he had the gun in his hand, the gun went off and killed someone, he’s absolutely responsible despite what he has said, I don’t have to say this to FR posters but if you have a gun in your hand, you are always responsible if it goes off no matter the circumstances.
I think it’s been discussed here before, what likely happened is he pulled back the hammer enough so when it was released it fired the bullet.
How the bullet got in the gun, who knows at this point, doesn’t matter with respect to Alec Baldwin’s responsibility.
“I think it’s been discussed here before, what likely happened is he pulled back the hammer enough so when it was released it fired the bullet.”
It was a single-action revolver. I think what happened was that the idiot cocked the weapon, then pulled back on the hammer and squeezed the trigger, and disengaged the hammer, slowly, and returned it to an uncocked position. BUT HE LEFT HIS FINGER ON THE TRIGGER, fully depressed. Then, when he cocked back the hammer for the scene the firearm necessarily discharged. It’s how one “fans” the trigger in trick shooting. Baldwin owns this, and should pay up the wazoo and hopefully spend some time in jail.