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New Mexico Prosecutor Has Not Ruled Out Charges in ‘Rust’ Shooting
Variety ^ | 12/3/2021 | Gene Maddaus

Posted on 12/03/2021 7:29:26 PM PST by marcusmaximus

The New Mexico prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the “Rust” shooting said Friday that she is “exploring various legal theories” in the case, and has not ruled out any criminal charges.

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Lane Luper, the camera operator who walked off set with six others shortly before the shooting, also issued a statement on Thursday through his attorney, Jacob G. Vigil, responding to Baldwin.

“Guns don’t just go off,” Luper said in the statement. “The single action Colt .45 revolver handled by Alec Baldwin required multiple active steps to discharge and kill Halyna Hutchins. The gun had to be loaded with live ammunition, held and pointed, the hammer of the weapon manually cocked, and the trigger pulled. It was not a magic self-firing weapon. Alec Baldwin, David Halls, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and the producers of ‘Rust’ are attempting to avoid personal responsibility through unfounded claims and scripted narrative.”

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


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Baldwin still walk. Soros DA has her marching orders to clear him.
1 posted on 12/03/2021 7:29:26 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Smart Alec is guilty.


2 posted on 12/03/2021 7:31:15 PM PST by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: marcusmaximus

Yet.


3 posted on 12/03/2021 7:32:30 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021.)
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To: CatOwner

Exactly.


4 posted on 12/03/2021 7:32:53 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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New Mexico is OBVIOUSLY corrupt.

everyone saw him shoot someone NOT IN THE SCRIPT
who was investigating HIM.

New Mexico LEO must be stupid, stupid, stupid,
and paid off, or looking for same.


5 posted on 12/03/2021 7:33:33 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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He’s correct. The process is shown clearly in the short video linked below. Toward the end he shows how to fan the hammer to fire rapidly...

“The gun had to be loaded with live ammunition, held and pointed, the hammer of the weapon manually cocked, and the trigger pulled. It was not a magic self-firing weapon.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeeKAagUbdA


6 posted on 12/03/2021 7:43:25 PM PST by deks
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To: marcusmaximus

Moving at a John Durham kind of pace, meaning slightly less than glacial.


7 posted on 12/03/2021 7:49:06 PM PST by lee martell
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To: marcusmaximus

From the article:

Baldwin said he had been informed by “people in the know” that it was “highly unlikely” that he would be charged.

From the cameraman’s statement in the article:

“The production and its producers, including Baldwin, cut corners and endangered their entire crew by failing to follow industry safety rules,” he said in the statement. “The safety rules have been widely circulated and include holding safety meetings prior to any activity involving firearms, refraining from pointing a firearm at anyone, NEVER placing a finger on the trigger until ready to shoot, NEVER laying down a firearm or leaving one unattended, removing suspected malfunctioning firearms from the set, thoroughly checking firearms every time they are handed to an actor, and ensuring all crew are a safe distance from any weapon firing area. The production failed to follow these rules.”


8 posted on 12/03/2021 7:53:02 PM PST by xxqqzz
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To: marcusmaximus

just negotiating the amount to be placed in offshore deposit to quash-


9 posted on 12/03/2021 8:05:49 PM PST by slapshot (Coke wants me to act less white? Well I will not purchase Coke Products- Get woke go broke-)
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Just like the guy who killed Vic Morrow and the kid. Set up the explosion well above what they needed for the shot for effect. Blew the air out from under the chopper and it went down like a rock. Vic’s head cut right off with the kid he was carrying. I think it was John Landis going for the big effects.


10 posted on 12/03/2021 8:49:08 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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That Vic Morrow stuff taking down the helicopter was stupid, but at least there it was part of the movie.

Here, some clown is playing with guns, shooting “blanks” at people to scare them without checking if it is loaded.

Then they have live ammunition stored with dummies and blanks, a gun sitting on a tray unattended, and the armorer not even there. Then you have a 24-year-old part-time armorer presumably hired for being willing to go along with sloppy conditions, being cheap, and likely based on connections and ____.


11 posted on 12/04/2021 3:52:30 AM PST by xxqqzz
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To: marcusmaximus

Baldwin is important people and a Trump hating marxist, He is immune from laws.


12 posted on 12/04/2021 8:54:37 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: marcusmaximus

A single action revolver can fire without pulling the trigger.

Further, was the gun modified? Whether purposeful or accidental, modifications can make a gun much more dangerous.


13 posted on 12/04/2021 8:59:11 AM PST by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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