She wasn’t even in the building when the assistant director handed the gun to Baldwin. A violation of safety protocols in itself. I think the assistant director who handed the gun to Baldwin without checking it is going to be the scapegoat.
It’s a mess alright....and if it ain’t it’ll do ‘till the mess gets here.
__Tommy Lee Jones as Ed Tom Be in the movie No Country for Old Men
I had never heard of an “armorer” being on a movie set, until this shooting happened.
Apparently there are safety standards, chains of custody, etc. with guns on a movie set. And apparently there is a gross violation because someone got killed.
I heard that this was some low budget movie being produced by Alec Baldwin’s own production company. So it seems that legally, Alec Baldwin and his company have great legal liability here, even if Alec Baldwin as a individual is never charged with any criminal actions as an individual.
His company could have judgements against him for many millions of dollars.
He may be radioactive as far as further acting or entertainment industry jobs. We’ll see on that one.
According to the New Mexico OSHA report, she was largely cut out of the armour duties, with limited time allowed, mostly working as a prop assistant. And she was never allowed to do any training, even when she complained about that.
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the daughter of a sharpshooter and consultant to film productions, was limited to eight paid days as an armorer to oversee weapons and training, and was assigned otherwise to lighter duties as a props assistant. As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed.