I can’t stand Baldwin, really can’t - but unless this husband is suggesting that Baldwin himself replaced the blanks with real bullets himself, I am having a hard time seeing how he is to blame. He is in actor, he doesn’t necessarily know how to handle a gun and probably couldn’t even tell the difference between a blank and a live round anyway.
Someone is surely to blame for this, but my own two cents is it isn’t Baldwin, unless there is evidence I don’t know about.
Evidently the armorer had an instructional meeting for handling firearms on the set and Arec declined to attend.
Someone is surely to blame for this, but my own two cents is it isn’t Baldwin,[D] unless there is evidence I don’t know about.
I disagree and here is why.
[A]. He is to blame because he operated the firearm in a negligent manner. Not checking it's status when picking it up. Pointing it a a person. Operating it incorrectly.
[B]. His not knowing is a DIRECT result of declining training and not paying to have the Armorer present. His decisions alone.
[C]. At 21 I had never seen a blank before I was issued same in training on my M-16 and understood the difference without explanation.
[D]. Any sort of analysis of contributory negligence shows that Baldwin is 80% at fault and nothing would have happened from someone putting a live round in that weapon but for the actions of his I have outlined. Negligent homicide or manslaughter IMHO depending on state law.