It was a rehearsal. There was no reason for the gun to be in his hand, let alone firing it.
CC
Well he was practicing a ‘cross draw’ which is a harder draw to get right- harder to get the right timing on pulling the trigger as the gun is moving in a horizontal move- if you aren’t used to it- it can be tricky timing it right- but noone hsoudl have been standing directly in the line of fire - especially without any protection liek a shield-
According to set folks who have commented on the issue- shields were supposed to be used to protect the camera folks incase something did go wrong— they apparently didn’t have them or use them=- and the gun shoudl not have been directly pointed in the direction of camera people- there are angles that can be used to make it appear to be in the direction, but aren’t, but baldwin obviously aimed directly at the woman when he pulled trigger- again, with no shield inpalce supposedly-
It was a tragedy all around- a tragedy due to Gross Negligence - and alec should have kept his mouth shut after apologized for his own act of gross negligence- but he didn’t- he’s trying to blame everyone else- He could have had a modicum of sympathy from the public- instead he has become one of the most loathed people in America because of his actions