ | October 29, 2021 | City News Service

Posted on 10/30/2021 3:22:54 PM PDT by conservative98

Actor Alec Baldwin spoke publicly for the first time Saturday about the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed by a bullet fired from a prop gun fired by Baldwin on the set of the movie "Rust."

Tracked down by paparazzi on the side of a road in Vermont alongside his wife Hilaria, Baldwin said he couldn't comment on the investigation into the death, which occurred on Oct. 21 south of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"I've been ordered by the sheriff's department in Santa Fe (not to comment on the case).... It's an active investigation in terms of a woman died, she was my friend," Baldwin said. "...We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened."

Baldwin, appearing annoyed at times when his wife interrupted to chastise reporters, confirmed that he had met with Hutchins' husband Matthew and the couple's 9-year-old son, adding that the husband was "overwhelmed with grief."

"There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this," he continued "This is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event.... We're eagerly awaiting for the sheriff's department to tell us what their investigation has yielded."

Asked if he would ever work on a film set again that involved the use of real firearms, Baldwin said he wouldn't know how to answer that question, but added that he is "extremely interested" in "limiting" the use of firearms on movie sets.

Baldwin added that he doubted production would start up again on "Rust."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbclosangeles.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: alecbaldwin; banglist; fakenews; guns; gunsafety; halynahutchins; hilariabaldwin; hollywood; joelsouza; rust; welloiled
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To: conservative98

Act of GOD... right?


41 posted on 10/30/2021 3:56:52 PM 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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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No, it’s Baldwin’s responsibility to know what he’s doing with a firearm. You realize this weapon was a Colt 45 Single Action Revolver. Do you know what it takes to fire one of these?


42 posted on 10/30/2021 3:59:52 PM PDT by bigfootbob (ALL Biden VOTERS have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS….Ann Archy)
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To: conservative98

I like how he implies he was just a spectator or innocent bystander or something like that. Can’t understand normal thinking.


43 posted on 10/30/2021 4:00:35 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Pollard

Now that’s an astute point.


44 posted on 10/30/2021 4:01:01 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: bigfootbob

Yes I do, Karen.


45 posted on 10/30/2021 4:01:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Eat me queerbait


46 posted on 10/30/2021 4:04:08 PM PDT by bigfootbob (ALL Biden VOTERS have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS….Ann Archy)
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To: conservative98

Right Alec. It’s amazing how gun toting, bible clinging, uneducated, deplorable rubes can shoot thousands of rounds without murdering someone.


47 posted on 10/30/2021 4:04:18 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: conservative98

Party members gonna party.


48 posted on 10/30/2021 4:05:13 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: conservative98
One in a trillion...

There have been at least two of them in the last few years. I don't think there have been three trillion movie set shootings ever.

49 posted on 10/30/2021 4:06:10 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe C)
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To: All

I wonder if his arrogance pi$$ed off a bunch of people and they set a trap for him.

Like fragging a hated officer in the military


50 posted on 10/30/2021 4:06:36 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: conservative98

So he’s making jokes about it now?


51 posted on 10/30/2021 4:06:46 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe C)
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To: seowulf

I bet he just hates it when these things happen.


52 posted on 10/30/2021 4:08:38 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe C|)
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To: conservative98

The risk of injury is actually quite high when someone points a loaded, fully operational weapon at another and pulls the trigger at close range.

Rules have been developed to avoid accidental shootings. Those rules should be followed.


53 posted on 10/30/2021 4:10:02 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: BipolarBob; All
Folks keep talking about a “real bullet.” What is a real bullet? Is there a fake bullet? How about an imitation bullet?

I’ve reloaded a few thousand rounds of 9mm and .45 auto cartridges, and all the bullets are real. I’m serious! So are the cases, primers and funpowder.

54 posted on 10/30/2021 4:12:39 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: conservative98

No. When you ignore the basic rules of firearm safety it is inevitable. You are negligent Mr Baldwin. You are responsible.


55 posted on 10/30/2021 4:13:58 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: max americana

His ego is SO over the top - knowing he shouldn’t talk, he absolutely cannot shut up and acts as if he’s at a podium instead of the shoulder of a road. I honestly thought he was going to shove his wife out of the way.

“Then this terrible event happened!” Yeah, when YOU shot her.


56 posted on 10/30/2021 4:16:37 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: conservative98

One in a trillion is “too” random. This was intentional.


57 posted on 10/30/2021 4:28:36 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: arthurus
I bet he just hates it when these things happen.

Unfortunate, but rare. Yes, indeed. Rare.

58 posted on 10/30/2021 4:28:52 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: conservative98

Some people have no problems with guns.

https://www.wallart-direct.co.uk/content/images/thumbs/210108041_people%20posters-harold-lloyd-guns-art-prints_600.jpeg


59 posted on 10/30/2021 4:32:34 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (4th time in FB prison this year. Reason? I wrote a quick synopsis of why I was in the last 3 times.)
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To: SE Mom

Fox take.

60 posted on 10/30/2021 4:33:32 PM PDT by conservative98
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