The only positive thing that I can say about Baldwin is that he was good in Glengarry Glen Ross.
No one should walk away from this scot free. From the armorer to Baldwin, and frankly this deserves jail time.
How is this NOT double jeopardy?
Unless you are making moves. A whole different and stringent industry standard exists for that.
IIRC According to him, the gun fired but he didn’t pull the trigger.
You’d have to suspend reality to even consider that could have happened.
You try using that excuse and see how fast you’re in prison scrubs.
Yup. My dad was a small town doctor. When he was teaching me how to use my .22 rifle, he took me to the hospital and showed me a guy's gun shot wound. Never forgot that lesson. (Probably a .38)
Never let the muzzle point at anything you are not willing to destroy.
Rule #2
Treat every gun as loaded until you clear it yourself.
Using a real firearm instead of a prop gun that can shoot only blanks is just plain stupid.
Why not just remove Baldwin’s name from the ballot and call things square.
When I was 10 I pointed an unloaded shotgun at my friend. His Dad let me know that was a big no no. Shame is a great teacher.
Someone loaded the gun. I doubt it was Baldwin.
They are guilty of murder.
Baldwin is a total ass, and guilty of manslaughter, but someone is getting away with murder.
Had Alec Baldwin owed up to his role in the accidental shooting that resulted in death early on with ‘genuine’ remorse, this issue would have been resolved long ago with some fines, restitution to the victims’ families, and no jail time, but his arrogance and adherence to a “magic gun” fantasy got us here.
**** you, that’s my name. You see this watch?…
I can’t stand the sight of the guy but he’s not guilty of manslaughter. He’s a dumb chit actor who was handed a pistol by the production armorer and had every reason to believe it was loaded with blanks. Its the armorer’s fault.
“Never let the muzzle point at anything you are not willing to destroy.”
My understanding is, even in the movies they do not aim at people directly and fire, they use camera angle and editing to make it look like they did
The event happened over 2 years ago. There’s hardly any debate over his involvement or the facts of the case. Yet he’s only being charged (again) now.
Regardless of what you think of Baldwin - American justice is slow, plodding, corrupt, bureaucratic and political.
A charge of negligent homicide would’ve been more appropriate
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Rule #1
Never let the muzzle point at anything you are not willing to destroy.
Rule #2: It is insane to think that an actor pointing a gun which he believed to be loaded with blanks is guilty of a crime bc some idiot stage manager did not properly check it. No fan of Alec Baldwin, but this charge is BS.
At the time of the shooting word was that he was pissed at the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins for her requesting a second take on the scene he had just completed. In anger he pointed the gun at her yelling "take this" or something similar, not expecting it to be loaded. The shot killed her and injured the director who was standing behind her. This version may be the "new evidence" that resulted in the indictment.
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