Alec Baldwin shooting

[Methais]

I've already said that if Baldwin had checked the gun and if he was able to distinguish blanks from real bullets, then the accident would not have happened. I do not accept the premise of your question that the number one rule of gun safety is to assume that a gun is loaded. I think the number one rule of gun safety is not to point a gun at another person, but that rule would not work in Westerns, would it?

Let's spend 30 second and ask the internet:





TLDR: It depends who you ask, but they go hand in hand. Though I can safely say that pointing a gun that you've already verified isn't loaded is usually going to be much "safer" than doing much of anything with a loaded gun.

Regardless of the order of rules 1 and 2, Baldwin also violated rule #3. He's just lying about it. He failed it up on 4 and 5 too.

Dick Cheney.

I was almost going to put an asterisk for Cheney, but then I remembered that I said "real hunters." I apologize for giving you too much credit.

I think the number one rule of gun safety is not to point a gun at another person, but that rule would not work in Westerns

I agree with you that Baldwin is so stupid that he shouldn't be handling a weapon under any circumstances.