Alec Baldwin shooting

[Suppressed Poet]

Gun safety 101 is to verify the status of a firearm yourself. If Jerry Miculek handed me a revolver and said it’s unloaded or has blank rounds, I (and every other reasonable & responsible gun handler) would immediately open the cylinder and check myself. If you can’t do that you should not touch the firearm.

I won’t speculate on the legal outcome of this case, but Mr. Baldwin was most certainly negligent.

[Sile]

Gun safety 101 is to verify the status of a firearm yourself. If Jerry Miculek handed me a revolver and said it’s unloaded or has blank rounds, I (and every other reasonable & responsible gun handler) would immediately open the cylinder and check myself. If you can’t do that you should not touch the firearm.

I won’t speculate on the legal outcome of this case, but Mr. Baldwin was most certainly negligent.

It's funny the amount of people who try to defend him and absolve him of this simple rule because 'hes an actor'.

[Parkbandit]

It's funny the amount of people who try to defend him and absolve him of this simple rule because 'hes an actor'.

I'm not about to defend him, but he won't get any real punishment because he's a liberal actor.

[Methais]

I'm not about to defend him, but he won't get any real punishment because he's a liberal actor.

In all fairness, if he weren't a leftist, this wouldn't have happened to begin with.

It's because with a rare exception here an there, leftists are retarded and have no clue about anything.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

It's funny the amount of people who try to defend him and absolve him of this simple rule because 'hes an actor'.

I don't think I've defended him at all, but certainly not because he's an actor. Just stated I don't think he'll have any consequence other than financial which I think he already did.

I'm curious how they'll market the movie when it's done.

[Sile]

I don't think I've defended him at all, but certainly not because he's an actor. Just stated I don't think he'll have any consequence other than financial which I think he already did.

I'm curious how they'll market the movie when it's done.

Oh my comment wasn't directed at you, more just in general I see in discussions outside of here.

[Methais]

I don't think I've defended him at all, but certainly not because he's an actor. Just stated I don't think he'll have any consequence other than financial which I think he already did.

I'm curious how they'll market the movie when it's done.

THIS MOVIE IS TO DIE FOR

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

THIS MOVIE IS TO DIE FOR

SHOCKINGLY REALISTIC GUNFIGHTS

[ClydeR]

Prosecutors reduced the charges against actor and producer Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set in New Mexico. Though the two are still charged with involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors dropped the firearm enhancement from the second charge, greatly lessening potential jail time.

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The amended charges were filed on Friday. Heather Brewer, a spokesperson for the district attorney, said in a statement on Monday that the reduction was made “to avoid further litigious distractions by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys. … The prosecution’s priority is securing justice, not securing billable hours for big-city attorneys.”

Luke Nikas, an attorney for Baldwin, did not respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment. Earlier this month, Baldwin’s attorneys said in a court filing the prosecutors “committed an unconstitutional and elementary legal error” in charging the actor with the firearm enhancement, arguing it did not exist in its current form when the fatal shooting occurred.

The DA's public statement is ridiculous. Doesn't the DA realize that the judge reads the newspaper and knows that the DA is lying? They'd better fire the prosecutor and appoint someone competent before the trial.

[ClydeR]

Can any of you who have a good understanding of the mechanical working of a single action revolver explain what Baldwin's attorney said below? It is from an interview the attorney gave in August.

The FBI is wrong about Alec Baldwin pulling the trigger on the set of 'Rust' -- so says the actor's attorney, who thinks the Bureau's report is flawed.

Luke Nikas, AB's lawyer, gave his take to Fox News Monday -- this as Halyna Hutchins' death was officially deemed an accident the same day -- saying the feds are incorrect to conclude Alec pulled the trigger ... because the testing they did doesn't show that.

Nikas says, "The FBI report is being misconstrued." He adds, "The gun fired in testing only one time -- without having to pull the trigger -- when the hammer was pulled back and the gun broke in two different places. The FBI was unable to fire the gun in any prior test, even when pulling the trigger, because it was in such poor condition."

Essentially, Nikas seems to be suggesting either the report's findings are misrepresented -- seeing how they've only been reviewed/reported on by ABC -- or the FBI simply misstated what they actually did in the lab to get to the bottom of this. Either way, he claims it's bunk.

You'll recall ... the FBI, per ABC, said there was no way the gun Alec used went off without him pulling the trigger, as they tried firing it by just manipulating the hammer -- which is what Alec said he did. They insisted ... when the gun's working properly, that's impossible.

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