Is Baldwin Responsible?

[Black Orchid]

The man is an aggressive and out of control cretin and irony is a bitch but is he responsible?

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/m ... 8a6a370363

[Nom De Plume]

Of course not! Whom ever was responsible for the props, is accountable.

[sprintcyclist]

legally no. Obviously, no.

From his point of view, emotionally ......... he pulled the trigger.
He will never forget it and will be hard set to forgive himself.

[sprintcyclist]

Well, here is the question .........

Did the script say for baldwin to point the gun at that woman?

[Black Orchid]

Legally he may not be responsible but how many guns has he handled over his career? Quite a few no doubt. You'd have to be a complete idiot to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger without personally checking it, no matter who cleared it before it was handed to you.

That would be the first rule of handling a gun. Prop gun or otherwise.

[Black Orchid]

Well, here is the question .........

Did the script say for baldwin to point the gun at that woman?

Well considering she was a Cinematographer I'd say the answer to that would be a big fat NO!

[Bobby]

Legally he may not be responsible but how many guns has he handled over his career? Quite a few no doubt. You'd have to be a complete idiot to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger without personally checking it, no matter who cleared it before it was handed to you.

That would be the first rule of handling a gun. Prop gun or otherwise.

The actors should all be trained to personally check the guns they will use
to make sure they are loaded with blanks.
Plus there shouldn't have been any real ammunition on that site.
However - you should never point any gun at someone -
yet alone pull the trigger.

[Mortdooley]

In a way he is because of his bullying ways and obnoxious behavior, I believe he deliberately pointed the gun at the person he shot. He never believed it was loaded with live ammo, he just wanted to frighten and intimidate his victim. According to him in a report I read, he had never fired a live round before in his life and had no true gun handling training.

[sprintcyclist]

Well, here is the question .........

Did the script say for baldwin to point the gun at that woman?

Well considering she was a Cinematographer I'd say the answer to that would be a big fat NO!

that was my thought

[Gordon]

Of course not! Whom ever was responsible for the props, is accountable.

Way more to it than that. Baldwin is a producer.

The chief electrician on the low-budget western, Serge Svetnoy, blamed producers for Hutchins's death in a Facebook post, saying he noted "negligence and unprofessionalism" among those handling weapons on the set and said producers hired an inexperienced armourer.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-25/ ... /100565066