New Mexico is notorious for going very easy on killers. Perhaps that is one reason there have been 100 homicides in Albuquerque so far this year. Alec will walk. That will not excuse his culpability as he failed to check for a live round in the weapon then carelessly aimed the weapon at the lady and pulled the trigger.

Then he lied, claiming he had not pulled the trigger. The FBI lab proved he had pulled the trigger. What a guy!

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In the long run facts and laws do indeed matter. Hollywood rules, regulations and procedures do not.

A gun that fires blanks will also fire regular rounds...

Sometimes.............and if it does, MOST of the time the gun has been modified.

Most times... Especially in revolvers with ZERO modifications...

In semi-automatics, a blank cartridge will not cycle the weapon...

Justice here is the key. Who pulled the trigger?

No need for a closeup shot while aiming at anyone. Photo shot of several people they wouldn't need an exact replica, a "stunt double" for the gun would work fine. Whether the gun could fire live ammo or not is not what I am currious about. What I want to know is, WHO is the idiot that thought it was acceptable to bring live ammo to the venue. Certainly, the person who provided the ammo and loaded the gun is just as, if not more, responsible for this horrible incident as the idiot that thought he was playing with a harmless gun.

Making a movie; not playing.

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A firearm doesn't need to cycle to fire a single shot.

All the Baldwin defenders should ask themselves this question:

If the script had called for Baldwin to point the gun at his own head do you think he would have taken the word of someone else that it was unloaded or would he have checked it himself?

Keep in mind that he's a gun owner himself and knows how to verify that a gun is unloaded. A task that would take less than 5 seconds.

Fine. Doesn't really matter. Who brought the ammunition and loaded the gun? There is culpability there.
Old question that goes as follows, " if a chimpanzee is given a loaded gun and the chimpanzee shoots someone, who is responsible? The chimp, or the person that gave it a loaded gun?"

People including actors have been killed doing that.

Baldwin is not a chimp. He is a chump at times.

Personally, I'm inclined to think he is a bit of both. 😀

Or if it was one of their own family members would they be so forgiving.