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Alec Baldwin calls for police to be present on movie sets to monitor gun safety: LIVE UPDATES
Fox News ^ | 11/8/21 | Fox News Staff

Posted on 11/08/2021 8:16:31 AM PST by conservative98

Alec Baldwin took to Instagram to share a tweet he penned on his now-private account that declared his desire to see a police officer on sets to monitor weapon safety.

"Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons safety,” he wrote Monday.

Baldwin has been at the heart of an ongoing debate in show business about the use of real firearms on sets after a live round discharged from a gun he was holding on the set of "Rust" last month resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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To: conservative98

From the look on his face and his action, Alex needs some anger management classes. (sarc)


21 posted on 11/08/2021 8:27:21 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: damper99

22 posted on 11/08/2021 8:27:26 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: conservative98

Because random Police officers are experts in gun safety.


23 posted on 11/08/2021 8:30:13 AM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: conservative98

Whatta doosh. Suddenly concerned for safety. It’s like Slick Willie toting that huge Bible under his arm.

None so redeemed as they.


24 posted on 11/08/2021 8:31:07 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino (,)
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To: conservative98

How about we save a bunch and just have one officer follow Alec around.


25 posted on 11/08/2021 8:31:21 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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To: conservative98

How about learning gun safety and operating it in a responsible manner, like NOT pointing it at someone and pulling the trigger, like an idiot?

Take some responsibility for your own actions.

Interesting how the left who wants to defund the police demand them around when they think they need them.


26 posted on 11/08/2021 8:33:07 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The media has been doing this from day one. Calling a real gun a “prop” gun. Couching the narrative in terms that make it sound like Baldwin is the victim here. Beyond disgusting.


27 posted on 11/08/2021 8:33:08 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Born to Conserve

I was at a training range and we all saw a police officer nearly shoot themself in the foot.
Head of training facility told them to go home and get more range time.


28 posted on 11/08/2021 8:33:30 AM PST by Zathras
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To: conservative98
Here's the first guy they should hire...
"I'm the only one in this room, professional enough that I know of, to carry this Glock 40."


29 posted on 11/08/2021 8:34:37 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
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To: conservative98

How about not hiring a MORON as an armorer instead?


30 posted on 11/08/2021 8:36:45 AM PST by Salvavida (Even now, Come Lord Jesus!)
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To: conservative98

So is Baldwin saying that Hollywood is just too dumb to grasp the fundamentals of safe practices involving firearms? I gotta say he might be right!


31 posted on 11/08/2021 8:37:23 AM PST by Spok
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To: conservative98

A bit like driving the wrong way on the interstate, killing someone, and concluding from that that a police officer be in every car driven on the interstate.

Combination of someone who couldn’t get past the first day of Logic 101 and someone who when deep in a hole can’t help but keeping digging.


32 posted on 11/08/2021 8:37:28 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You do have to give the guy in the video some credit on asking everyone else if they are OK and not starting a panic.


33 posted on 11/08/2021 8:38:34 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: conservative98

Found a way to spread blame to people that weren’t there. Kind of a stretch, Alec.


34 posted on 11/08/2021 8:40:17 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: conservative98

Or he could hire private securoty that is competent, like a competent armorer and effective rules.

Maybe the current system is okay, if it is followed.


35 posted on 11/08/2021 8:40:45 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: conservative98

Better yet, don’t let Hollywood liberals anywhere near dangerous objects.


36 posted on 11/08/2021 8:40:51 AM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: conservative98

Is he saying he needs a cop standing over his shoulder to remember not to point a loaded gun at someone and pull the trigger?

If that’s true, doesn’t that mean he is a danger to himself or others and should be denied bail when he is charged with manslaughter? Or civilly committed right now?


37 posted on 11/08/2021 8:42:11 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: conservative98
Hollywood doesn't need policemen on their sets because they have protocols and follow them. A person who is a dedicated armorer (single purpose job) is the only person who handles the firearms and who is an expert on them and safety. The armorer is present at ALL firearm scenes and secures the weapon immediately when it is no longer used. The armorer not only has the responsibility but the AUTHORITY to shut down the scene until all motions and angles are discussed and everyone is satisfied the scene is safe to proceed to film.
The Baldwin set cut corners every which way and accepted Hollywood protocols were NOT followed.
38 posted on 11/08/2021 8:45:49 AM PST by BipolarBob (I had to change my homepage because it was embellished somewhat. Apologies to all.)
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To: conservative98
Alec was holding a prop gun that somehow went off on the set and discharged a live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.

The above was, if not written by, approved by defense lawyer & PR Flack. They will do their well reimbursed best to FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) everything for the probable trial.

Problems for them are numerous.
1) 'prop gun' - No such thing. It was a real gun used as a prop. Totally different!
2) 'somehow went off' - If Baldwin's finger was on trigger, NO!
3) 'discharged a live round' - WTF was a 'live round' doing anywhere on set? Baldwin, as Executive Producer has at least partial liability!

Case is not impossible for Baldwin to walk on criminal charges. "If the gun don't fit, you must acquit!" Sound familiar?

39 posted on 11/08/2021 8:47:43 AM PST by SES1066 (Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)
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To: conservative98

Baldwin is actually saying...

“If I only had police on the set monitoring gun safety I would have them to blame and I would not be in this situation I am today. Not my fault someone got killed. Don’t blame me! I just pulled the trigger. It was the damn guns fault! What’s the big deal anyways. Sh$t... it’s just some stupid broad. You think I’m all upset and crying that she’s dead?? LOL! No! It’s MY ass that’s in a twist and nobody to blame! Now can I get back to my movie!”


40 posted on 11/08/2021 8:49:05 AM PST by Bellagio
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