Alec Baldwin Charged Again with Homicide

[westwall]

Involuntary Manslaughter is not Homicide. Your title is a lie.

Any death, not of natural causes, is ruled a HOMICIDE you ignorant twat.

 

[there4eyeM]

why do they have real guns on a movie/TV set?

To state the obvious, for authenticity. What reason would there be not to, other than planning on negligence?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

To state the obvious, for authenticity. What reason would there be not to, other than planning on negligence?

Fake guns can look every bit as authentic as a real one.

 

[miketx]

Fake guns can look every bit as authentic as a real one.

Not to people that have actually used real guns.

 

[westwall]

Fake guns can look every bit as authentic as a real one.

Generally, that is not true. However the movie industry uses the "15 foot rule". Which basically says if it looks good from 15 feet, you are fine. That's why production companies use MULTIPLE versions of a weapon for a particular shoot. At least professional ones, not cheap assholes like baldwin.

 

[struth]

Fake guns can look every bit as authentic as a real one.

True, but why should people have to stop bringing real guns if they want to, simply because Demafascsit cheerleader Alec Baldwin is a killer?

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Fake guns can look every bit as authentic as a real one.

Not to people that have actually used real guns.

Generally, that is not true. However the movie industry uses the "15 foot rule". Which basically says if it looks good from 15 feet, you are fine. That's why production companies use MULTIPLE versions of a weapon for a particular shoot. At least professional ones, not cheap assholes like baldwin.

I don't know what the market or industry is with regard to non-functional prop guns that realistically look like real guns, but if there was enough demand, there is no reason that they couldn't be made.

There are ways to “demilitarize” almost any real gun, so that it still looks very much like a real gun, but cannot be fired. When I was in JROTC in the 1970s, we had some demilitarized Springfield M1903s that we used for drill practice. They had metal plugs welded into the chambers, so that it was impossible to chamber a round in them. Unless you opened the bolt and looked into the chamber, you would not be able to visually tell that they were not fully-functional.

 

[Concerned American]

Homicide is an umbrella term used when a person is killed, and it includes murder, felony murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. No state charges “homicide”, you ridiculous ding dong.

negligent homicide

 

[Concerned American]

If a light fell on someone and killed the person, actors would not be held responsible.

The company would be held responsible. OSHA says there is no such thing as an accident. There is a cause. When there is a fatality at a work site, OSHA investigates, determines the cause and recommends a solution. The company is usually fined for it's negligence. Since this was a person's own negligence that caused the fatality, he is guilty of negligent homicide.

 

[Lord Long Rod]

negligent homicide

That’s manslaughter