Posted on 03/14/2022 8:23:26 AM PDT by conservative98
The armorer on the set of Alec Baldwin’s flick “Rust” has accused him of violating gun-safety rules and claimed she was not asked to inspect the revolver he used in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed responded to a legal filing in which Baldwin said Hutchins told him to cock the antique revolver, CNN reported.
“Mr. Baldwin knew that he could never point a firearm at crew members under any circumstances and had a duty of safety to his fellow crew members,” Gutierrez Reed said in a statement Saturday, according to the network.
“Yet he did point the gun at Halyna before the fatal incident against all rules and common sense,” she added.
Gutierrez Reed said Baldwin and others on the Western set “had a duty and responsibility to call Hannah in for inspection of the gun and safety instruction before any gun scene was conducted.”
“Hannah was not called into the Church before the impromptu gun scene rehearsal and she should have been,” according to the statement cited by CNN.
The rookie armorer said she didn’t know what was happening inside the church set on the day of the shooting and that the 63-year-old star was responsible for helping maintain the safety of the crew.
Gutierrez Reed said she encountered “constant resistance” from Baldwin and production staffers during her time on the set, according to CNN.
“Hannah emphasized the importance of training Mr. Baldwin in the cross draw, which is dangerous,” the statement reportedly said.
“He never accepted the offer and Hannah was not able to conduct that training as well as other training she wanted to do, because of budgeting and being overruled by production.”
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He'll say that guns are evil and because the gun is guilty and evil he will never do a film again with guns, he'll be called a hero.
The story is that she checked the gun, handed it on, and someone loaded it before Baldwin got it.
Of course you didn’t intend to shoot the camera woman Alec but man up and take your share of the blame because of your moronic, unsafe use of a gun.
“I. Did. Not. Pull. The. Trigger.”
I can’t disagree with at.
I don’t use a single action for defense, so I guess I haven’t given it more thought than the general thought already posted.
The only reason cross-draw is allowed at the line is that the firing line is forward of any spectators and participants. The timekeeper stands behind the shooter on the off side. No-one else is in that 90 degree arc. There are berms on 3 sides of the target area itself. Most shooters put the cross-draw holster forward of "normal" carry as well.
Should have been using 5-in-1 blanks. Did someone load blanks in normal cases? How did a bullet get in there?
I remember an incident at the Durango Colorado at the La Plata County fair about fifty years ago in which a man with a blank loaded revolver shot a woman.(She asked him to) But there was a load in one of the cylinders and the woman was killed.
5 -in-1 blanks still appear to be available, but they are expensive!
https://www.westernstageprops.com/5-in-1-Brass-Blank-Ammunition-p/sa13b.htm
I saw these black ones used in a “shootout” at Silver Dollar City MO years ago.
https://www.westernstageprops.com/5-in-1-plastic-blank-ammunition-p/sa13.htm
I really think he settles our of court, undisclosed amount of cash with a life time gag order for all parties involved.
Meant to say ‘can’t disagree with that.’
100%
Reminds me of the old songs...
I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded
The Andrews Sisters
I didn’t know the gun was loaded
And I’m so sorry, my friend
I didn’t know the gun was loaded
And I’ll never, never do it again
I Shot the Sheriff
Song by Eric Clapton
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
Not one time!
Agreed. Everyone wants Alec guilty because he’s such an asshole.
They were using "dummy rounds not blanks. A camera shot from the front would show the blank cartridges. Dummy rounds have the projectile but no powder or primer. It has been said that people had been target shooting with those prop guns earlier and that live ammo had been mixed with the dummy rounds. For sure someone loaded the prop gun with a live round. What Baldwin did has been done a million times in movies over the years. It's a miracle that more people have not been shot on film sets.
That’s on the civil suit. The fact that there isn’t a criminal case is, well, criminal on the part of the DA in my mind.
I believer her
I am not sure where she gets the Spanish name. If it was a married name, it should be after “Reed”. If it was her mother’s maiden name Spanish style, it would also be after. I assume it is her mother’s maiden name as a middle name.
The dummy rounds I have seen have holes drilled in the sides of the cases and no primer hole.
In some of the old war movies from the 1960s you can see the holes drilled in the sides of some of the cases in the machine gun belts. In others being fired, you can see the blanks.
Machine Guns - Marvelous Toy - Peter, Paul and Mary
https://youtu.be/WazxVcEH61M
Miami Vice - Battle of New Orleans- Johnny Horton
https://youtu.be/impaURplyAc
Boston Legal - Gunslinger - John Fogerty
https://youtu.be/QusqI5D5Fnw
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