There is truly one person to blame.
If he pulled the trigger or not should not matter and I said in an earlier post, I would not be surprised if the cinematographer told him where to point the gun to get the visual, she wanted. Movie companies do not hire armorers because they want someone who knows about guns, if that was the case, they could hire a gangbanger to do the job for less. They hire a professional who understand safety protocol for insurance purposes. The production has to take 5% of the blame for either not hiring someone with a better resume or for overworking her. The armorer is the one that has to accept 95% of the blame.
1. No one should have any access to any firearm besides herself.
2. To allow any live ammunition anywhere near a set was irresponsible.
3. At one point she claimed she was overworked; at that point you hire an assistant, or you quit.
As far as actors, I don't know what true knowledge Mr. Baldwin has, but I've worked with some stars that didn't know their right from their left and were handed a gun on set.
Until you work on a movie set, you will not grasp that this is a place waiting for an accident to happen.
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