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Originally Posted by Blackbird45
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.
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Then prepare to be surprised... Baldwin admitted practicing "cross draw" while sitting there. They were not rehearsing a scene, nor filming...
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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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I'll accept all of that (even though some of it is speculation), but none of it really matters.