[Stu from NYC]

Why would he point the gun at another person and than pull the trigger?

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I feel very bad for the woman killed, the injured director, and Mr. Baldwin. Can you imagine how bad he feels??

He would be heart-broken would be my guess.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Why would he point the gun at another person and than pull the trigger?

Because he was making a movie and thought that the gun was not loaded with bullets.

2021 Rust shooting incident - Wikipedia

[Blackbird45]

Why would he point the gun at another person and than pull the trigger. She works the camera and the direct are usually next to the camera I would guess it was going to be part of the shot.
I'll saw a funny, maybe not so funny accident that happened on a Polo cologne commercial I was working on.
We were on a polo field and they designed a shot where the player took a shot at the camera. They put a plexiglass sheet on an angel in front of this $55k camera, I assume that it would not fly back at the rider. Inside it flew over everyone head and knockout the director's son's nanny that was standing a good distance behind us. I doubt she ever visited a set again.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Kelevision

He won’t it’ll be the line producer or UPM. But in the end, nobody will be charged with anything because that’s how this business works. You think this is the only death? You’re seeing it because an actor was involved. You don’t see the other issues that happen on sets due to lack of safety.

Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed on a movie set several years ago from an explosion. That made headlines for sure.

[vinnytalk]

Originally Posted by billethkid

I decided there is not enough info to comment....thread deleted.

I conclude the same a this writer, not enough evidence to show any wrong doing.
I don't like Baldwin but you can't judge people with hate.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by Escape Artist

Well, maybe because Alec Baldwin is an "actor" who has made political comments, involved himself in political causes, caught up socio-political controversies (problematic current wife), etc. All of life is political, especially nowadays. There's no escaping it which means it may spill over onto an internet forum at times.

No. Just because a public person like Baldwin voices his political opinions doesn’t mean you can break the rules of an online forum and post political stuff. It is specifically banned on TOTV.

Some people just have to bring politics into everything. There are some diehards on TOTV that just don’t know when to quit. Give it a friggin rest.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by vinnytalk

I conclude the same a this writer, not enough evidence to show any wrong doing.
I don't like Baldwin but you can't judge people with hate.

This is TOTV.
No evidence or facts needed.
Guilty as charged!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed on a movie set several years ago from an explosion. That made headlines for sure.

Which caused the helicopter to crash.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by vinnytalk

I conclude the same a this writer, not enough evidence to show any wrong doing.
I don't like Baldwin but you can't judge people with hate.

Loved him on some shows. Not so much on others.

I see no evidence that Alec Baldwin meant to hurt anyone.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Which caused the helicopter to crash.

That was decades ago on a Twilight Zone movie set.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Blackbird45

Even though I retired over 10 years ago I am still maintain my member membership In the IATSE which is the union that covers almost all movies. My local and I assume all locals have apprenticeships and testing. As I heard on the news the prop master on this job was not a union member. Some productions will go non-union to save money and they get what they pay for. If I'm a member of her family I will sue the production for every penny I could get. May they'll get to understand there is a cost of hiring non professionals. In this case it was some ones life.

Yes, because we all know ONLY union members can tell the difference between live ammo and blanks, and ONLY union members practice gun safety on a set, and ONLY union members......... (Oh, yes, and ONLY union members pay dues to the union)

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Yes, because we all know ONLY union members can tell the difference between live ammo and blanks, and ONLY union members practice gun safety on a set, and ONLY union members......... (Oh, yes, and ONLY union members pay dues to the union)

Just sounds like someone was criminally negligent in the placing of a weapon with live rounds in it on a place where actors retrieve these items for use in the movie production.

These Old West pistols are fairly heavy as well so it would be hard to tell if these were not blanks loaded.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Just sounds like someone was criminally negligent in the placing of a weapon with live rounds in it on a place where actors retrieve these items for use in the movie production.

These Old West pistols are fairly heavy as well so it would be hard to tell if these were not blanks loaded.

I doubt anyone could tell the difference between a gun loaded with blanks or live ammo by weight

[Taltarzac725]

My older brother's friend had a tendency to whittle pieces of himself off while growing up in Reno, Nevada.

He found an old pistol around Rattlesnake Mountain. Took it home and put a live round in it to see if it would work. Well, the pistol exploded in his hand.

I got that old pistol minus various parts from my older brother after he had to leave town to get away from a bad element and used to practice my fast draws. But now the gun had no firing pin in it and I would never load it anyway.

This is the same friend of my older brother who tried fishing for carp in Hidden Lake behind Rattlesnake Mountain with a machete. He missed and gashed his leg up rather badly.