Alec Baldwin Says He’s Been Told It’s ‘Highly Unlikely” He’ll Be Criminally Charged In ‘Rust’ On-Set Shooting – Update (Baldwin admits cocking the pistol, releasing the hammer)

Deadline ^ | 12/2/2021 | Ted Johnson

[marcusmaximus]

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Baldwin said that Hutchins had been guiding him during the rehearsal on the set on October 21, as she was “marking” a scene for shooting angles.

He said that he advised Hutchins, “Now, in this scene, I am going to cock the gun.”

“So I take the gun and I start to cock the gun. I’m not going to pull the trigger. I said, ‘Did you see that?’ [She said] ‘Well, just cheat it down and tilt it down a little bit like that.'” Baldwin said that the gun “ended up being aimed right below her armpit.”

“And I cocked the gun and go, ‘Can you see that? Can you see that? And I let go of the hammer on the gun, and the gun goes off.”

[marcusmaximus]

“And I cocked the gun and go, ‘Can you see that? Can you see that? And I let go of the hammer on the gun, and the gun goes off.”

[Jonty30]

It won’t save him from a civil lawsuit.

[Diogenesis]

Why is he allowed to murder an investigator investigating HIM????

[bgill]

Baldwins are above the law.

[digger48]

Saw a couple headlines. He say he did nothing wrong.

He’s just a victim in all of this

Piece of schiff actor is acting the role his PR team and lawyers have written for him

Regardless, that ain’t gonna play in the Civil suits

[The Louiswu]

[DoodleBob]

Honest officer, just because I was driving fast while texting, that doesn’t really mean I killed that girl crossing the street when I drove over her.

[gundog]

I’ve been wondering how many live rounds might have been in the cylinder. If what he’s saying is true, the hammer was resting on one. If he’d fully cocked the hammer, it would have rotated the cylinder to what kind of round? Looks like it’s going to be laid to incompetence on the armorer’s part, or sabotage.

[cornfedcowboy]

Has anyone determined if this was a replica/prop gun, or was it a genuine antique?

[Salamander]

Fanny Baldwin?

[Puppage]

That’s beautiful, man.

[Louis Foxwell]

“I didn’t know the gun was loaded. I just pulled the hammer back and let go of it. I didn’t actually shoot it. It just went off.”
Sounds like premeditated murder to me.

[1Old Pro]

It won’t save him from a civil lawsuit.

The family deserves justice.

[sappy]

he must have terrible lawyers to let him give these types of interviews and still rep him.

[Mr_Moonlight]

The schadenfreude is strong on this one.

Alec Baldwin is big arrogant wuss, always was, and he's going down big time.

Even his Hollywood 'friends' won't help him.

[McGruff]

He doth protest too much.

[snoringbear]

I’ve been wondering the same thing. I own two Ruger single action revolvers. I bought both new, one about 1970 ((yep, I’m old as dirt) and the other about twenty years ago. The older gun doesn’t have the pin protective shield and should be carrier with the hammer on an empty cylinder. The newer gun does have the firing pin shield and can be safely carried with all six cylinders loaded and hammer down. I don’t know if revolvers used in western scenes are actual old western pieces or period correct appearing revolvers with modern inner mechanisms.
Also, there’s a lot not yet Know about The who, what, when of the live ammo on site. I don’t think there was any malice intended by anyone. Guessing it’s a case of gross negligence and incompetence.

[gundog]

Whoever handed poor Alec that fully semi-automatic revolver is a cold-blooded murderer.

[metmom]

I call BS on this.

He’s rationalizing and making excuses.

[Salamander]

What if they'd handed him a machete, instead?