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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Treat every gun as if it is loaded...or check with an expert to assure you it is safe.
As I understand it, there was a paid professional whose job it was to ensure the gun was safe. Perhaps Baldwin could have checked for himself (other say he absolutely should have) but he supposedly had a professional with more skills and knowledge tell him it was safe.
Should he trust the trained professional armorer or check the gun himself?
Should you trust the trained professional pilot or fly the plane yourself?
Should you trust your trained professional surgeon or operate on yourself?
Suing for hearing loss, temporary deafness, and vibrational shock?? Unfortunately, they will probably win.
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If he is going to point it at someone and pull the trigger then he should check it himself. Of course you must know this. I mean the outcome of his action is proof enough is it not?
As for your other analogies, as noted above, they are absurd. Alec Baldwin knows how to check if a gun is loaded with real cartridges.
If I were to go to a gun shoot at a local range, and there was a safety officer there to check guns and he handed me a gun and said it was not loaded and I shot someone, I'd be in jail for manslaughter at the very least. Period. That is exactly what happened here. The only possible argument that could be made is there were no real guns on the set and somehow this was planted in Alec's hand by someone on purpose. But that was not the case and Alec knew it.