There are dummy rounds that look real but they also are supposed to be identifiable. In any case no round that looks like a live round should have been inserted in the revolver. And Baldwin still should have checked.
Anyone but a Hollywood star would be under arrest by now.
“Anyone but a Hollywood star would be under arrest by now.”
Anyone who points and discharges a firearm at someone is responsible for the action, whether it is unloaded, or loaded. They are responsible if it is a rubber band gun. If in the process of this action a piece of the gun had broken off and injured her in any way, he would be responsible.
There is no other reason for his action. His state of mind at that point, I suspect, was to frighten or intimidate her... or at least, to annoy her.
Doesn’t really matter if the ammo fell from the sky. He did the pointing.
Is pointing a weapon, even in the context of a movie set, considered reckless if not called for in the script?
And once his actions left the script by pulling the trigger, isn’t that at the very least assault?
There are dummy rounds that look real but they also are supposed to be identifiable.
Dummy rounds don’t have powder or blasting caps.
Blanks have nothing solid at the tip that can fly off (the end is crimped shut). They may be sealed with a bit of wax or thin plastic.