Alec Baldwin ignored the No. 1 rule of gun safety, says Hollywood weapons expert

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[–]HiddenFox 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

Like the article said, why would you have a live round on the set at all?

I'm thinking an union worker was pissed they were bringing in scabs. They might have snuck in a live round thinking this would scare them (baldwin) and that the round would go off and no one would get hurt. (Even when filming your suppose to aim beside the target)

Anyway just a theory.

[–]Trajan 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

There are reports that the gun had prior to the shooting been used for target shooting off-set. It seems more likely the armorer, being an apparently ditzy twink, didn't properly unload the gun. The assistant director then failed to check her work before handing the gun to Baldwin.

No need for conspiracies when there's so much incompetence on display.

[–]jet199 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Then Baldwin fired the gun at the crew.

Missed that step for some reason.

[–]Trajan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He had it pointed towards a camera while rehearsing a scene. There were people behind the cameras. Weird that.

No steps were missing. I didn't think anybody would not know the gun was pointed at crew, particularly given two of the crew were shot. I also assumed people eoukd know he fired the gun as he was holding it at the time. For completeness I'd also mention that Baldwin had his nose on his face at the time of the shooting, just in case you should feel the need to mention that in a response.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

The accidents started before the non union people were brought in though.

[–]iDontShift 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

seems the woman killed was the wife of a man that worked for clintons that is being indicted .

[–]IkeConn 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Actors are some of the dumbest people you'll ever meet.

[–]iDontShift 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

don't attribute to stupidity what may be intentional murder.

the wife killed was husband to man being indicted for being around hillary clinton

bit to coincidental for me

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This highlights how some people think that the gun is the problem, and not the person using it. They don't blame cars for traffic accidents because they are around them at an early age and eventually learn how to use them. Guns are too much of a mystery for some people.

[–]package 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Regardless of how the bullet got into the gun, I just can't picture a scenario where a scene would require firing a gun directly at a camera operator. You'd either need to be aiming at a moving handheld or significantly off to the side of a stationary rig.

[–]tyranicaloverlord 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's no surprise that people from hollywood have no idea how to handle fire arms.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Could this all be a psy-op?