Alec Baldwin Baffled That He, Not The Gun, Will Be Charged With Manslaughter

The Federalist ^ | JANUARY 20, 2023 | EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO

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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.

[circlecity]

Yeah, I thought the Lee incident involved a squib round.

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<<”If Baldwin didn’t pull the trigger then he dropped the hammer before he got it in full cock position.”>>

The hammer will not fall unless the trigger is pulled. There are two notches that prevent this.

A Colt style single action hammer has 3 notches. The first is the “safety notch”. It is just back far enough so that the hammer is not in contact with a round in the chamber. The second is called “half cock” which allows the cylinder to be rotated for loading. All the way back is the full cock, ready to fire by pulling the trigger.

Simply pulling the trigger will not drop the hammer from the first two notches. The hammer has to be thumbed back slightly with the trigger pulled.

If you thumb the hammer back while holding the trigger pulled it will drop from any position.

[meatloaf]

Thanks!

[redfreedom]

OMG, looks like a urination contest here, LOL!

First I said “probably”. Probably is not a statement of fact, but merely suggesting he could have purposely murdered the girl.

How do you know he is not a psychopath? Are you a shrink and have personally examined him?

I’m well aware there’s no evidence to back up my claim, as well as any evidence to back up your counter claim. I made the remark as referring to a discussion with another person.

You said Baldwin is an impulsive hot head. This is quite likely true. But when you look up “impulsive not head” in the dictionary, you will likely find a picture of yourself used as an illustration. I mean, for crying out loud, why are you blowing this out of proportion when simple comments are made?

I’ve pretty much been away from FR for about two years, and in my return I’ve noticed much personal attacks such as yours and bickering back and forth when this used to be a pretty good political conversation forum. I don’t know what the problem is, maybe too many covid jabs affecting the brain.

I’ll let you have the final say and call it quits for this conversation. Enjoy your day.