[TangoLimaSierra]

Boy needs some jail time.

[TonyinLA]

“he fired a blank round at a crew member”!!!!

WFT!

It was a real gun. Common for “autheniticity” in the film industry. Baldwin knew that.

You never even dry fire a pistol at someone you don’t intend to harm. This is basic firearms saftey 101.

This is negligent homicide. No doubt about it.

[V_TWIN]

They better have video or witnesses of said horseplay or it never happened......having said that, I’m sure he was, proof or no.

[Bullish]

He’ll buy his way to aquitta like all the Hollywood left does every time.

[Skybird]

Reckless, reckless and arrogant.

Rules for thee but not for he…

[george76]

Alec killed Halyna Hutchins who was exposing pedophila in Hollywood.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

...one instance when he fired a blank round at a crew member...

A "blank round" is what killed Brandon Lee.

Unfortunately, there was a projectile lodged in the barrel.

[cuz1961]

i thought the shooting was negligent before.

but now that this has come out, it seems like he was trying to normalize and minimize his negligence

now i think he was muddying the waters to prep plausible deniability for murder.

[devere]

Movies are make-believe, so Baldwin the actor is innocent.

Baldwin the producer may well be guilty for his gross negligence in administering safety regulations. But the prosecutors seem to me to be confused and incompetent.

[ClearCase_guy]

In order to determine Guilt or Innocence, we must first determine Whom we are talking about. I think Alec will be fine.

[FrankRizzo890]

Baldwin was also “erratic and aggressive” during filming

Isn’t he like that ALL the time?

[Sicon]

He was seated in a church pew, practicing a move in which he whips a pistol from its holster, when it suddenly went off Baldwin pulled the trigger and fired the weapon.

Edited for accuracy.

[No name given]

And lots of it.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I saw the clips where he was yelling and screaming at the staff - constantly. That doesn’t sound like “horseplay” to me.

[jonrick46]

I suspect Baldwin shot Halyna Hutchins on purpose because he was having an affair with her and, because of his marriage, wanted her out of the way. This was no Russian Roulette situation with one live round in the cylinder set to go off due to random bad luck. I believe he had the live round in his pocket, took it out and loaded it in the cylinder in the ready position, to go off with a pull of the trigger. IMHO.

[Eleutheria5]

Y-you mean he really is an idiot? Well, at least he showed that the NRA isn’t the boss of him, with their gun safety protocols.

[bort]

I do not like Baldwin, but I think this case is BS. He was filming a scene when he fired the gun. He obviously thought there were blanks in the gun. There was a person hired to check the safety of the guns. So, when the director says “action,” is Baldwin supposed to say “stop,” let’s recheck the gun? BTW, wouldn’t the director who got killed have a duty to check the gun, too? We have a word for what happened here—NEGLIGENCE. Not criminal negligence, but civil negligence.

[jerod]

A reasonable facilimle of Baldwin's producing style...

[Billthedrill]

I’m sure it will come up in trial if true, but stories at the time suggested a partial cast walkoff over safety concerns. That’s going to be difficult to explain in terms other than consistent disregard of standard safety procedures that all actors are supposed to be briefed on during every shoot. Other stories claimed that Baldwin disdained to attend them. At some point even for a mere actor that’s actionable, and Baldwin was more than that.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

According to court documents obtained by ETonline, the 66-year-old leading man engaged in “horseplay” during firearm training, including one instance when he fired a blank round at a crew member, whom he’d been using to establish his line of sight. Prosecutors further alleged Baldwin was also “erratic and aggressive” during filming, contributing to safety concerns on set.

Baldwin would also allegedly use his prop firearm as a pointer, relying on it to acknowledge and direct different people while filming. Prosecutors in their latest filing additionally accused him of firing the weapon on at least one occasion despite the fact that “cut” had already been called.

Here's the YT video that shows all of the above. The most alarming part is when he runs up to the boulders, then turns, aims the gun at the camera crew, then fires.

See: Alec Baldwin waved gun around on Rust film set before fatal shooting, court hears

[dfwgator]

"This business will get out of control, and we'll be lucky to live through it."

"Are you referring to the Russians, sir?"

"No, Alec Baldwin is behind us with a gun."