Everyone who handled the gun up to and including Baldwin was negligent.
If you hand me a gun, the first thing I will do is check to see if it is loaded.
If you tell me that a gun is not loaded and then hand it to me, the first thing I will do is check to see if it is loaded.
If I watch you check the gun in front of me, you tell me it is not loaded, and then hand it to me, the first thing I will do is check to see if it is loaded.
That was what my father taught me to do when I was 5 years old, and in the 60 years that I gave been handling guns since then I have never accidentally shot anyone.
Amen.
Preach it brother. If I’m handling a firearm and I’ve checked it, if I go to another room and it’s been out of my sight, I check it again.