Posted on 12/03/2021 6:00:17 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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"There are some who say you're never supposed to point a gun on anyone on a set no matter what," Stephanopoulos said.
"Unless the person is the cinematographer who's directing me at where to point the gun for her camera angle," Baldwin said. "That's exactly what happened."
Criticism of Baldwin has come from fellow actors, some of whom shared their own protocol using weapons while filming. George Clooney said recently that, "Every single time I'm handed a gun on a set -- every time they had me a gun -- I look at it, I open it, I show it to the person I'm pointing it to. We show it to the crew."
Baldwin took issue with Clooney's thinly veiled jab, calling it "misplaced."
"There were a lot of people who felt it necessary to contribute some comment to the situation, which really didn't help the situation at all," he said. "If your protocol is you checking the gun every time, well, good for you. Good for you."
(Excerpt) Read more at abc13.com ...
You have to be right.
Baldwin wouldn’t say a thing that wasn’t approved by his lawyers.
"I didn't pull the trigger." -- Alec Baldwin
After weeks have passed since the shooting, I'm guessing this is what his lawyer told him to say.
Get it out there that he claims to be innocent, and begin to talk about presumption of innocence.
A faithful liberal media now has an “obligation” when reporting on the “incident” to say “Mr. Baldwin strongly denies any wrongdoing and will vigorously defend himself against anyone that suggest otherwise.”
With Baldwin's claim of innocence, it will now be the responsibility of the prosecutor to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Baldwin did, in fact, pull the trigger.
There will probably be witnesses of the event that will testify they saw the gun in Baldwin's hand, heard the report of what sounded like a gun, and saw the director fall - but they did not actually see the actor “pull the trigger.” The way his hand was wrapped around the pistol grip, from where they were standing, and because of the lighting - no, they can't say for sure they actually saw his finger move that 1/32nd of an inch.
The prosecutor will bring in 10 expert paid witnesses to testify a mechanical failure of the revolver could not have caused the gun to fire.
And the defense will bring in 11 expert paid witnesses to testify that under such and such a condition, the gun could have failed in the open position resulting in the incident. The gun manufacturer is responsible.
This is the beginning of reasonable doubt in the minds of a group of Baldwin's California peers.
Can anyone here conceive of a way the gun could have been sabotaged to fire without a normal trigger pull - say merely touching the trigger?
This fool just cant shut his trap.
Right. It is easy to hang up a jury like that.
It’s amazing just how many shooters now have never touched a revolver. Revolvers are a lot of fun and cheaper to shoot.
Could have been an old gun and just worn so it had a light trigger pull, when I used to Target shoot I would slick the metal up so when you cocked it your heartbeat would almost set it off...
Why didn’t I think of this before? It was Trump Derangement Syndrome!
Baldwin’s dad was a marine and taught riflery. I’d say Alec was brought up with a good knowledge of guns. I’m betting his dad had a large collection. Wouldn’t it be cool if the history of the gun “which Baldwin cocked” reveals that the weapon was part of his Dad’s collection. Remember...”Rust” was co-written by Baldwin...and he likely also chose the weapons that HE would use.
I heard this morning that the crew had been target shooting the week before with a six-shooter.
I’m starting to think this was intentional. (Tin foil time.). Maybe she had evidence of sexual assault on herself or others, and Baldwin took her out.
As soon as he cocked the gun....that made him an active shooter. On TV, that's when the sharp shooter takes the perp out.
Fingerprints on the trigger should clarify it. Fingerprints on the cartridges should help.
SOMEONE loaded that gun...just right...cock it and pull the trigger.
But it looks like the gun would have to be adjusted for that to happen.
I think that's what Alec is implying without using the "technical" term.
Remember, we want him to be gun dumb.
Now wait for audience reaction and sampling.
How does this variant play?
Next episode in a week, stay tuned for scenes.
***He has stated he never pulled the trigger.***
He would have had to have fully cocked the hammer, and pulled the trigger to make it go “Boom”, unless it had been modified as a “slip hammer” pistol, with the trigger tied back or removed.
Pietta makes two types of copies of the 1873 Colt. One like the originals, and one with a transfer bar in which the hammer must be fully cocked to raise the transfer bar.
Below is a schematic of the two types made by Pietta. One like the old style and a transfer bar model.
https://www.vtigunparts.com/store/images/1873%20Pietta%20SA.png
One more thing I forgot about, when the hammer is cocked, a pawl connected to the hammer pushes up on the cylinder to rotate the next chamber into firing position. When in firing position the “bolt” on the bottom locks the cylinder into position.
If you thumb slips before the cartridge in the chamber is aligned, the firing pin will not hit the primer, but to one side.
To make it fire, the hammer has to be at full cock. If at full cock, then the trigger has to be pulled to make it fire.
He knows it’s him who is responsible.
Unless his lawyer is as stupid as he is.
Yes. I read more here and came across this thread and posts.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4017913/posts?page=16#16
The fact that there was a bullet at the ready has to be extraordinarily rare, and then followed by the even-more-rare half-cocked “misfire” of some sort really grabs one’s attention. Maybe someone is a a ‘gun pyromaniac,’ for lack of a better term.
Sounds like Baldwin is saying the hammer slipped when he was cocking. Under normal circumstances (sane people have an empty chamber under the hammer) that wouldn’t be a problem.
But that is STILL his fault.
I suspect that Baldwin and the on set armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, and her father, long-time film industry armorer, Thell Reed, intend to direct blame to the supplier of the prop guns, Seth Kenney — who happens to be my cousin.
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