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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
Someone earlier in this thread claimed there were blanks in the gun not real bullets. Now we're hearing it they were the real thing. Which is it?
There's two things at play here:
1 - Why were real bullets loaded into a gun that was being used on a movie set?
2) Did Baldwin know the gun was loaded - or when he heard "cold gun" did he think that mean it had no bullets of any kind? Because even if they were blanks, they could still hurt someone if fired at close range. If he thought it was loaded with blanks, then it still raises the question why would you pull the trigger during a rehearsal and fire blanks at someone?
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Why would the camera person be standing there getting a shot of the actor shooting a gun if she thought she was going to get shot?
It's pretty doubtful that Baldwin loaded the gun or knew that the gun was loaded. And it's pretty doubtful that either the camera lady or the producer were aware that the gun was loaded with one or more real bullets.
I've never worked on a set but I would imagine that actors/actresses aren't the ones responsible for things like prop safety and which gun is safe to use when. Those logistics are handled by a safety specialist on the crew.
I guess the question is 1) Who loaded the gun 2) Who gave Baldwin that particular gun to use 3) Who yelled "cold gun" giving Baldwin and the two victims a false belief that the gun was o.k. to practice with.
It does not sound as though Baldwin was goofing off and being an arse. It doesn't sound as though he had a beef with the two who got shot. It really does sound as though the camera person was trying to get shots of Baldwin "shooting" the weapon for a scene that they were working on. Now law enforcement needs to figure out how Baldwin wound up shooting a loaded weapon at those two victims.