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Originally Posted by Love2Swim
Why do some people have to make everything political? And where are the moderators when we need them?
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Two of the best questions in a thread chock full of politicized diatribe, misinformation, improper terminology & silly assumptions...
First, the news reports were wrong in calling this incident a "misfire" but it sure wasn't a "hangfire" either. (More "fake news"?
) It was an accidental shooting, not even an accidental discharge since the firearm was
meant to fire when Baldwin pulled the trigger.
Second, the 2 other discharges, at least according to the linked LA Times article, (
Alec Baldwin '''Rust''' camera crew walked off before shooting - Los Angeles Times )
were accidental discharges as the firearm was supposed to have been totally empty. There was no mention anywhere that I read that a projectile was involved in that incident, BTW.
Third, even though most of us may well have been taught proper firearm safety, do you
really believe that every single actor who is handed a prop firearm by a
professional armorer is going to completely unload & then reload that gun each and every time? Something tells me that just ain't gonna happen...