Did he intentionally point the weapon at her?
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Did Clint Eastwood intentionally point his .44 Magnum at 100 plus people in the Dirty Harry movies? Did John Wayne point is M-1 Garand at the Jap actors on Guadalcanal? Under your theory, Clint and the Duke should have been charged with reckless endangerment. Right? No, because Eastwood and Wayne were acting under the assumption that their prop weapons were loaded with blanks.
What did Alec Baldwin do that is different than Eastwood or Wayne? In fact, from what I’ve read the production crew included a professional armorer in charge of preventing accidents by checking guns, etc. BTW, if EVERYBODY knew that Baldwin was acting “with reckless disregard for human life,” why did everybody, including the victim, remain on the set? In fact, NOBODY knew that there was any danger, including Baldwin.
Here’s a simple test: If you were a police officer that day on the set of “Rust,” and you saw Baldwin begin to raise his prop gun, would you have tried to stop him from pulling the trigger? Answer: No, because you would have assumed, like Baldwin, that the gun contained blanks.
He was negligent when he didn’t check the weapon and relied on others for safety.
I don’t know if they were shooting a scene or he ws just being an ass.
It is not that difficult and you can diffuse the situation with legal masturbation, but he didn’t check the gun, aimed at someone and pulled the trigger, killing them. This is not acting under the assumption. You don’t make assumptions when it comes to someone’s life.