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
Baldwin repeatedly refused the armorers request to take any training and attend safety briefings. This is all down to his arrogance. Which is the author of pretty much all his problems in life.
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