Baldwin "The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger."

[Whip_McCord]

Several people seem to think that since someone (maybe more than one) else "checked" the gun, the one holding and working the gun does not need to check the gun also.

Let me pose this question. If you are at a gun shop and ask to see any gun behind the counter. The staff member gets the gun, checks the gun for safety, and then hands you the gun. Do you then check to make sure it is unloaded and safe. If you answered no, you should not be around firearms.

If I hand it off to someone else, I check it again when they hand it back to me. Even if I watched them the entire time they handled the gun. I always check a gun someone hands to me,every time, and I am not pointing it at someone and pulling the trigger.

 

[printcraft]

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[oze]

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Only 9 more quality posts like this one to go! My money is on "J".

 

[Jaybird1980]

Now it’s 9.

If you don't want to be on INGO all you have to do is not log on.

 

[HoughMade]

Anyway.....I'm convinced that Baldwin talked himself into a criminal charge by claiming he didn't pull the trigger, then the lab showing the gun had no defects.

Honestly, he may think he didn't pull the trigger and I'm not sure criminal charges are necessary, but when you make a verifiably false statement, it has a tendency to make people think you feel blameworthy.

Pie hole- shut.

 

[manifest destiny]

Pie hole- shut.

Wisdom for the ages.

 

[spencer rifle]

I blame Twitter.
It allows you to dig a deeper hole faster.

 

[Ingomike]

Now it’s 9.

Now it’s over…

 

[hooky]

Now it’s over…

 

[KLB]

This assistant director, David Halls, handed him the gun and proclaimed it was cold. He already has his plea deal in place.

Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in fatal 'Rust' shooting, DA says

Baldwin was rehearsing with a pistol while filming “Rust” in New Mexico in October 2021 when it went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the director.

www.nbcnews.com

He's also filed a countersuit in the case

'Rust' Assistant Director Who Allegedly Handed Over Weapon Countersues Alec Baldwin

The assistant director who allegedly handed Alec Baldwin the prop weapon that discharged and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust" in 2021 is countersuing the actor and some crew members for indemnity.

timesofsandiego.com

Looks like they are all suing each other.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Looks like they are all suing each other.

This is what I imagine they look like.

 

[HoughMade]

Looks like they are all suing each other.

They always do.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

They always do.

 

[Tristen1997]

I think Baldwin is an easy target for scrutiny here with his stance on gun ownership. I do think he should be held accountable. But I would truthfully like to know if other actors investigate the chamber before they fire a firearm on set that supposedly has blanks in it. I think you would find they treat it as nothing but a prop and the same thing could have happened to them. In my opinion, technology has come too far for movies to still need to use blanks in a fully functioning firearm and aiming it at real people. If I can see a movie with an 8 foot tall blue person doing a backflip off of a dragon and shooting an arrow through a helicopter pilots face, we probably don’t need fully functioning firearms on movie sets.

 

[hopper68]

I think Baldwin is an easy target for scrutiny here with his stance on gun ownership. I do think he should be held accountable. But I would truthfully like to know if other actors investigate the chamber before they fire a firearm on set that supposedly has blanks in it. I think you would find they treat it as nothing but a prop and the same thing could have happened to them. In my opinion, technology has come too far for movies to still need to use blanks in a fully functioning firearm and aiming it at real people. If I can see a movie with an 8 foot tall blue person doing a backflip off of a dragon and shooting an arrow through a helicopter pilots face, we probably don’t need fully functioning firearms on movie sets.

I will apologize if wrong, but did you just start another account after getting shootered earlier in this thread?

 

[dudley0]

Several people seem to think that since someone (maybe more than one) else "checked" the gun, the one holding and working the gun does not need to check the gun also.

Let me pose this question. If you are at a gun shop and ask to see any gun behind the counter. The staff member gets the gun, checks the gun for safety, and then hands you the gun. Do you then check to make sure it is unloaded and safe. If you answered no, you should not be around firearms.

If I hand it off to someone else, I check it again when they hand it back to me. Even if I watched them the entire time they handled the gun. I always check a gun someone hands to me,every time, and I am not pointing it at someone and pulling the trigger.

Back in the late 80's I was showing this Ruger GP100 to my cousin. I had it loaded with Blazer aluminum 125 grain jhp ammo. I opened the cylinder and dumped it into my hand, closed it and handed the pistol to my cousin. He asked me if I minded him re-checking the cylinder to which I said no problem. He did so and a single round had stuck in. Tragedy avoided.

If we were doing stuff like that before the 80's even then why the hell didn't he do it in this day and age?

My first thought is that he couldn't be bothered to do things that he had people for. Well that didn't work out well for him and even less well for a couple other people.

 

[dudley0]

I will apologize if wrong, but did you just start another account after getting shootered earlier in this thread?

Maybe he is wanting to buy something I have listed?

<checks open ads> Nope, I got nothing.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I will apologize if wrong, but did you just start another account after getting shootered earlier in this thread?

Yes. Yes he did. And that one's gone now too.

 

[sharkey]

Andrew Branca has a good article up: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/...eath-of-halyna-hutchins-fits-the-known-facts/

 

[foszoe]

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