Posted on 02/20/2022 3:58:22 PM PST by rktman
Recent statements by Santa Fe’s Democrat D.A. Mary Carmack-Altwies seems to point to good news for Alec Baldwin in the Rust shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October.
According to Vanity Fair, D.A. Carmack-Altwies seems open to accepting Baldwin’s claim that he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun that killed Hutchins and wounded the film’s director, Joel Souza.
In a December 2 interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin claimed he didn’t actually fire the gun he was given and that it seemed to go off by itself.
“I didn’t pull the trigger,” Alec Baldwin told Stephanopoulos. “I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. Never.”
Now, it appears that Carmack-Altwies is prepared to buy that claim.
TMZ, reporting on Vanity Fair‘s paywalled article, noted that Carmack-Altwies says she has performed tests that she claims shows that the gun could have malfunctioned and the hammer could have hit the cartridge without the trigger being pulled.
The D.A.’s determination is critical in this case because if she buys the story that Baldwin didn’t pull the trigger, that will materially affect any charges that could be filed against the actor.
Baldwin’s claim that he didn’t pull the trigger, though, has come under scrutiny from gun experts. The actor was reportedly using a single action revolver during the blocking of the movie scene when the shooting occured. And a single action pistol has a two-stage hammer position. When cocking, the first stage is called “half cock,” and it is a safety lock preventing the hammer from accidentally slamming down on the cartridge and firing the gun.
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“It was Trump!”
Looks like the fix is in for the elites to protect their own.
I, for one, am shocked at that. /$
Utterly impossible to fire a Single Action Army without pulling the trigger, or holding it back while you thumb-cock the hammer.
(Doc voice from Back to the Future) - “Great Scott, a gun that fires itself!”
This just means that the lawyers have securely transferred the funds along with a plausible cover story that has been well rehearsed.
They are just saying that "the fix is in".
Needs to be removed from office ASAP. "By any means necessary" as ANTIFA would say.
So there is EVIDENCE of a mechanical issue?
Hmmm...
Maybe it’s my tinfoil hat, but I definitely smell a rat...
The victim’s family had better hire a conflict-resolution-with-prejudice expert...
So, it was the mean, scary, vicious gun’s fault? I guess if a rogue SUV can run down people in a Christmas parade a gun can go on a rampage.
If it’s functioning properly.
My Dad had an old Colt single action that had the sear messed with so it had a hair trigger. It was an antique so we never shot it.
I doubt that this prop gun would have been in the inventory with a touchy sear. Baldwin pulled the trigger when it was pointed in a dangerous direction.
Let’s assume this is true. Baldwin is still negligent for pointing a gun towards a person. His actions would get him thrown out of any public gun club in the world.
IF Baldwin “Fanned” the hammer in any way, he could have still caused the gun to fire.
Bingo.
Everyone has a price. Someone might have decided they are ready to retire quite a few years earlier than planned and with a much bigger savings account than if they worked for another ten years.
There it is, the fix is in.
He didn’t pull, he squeezed the trigger.
A single action army that is truely an automatic pistol.
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