Alec Baldwin in lose/lose situation!

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Hilaria Baldwin drives husband Alec around in posh ski town after deadly '''Rust''' shooting | Fox News
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It's scrape the bottom of the barrel time for reports now!
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Interesting way to grieve. Fly the family and nanny to the other end of the country to a resort town in Vermont. Dress up like local "my other brother Darryl" in a red and black checkered heavy shirt, go to a bar closed to the public, eat, drink, kiss your wife... Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria dine in Vermont bar closed to public as '''Rust''' probe picks up steam | Fox News
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I see nothing wrong with the behavior of Alec Baldwin. He lost a friend and a co-worker from a movie set on which he was calling some of the details but probably very few of them in reality. There were banking on his name to sell the film IMHO.

There is criminal negligence here, of course, but that looks like committed by whomever was in actual charge of the Colt revolver and the safe handling of it.
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I see nothing wrong with the behavior of Alec Baldwin. He lost a friend and a co-worker from a movie set on which he was calling some of the details but probably very few of them in reality. There were banking on his name to sell the film IMHO.

There is criminal negligence here, of course, but that looks like committed by whomever was in actual charge of the Colt revolver and the safe handling of it.
The final person in charge of the weapon and it's safe handling was Baldwin...
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I see nothing wrong with the behavior of Alec Baldwin. He lost a friend and a co-worker from a movie set on which he was calling some of the details but probably very few of them in reality. There were banking on his name to sell the film IMHO.

There is criminal negligence here, of course, but that looks like committed by whomever was in actual charge of the Colt revolver and the safe handling of it.
"He lost a friend and a co-worker"? She was not hit by a truck and did not fall off a cliff. He pointed a revolver he had not checked for live rounds at her and pulled the trigger, shooting and killing her!
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I spent many years in the film production business. This was a low budget project and the producers cut too many corners in both staffing and procedures. For instance, why were crew members using these prop guns for target practice? Prop guns should never be out of sight of the person responsible for the weapons. From the beginning this was a disaster waiting to happen.
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My Dad, who taught me gun safety, would have no sympathy for Alec Baldwin. I can still recall him saying "never point a gun (loaded or unloaded) at something you don't want to shoot". Personally, I think Alec is a complete jerk, but in this case, I do have some sympathy for him. But I understand as executive producer, he was involved in the hiring of the apparently incompetent "armor" and the assistant director who called out "cold gun", so Alec has some responsibility here.
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My Dad, who taught me gun safety, would have no sympathy for Alec Baldwin. I can still recall him saying "never point a gun (loaded or unloaded) at something you don't want to shoot". Personally, I think Alec is a complete jerk, but in this case, I do have some sympathy for him. But I understand as executive producer, he was involved in the hiring of the apparently incompetent "armor" and the assistant director who called out "cold gun", so Alec has some responsibility here.
As a producer he should be held accountable but as an actor that was not his job to check the gun or guns. That could lead to a lot of problems if individual actors started taking charge of the weapons used on a movie set. Or a television set. They had protocols in place which do work when followed properly.
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As a producer he should be held accountable but as an actor that was not his job to check the gun or guns. That could lead to a lot of problems if individual actors started taking charge of the weapons used on a movie set. Or a television set. They had protocols in place which do work when followed properly.
Sorry, Tal. Just because it wasn't his job to check the gun as far as "movie law" goes, he's the one that pulled the trigger in real life. That's what matters. He'll be very lucky if he's not charged.
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As a producer he should be held accountable but as an actor that was not his job to check the gun or guns. That could lead to a lot of problems if individual actors started taking charge of the weapons used on a movie set. Or a television set. They had protocols in place which do work when followed properly.
If the scene called for him to play "Russian Roulette", you better damn well believe he would have checked the gun...
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The final person in charge of the weapon and it's safe handling was Baldwin...
I hope Baldwin gets a long prison term. Hypocrite.
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I hope Baldwin gets a long prison term. Hypocrite.
Honestly, I do not think he will go to prison.
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As a producer he should be held accountable but as an actor that was not his job to check the gun or guns. That could lead to a lot of problems if individual actors started taking charge of the weapons used on a movie set. Or a television set. They had protocols in place which do work when followed properly.
It would take less than 5 seconds for an actor to open the cylinder and glance at the rounds loaded.
I would guess Baldwin will do this in the future as well as all actors in the future.
Basic firearm safety 101 would have saved a life.
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