Posted on 01/20/2023 6:06:02 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced plans on Thursday to charge actor and anti-gun activist Alec Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Baldwin is responsible for pointing the gun at Hutchins and failing to make sure the gun and supposedly dummy ammunition were properly checked, according to prosecutors.
Despite his blatant disregard for gun safety, Baldwin is bewildered punishment has been levied against him, with his attorney claiming the charges are a “terrible miscarriage of justice.” As an anti-Second Amendment activist who has a habit of demonizing the gun in criminal shootings instead of the person pulling the trigger, Baldwin is probably perplexed that he, not the weapon itself, is being slapped with criminal charges.
According to Baldwin, everyone and everything are to blame for the shooting, except himself. To skirt responsibility, Baldwin has insisted that staff told him the weapon was unloaded and even that he did not pull the trigger (a claim the FBI forensic report stated is implausible). Yet even if Baldwin’s gun had fired without him pulling the trigger, Baldwin would still be at fault for failing to follow safety protocol.
As John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, writes, “The first rule of gun safety is you don’t point a gun at something unless you intend to shoot it. Even if you believe the gun is unloaded, you don’t point it directly at others.” Baldwin failed to follow the first rule when he carelessly pointed his gun at Hutchins.
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Alec thinks the gun fired itself. He repeatedly denied pulling the trigger. However the FBI has confirmed the gun is operating normally.
Maybe the devil fired it??
I see him getting either a suspended sentence and or a few hours of “community service”.
After taking this long to file charges, this is proof that the charges are going to just be theater. All for show.
He needed more time to get another child so he can claim he’s needed by his family.
It’s a single action revolver. You can’t fire it by pulling the trigger unless it’s cocked first.
If Baldwin didn’t pull the trigger then he dropped the hammer before he got it in full cock position.
Gun then goes bang if there’s a live round in the cylinder.
doesnt matter if he actually did it on purpose or not- As the director of the movie, and as an actor who handles a gun during production- He broke 17 specific safety rules- He broke them- the responsibility lies with him as he was the last one to take the gun in hand- he pointed the gun at the camerawoman- a no-no! he pulled the trigger without checking the gun- another huge no-no- he never ensured the safety of the camera people by providing a shield during the scenes- on and on the list goes-
but the number 1 rule when using any gun is that that gun “Is Always Loaded” and number 2 rule is “Never Point the Gun at Anyone” (unless of course you are using it in self defense)
His gross negligence led to her death- and he should be tried and convicted because of it- none of those details matter as to his culpability that you mentioned- as the last one to handle the gun, he still had obligations to check that gun thoroughly himself before firing it
The points you mentioned will come into play if others are tried- but at the end of the day, Alec is responsible for what he did- He broke a number of rules- and now is paying a very heavy price for it- A Woman died because he did not take his job and safety protocols seriously- when someone hands you a gun and declares ‘it’s safe’, you are still responsible for whatever happens because you yourself didn’t check the gun before pulling the trigger- Again, number 1 rule is ‘gun is always loaded- treat it as such’ even if someone tells you it isn’t loaded
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Where Is Hannah Gutierrez-Reed?
Gutierrez-Reed, who was working on only her second film as an armorer at the time of Hutchins’ death, has kept a low profile since the shooting.
In February 2022, the New York Post published photos of Gutierrez-Reed outside a tattoo parlor in Bullhead City, Arizona, where it was reported that she had taken up a job as a receptionist—a departure from her previous role.
A few days after the fatal shooting, Fox News reported that the unnamed landlady of a two-bedroom property that Gutierrez-Reed was said to be renting in Bullhead City near the Colorado River didn’t “want her living there anymore.”
It is not known whether Gutierrez-Reed has continued to live at the property.
In January 2022, Gutierrez-Reed filed a lawsuit against the company that allegedly supplied the rounds that were used when Baldwin fatally shot Hutchins.
Lawyers for Gutierrez-Reed argued at the time that the PDQ Arm & Prop company was liable for allegedly supplying the set with live ammunition, as well as “dummy rounds.”
lols......
He violated ALL of the Four Rules AND he violated tons of film industry safety standards, both in his role as actor and his role as producer. How you place most of the blame on her is beyond me. The idea that an actor that has been using firearms on-screen for decades has managed to be clueless about safety protocols is absurd. The issue is that he should have known better, did know better, but his ego and short-cutting the safety standards got in the way. And any court proceeding should recognize this. It may not, because two-tier justice, but it should.
https://www.csatf.org/production-affairs-safety/safety-bulletins/
Safety Bulletins 1 and 2 are interesting reading in light of what has been said about how things were handled on set.
I have a relative who was shot at close range and killed by wadding that penetrated into a lung.
That would be funny.
The DNC, who reviews all SNL skits, would never approve it.
He pulled the trigger and it killed. He is at fault as was the armory on the set.
Firstly, the armory should have assured the weapon is safe and not loaded with real bullets. Secondly, Baldwin should have himself inspected the weapon prior to its use. Thirdly why in the hell were real cartridges even on the set. Something is missing in this story least it be extreme ignorance of firearms.
I am a shooter since a boy. On the range I have been handed weapons by a fellow shooter. He will tell me if it is loaded and if a cartridge is in the chamber. I always check to see if it is so. It is not an insult to the other shooter. It is just range safety. Alec Baldwin knows nothing about proper range safety.
When a fellow shooter hand me a weapon and says no cartridges are in the chamber, I trust him but rack the slide to make sure.
That’s called trust - with verification. Reagan was big on that.
I was once handed a blue laser Glock at a police department’s virtual training indoor range. I pulled the slide back a little to make sure there wasn’t a .45 ACP in there. The police trainer said “I’ve never had anyone do that!”
I replied with something like “You’ve just handed me a blue Glock 21 object. That I am about to pull the trigger on in this training exercise. OF COURSE I am going to make sure there’s not a round in it, but a laser!”
Later, after thinking about it, I hoped he meant I was only the first citizen police academy attendee to have done that. But I fear none of the officers had ever done that. But I hope not.
I did, too. Great headline.
I agree with you. There have been cases before such as the hypothetical one you described. Baldwin is an actor and a hothead.
I always wondered if he might have hit on Hutchins or something. I notice how so many easily assume he is totally innocent because it appeared to be an accident.
Good thing many detectives never assume the obvious.
Other posters don’t agree. Would you care to explain?
Posters is a plural word. There’s one other nut job.
You’re stating that Baldwin committed first degree murder.
He somehow knew everyone else would magically screw up at the exact time he planned.
Baldwin is an impulsive hot head, not a devious psychopath.
There is zero evidence to back up even the slightest bit of your claim.
I didn’t make a ridiculous claim, you did.
The burden of proof is on you, and you have nothing.
I swear I thought this was a Bee article...
While true, it validates what I was always taught and what I pointed out. Never point a (real) gun at anything you’re not willing to kill.
Had Baldwin not pointed the pistol at the woman, she’d still be alive and his movie would be sitting on the direct to video shelf.
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