Posted on 12/20/2021 6:42:44 AM PST by conservative98
SHOT cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ father yesterday accused Alec Baldwin of being at least “partially responsible”.
Anatoly Androsovych, 61, said he did not understand Baldwin’s claim he killed his daughter in a film blunder “without pulling the trigger”.
The distraught dad — who had initially refused to condemn Baldwin, 63 — now insists he must take some of the blame for the death of Halyna, 42, in October.
And he spoke of his concern that the Mission: Impossible star deleted tweets sent in the wake of the horror.
Ukrainian Anatoly — who served as a submarine captain — told The Sun: “I can’t understand the behaviour of Alec.
"Why did he sweep out his tweets when it became clear the shooting was on rehearsal?
“And why did he fire the shot during the preparations? The revolver is the type of gun which doesn’t shoot before the trigger is pressed and Alec is partially guilty for causing that shot.
“It is clear to me Baldwin fired the shot from his hand so it’s hard for me to understand how he cannot be held partly responsible for my daughter’s death.”
Anatoly said he was not sure if his grandson Andros, nine — who Halyna had with American lawyer husband Matthew — would “ever fully recover”.
He said: “Andros is slowly getting back to life, but this is huge blow for all of us.”
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“Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed share 100% of the blame.”
And they should own up to it. The fact they won’t is a tragedy.
I read that the gun used has a safety mechanism built in so that it cannot fire unless trigger is activated.
Single action weapon can only fire one live round at a time.
If Baldwin had his finger on trigger when he did cross draw, then pulled back hammer and let it go, the gun will fire.
You’re correct. Particularly because that gun has loading gate where each case has to be loaded separately, one at a time after rotating the cylinder.
And, I’d imagine that Baldwin doesn’t want anyone to see the texts he initially sent to his lawyer and/or adviser(s).
He’ll be luck with getting off any charges against him. As for the civil case(s) he’s screwed, IMO.
I saw another one that I thought was even better than what you posted. I’ll try and find it. Same result though...He pulled the trigger....period.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed says her safety requests were overruled, and furthermore that she was not allowed on the set at the time of the shooting incident because of Covid restrictions. What could she have done under those circumstances, other than walk off the job as others had done?
Except they didn’t have Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on set when they were handling the gun for the scene. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was working off-set on props. Alec Baldwin was handed the firearm by assistant director Dave Halls, who said there was no ammunition loaded.
It only takes a second to load a live shell and put it in the right position. And I am absolutely sure that Baldwin would know how to do that.
IIRC, Hannah said she loaded 5 shells....the empty one being in the firing chamber.
Gutierrez-Reed loaded the firearms. If she walked away from prepped guns without locking them up, then, yes, it is her fault.
The assistant director said no such thing. He said “cold gun” which apparently means that it was loaded with dummy ammo instead of blanks. That is what he was told, and he couldn’t really check without unloading the weapon, checking the individual rounds, then re-loading it himself.
So it is on Gutierrez-Reed for loading a live round or for losing control of the firearm and allowing a live round to be loaded and on Baldwin for pointing a firearm where it should not be pointed and pulling the trigger.
Yep. And if the victim had been black the shooter would've been charged with 1st degree murder AND manslaughter (think Chauvin) by now.
And I still don't understand why live ammunition is EVER needed on a movie set.
Lock up the guns.
Only allow them out when she is present.
She’s the armorer. She loaded the firearms. It is up to her to make sure that there are no live rounds in her armory (or that they are kept separate from the dummy rounds), and to retain control of the loaded weapons until they are distributed. She didn’t need to be on the set to do this.
“Additionally, read that Baldwin asked for a bigger gun.”
Lol. They don’t make them much bigger than a 45LC. My brother has a 45LC. It’s a BAFG. Big A** F****** Gun.
“So it is on Gutierrez-Reed for loading a live round or for losing control of the firearm and allowing a live round to be loaded and on Baldwin for pointing a firearm where it should not be pointed and pulling the trigger.”
Hollywood has rules it wants everyone to follow.
Its advice includes:
Blanks can kill. Treat all firearms as though they are loaded
Refrain from pointing a firearm at yourself or anyone else
Never place your finger on the trigger unless you’re ready to shoot
Anyone involved in using a firearm must be thoroughly briefed at an on-set safety meeting
Only a qualified person should load a firearm
Protective shields, eye and hearing protection should be used by anyone in close proximity or the line of fire
Any actor who is required to stand near the line of fire should be allowed to witness the loading of the firearms.
But it boils down to..
Never point a gun at anyone, at anytime. Especially cocking and pulling the trigger. (almost everything is done in Post Production now with angles and trick photography)
A lot of actors never even touch a real gun in action movies (most are mockups)
Before he handed a revolver that he had declared “cold” to Alec Baldwin on the set of the film “Rust,” Dave Halls, an assistant director, told a detective he should have inspected each round in each chamber, according to an affidavit. But he did not. https://t.co/flCONhaEqO— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 27, 2021
According to an affidavit, "Rust" assistant director Dave Halls told investigators that he did not check all the rounds in the gun before it was handed to actor and producer Alec Baldwin — a major breach of safety protocolhttps://t.co/IH70pYurUi— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 28, 2021
On the day of the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, assistant director Dave Halls told a detective he thought he saw three rounds in the gun and acknowledged that “he should have checked all of them, but didn’t,” according to an affidavit. https://t.co/IH70pYM3iS— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 28, 2021
They Must Think We’re A Stupid
Asst Director Dave Halls says Alec Baldwin did not have finger on trigger of gun that fired killer shot.
They all deserve prisonhttps://t.co/GPJ24dKLAx— DeMario (@DJDeMario1) December 2, 2021
Sources on the Rust set have said the fatal incident that killed Hutchins, 42, and injured Souza, 48, was a result of production failings from top to bottom.
They added that assistant director Halls, who handed the gun to Baldwin and told him it was safe, should have checked the weapon.
‘He’s supposed to be our last line of defense and he failed us,’ one of the sources on set said. ‘He’s the last person that’s supposed to look at that firearm.’
Right.
On a location where costs run hundreds or thousands of dollars per minute he should have taken five minutes to unload the revolver, check every round, and reload it.
Most likely he said that out grief.
The bottom line point is you forgot the AD David Halls in your statement on the only people responsible. The responsibility lies first on Baldwin, then Hall, then either Reed, or the prop-master, whichever was next in line of possession. Baldwin is guilty and it is at this point a question of degree now. The AD is one that really needs looked closely at. Motive, he wanted the director’s chair. Opportunity, he handed off the loaded gun saying it was safe. As someone else fired the load he had his cover story. Others may be involved and have liability but Baldwin and the AD both need to be charged for sure. After them it gets into general safety violations that allowed it to happen. You can’t call a loaded gun safe without checking it yourself and you never accept that until you check it. Even then the rule is you treat even a confirmed unloaded gun as loaded at all times.
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