It’s possible that Baldwin was mischarged by the prosecutor, which makes this a case of incompetence by the prosecutor.
The problem is that it was Baldwin’s job, being the head producer as well as actor, to ensure that everybody was doing their jobs. If he was just a hired actor, it was probably the right call to give him minority responsibility. However, being the head producer, it was job to go to the armourer with his checklist and checkoff that the armourer had disarmed the weapons and reloaded them with blanks.
Hopefully, Baldwin won’t be as fortunate in the lawsuit that has been given him.
“reloaded them with blanks”
The scene required dummies, not blanks.