Posted on 08/16/2023 9:53:24 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
A new report concluded that despite his denials, Alec Baldwin had to pull the trigger of the gun that fired on the set of "Rust" in October 2021.
The shooting led to the death of Halyna Hutchins, and a yearslong legal battle has ensued as investigators work to find justice for the cinematographer.
As the film's armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed gears up for her scheduled December trial, her legal team focused on a new report from independent forensic firearm experts. Lucien Haag and Mike Haag, who were commissioned by the prosecution, concluded that Baldwin had to pull the trigger of the gun in order for it to fire.
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[[as new report claims he pulled trigger]]
NO NO NO! The gun pulled it’s own trigger! Arec couldn’t possibly have been responsible! Guns are notorious for pulling their own triggers!
I agree, he didn’t mean to shoot Hutchins.
However, anyone-ANYONE who has had firearms training knows not to cover the trigger with a finger until the weapon is aimed at the target. In Baldwin’s case, sure, it’s movies, it’s make-believe, but proper safety etiquette dictates, that even in that context, that he NOT pull the trigger until the proper time.
The armorer failed at HER job as well, never should’ve been a live round in that gun.
Of course he pulled the trigger, a trigger does not pull itself.
Of course he pulled the trigger.
Yep. 15 minute story. How sad the way things are know, and the socialists are just making American citizens harder toward each other. Plus Baldwin is a screaming socialist who wants to use your money so he can feel good about being in the 1%. I pray to God for a change.
Except for Sig P320s. And some Remington 700s. And any autoloader when being inserted in a Blackhawk Sherpa holster.
SIG-Sauer P320
Remington 700
Blackhawk Sherpa
But Pietta-made reproductions of the Colt SAA? Naaah, ... not a chance. "Killer" Baldwin done it.
No it wasn't.
So here is a question I can’t answer because I’ve never handled a Colt SAA or replica with no transfer bar. If you cock the hammer without your finger on the trigger, but let go of the hammer before it engages the full cock notch, will the hammer fall all the way back and strike the firing pin?
I don’t know. And that still doesn’t explain why there was a live round in the gun.
The actor from Dukes of Hazzard John Schneider said the same thing soon after Baldwin killed one person and wounded another.
This single action Colt can’t fire itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYvvTu-UYM
I don’t know the answer. But I do know that the gun in question was thoroughly tested and found to be in good working order.
Alex pulled the trigger.
Period.
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It amazes me that in this day and age why Hollywood uses real guns on set.
They could make reproductions that look exactly like the real thing down to the tiniest detail.
Add some CGI smoke, depending on the year in the story, and nobody gets hurt, ever.............
I’ve heard several actors, including John Schneider, state that the standard of care in the industry is that every actor inspects whether a gun is loaded when it is handed to him. Either by opening the chamber himself or having the person handing it to him do it for his personal inspection.
No, you don't
But I do know that the gun in question was thoroughly tested and found to be in good working order.
But that doesn't answer my question about what is "good working order" for a SAA revolver of that kind with no transfer bar.
Alex pulled the trigger.
Period.
But you don't know that because you can't say how the revolver works in the manner I asked.
Like a lot of things, Lurker, just because YOU declare it so doesn't make it so.
Hey, Lurker.
Why don’t you want to declare the last word on the subject, even though you admit you don’t know how the SAA pistol works, but just because YOU declared it to be so? Aren’t you the end all last word on all that is so?
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