Posted on 11/03/2021 6:52:51 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Baldwin carries the most exposure and the most blame.
Had the script called for him to put the gun to his head and pull the trigger you know he would have checked the chamber.
Beyond that, they weren’t even film with fired at point blank range into the head camera gal and the producer. The idiot cocked the gun and then triggered it....most likely joking.
He’ll do time......
Producer and starring actor are one and the same.
“And she wasn’t present at the shooting itself (or so is reported)”
That in itself could be negligence on the part of her and others. It is standard procedure for the armorer to hand the weapon the the actor.
Yes, I was trying to make a joke. I guess I was a bit too obtuse.
Also, best not to make jokes about such serious events - so I shouldn't have done so.
No problem at all. I was 51% sure you were joking. :)
We can only hope that Alec Baldwin gets what he deserves. His weird little wife, a drippy nut who grew up in Boston yet affects a Spanish accent and tries to act the foreigner, is probably already sleeping with somebody else.
Schadenfreude!
Nothing about this shoot was standard. That was the problem. The armorer had two jobs - not one. She was doing prop work when the shooting took place because that's how the producer wanted it. The whole industry wants to get more and more out their workers. I doubt she had the assertiveness to stand up and say "Whoa! One thing at a time" . The AD handed the gun to Alec. Is he also culpable? It's not his job. Did Alec check the chambers of the gun himself? (That is his job). They went fast and cheap on this and it bit them.
(1)You can have it done quickly (2) You can have it done well (3) You can have it done safely. Pick two.
Now we know why Arec was so pissy today
POTUS can only pardon for federal crimes, but the governor of New Mexico is a Democrat...
Yup...just like Hillary.
If Satan’s Prom Queen had shot someone at a DNC fundraiser, she’d be in jail.
Sorry guys, but that’s not likely.
Unless he as a PRODUCER did something that contributed to this woman’s death, like cut corners or costs and hired someone he knew to be utterly incompetent and unqualified to be guy in charge of safety or guns etc. he’s not going to face criminal liability for it.
Civil liability yes... Criminal no.
The fact he, as an actor, was the person who pulled the trigger, is not going to result in any serious criminal charges against him.
Even the reddest of red districts, he would not get charges with manslaughter or murder for this based on what has been reported so far.
Not going to happen.
Civilly yes, he will get sued and probably pay out some cash and be found to have some civil liability... but criminally, not because he as an actor took a gun he was told was safe by the professional paid to make sure it was safe, and discharged it.
It’s the same as if you take your car in to have its brakes fixed, and the mechanic bungles the job. You drive the car, and end up running a red light and kill someone, because the brakes weren’t repaired properly by the mechanic.
You aren’t going to go to jail for manslaughter or murder, but the mechanic, almost certainly will get charged.
You almost certainly will wind up being sued civilly but criminally you are not likely to be charged with murder or manslaughter or any derivative of criminally negligent homicide.
Not really. There are usually so many producers on a movie’s credits that I am honestly not sure what a producer is. I had the same thought as you and tried to look up who the producer of Rust was, but couldn’t figure it out. Now I know, and it was a good joke.
You knuckleheads!! Biden can’t pardon a conviction at the State level!
This trial -if there is one or more - will be in Arizona.
“Not if he’s lucky enough to get sentenced while a Democrat is in the WH.”
Wouldn’t matter. No pardons for state crimes.
I figure Baldwin’s net worth is a lot higher than $60 million. Place in the Hamptons? I mean $60 million is not tha large of a net worth after 30+ years of TV and movie stardom. (Crap! With the threat of inflation retirement calls for a couple million of dollars to live to age 90.)
What is AB’s real net worth?
His residuals from 30 Rock alone.
Wrongful death is what you call it in a civil case any time someone dies negligently or criminally.
My husband has several cases opposing Panish. He says they are very good. Serious ego, serious dude.
Joseph Stolen can only pardon Baldwin if he is convicted of a federal crime.
If Baldwin was convicted in either California or New Mexico, their lib governors could pardon him if he was convicted in a state court.
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