Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in Rust Shooting

[Muhammed]

 

[miketx]

Is Alex Baldwin an expert with guns as you are?

Are you just stupid or what? No one with any sense gets a gun handed to them and doesn't check to see if it's loaded. On the other hand, Hollywood uses tons of fake guns killing each other off in the movies. It's conceivable the mindset that it was just a prop gun prevailed over safety.

 

[Flash]

They found live ammo in Baldwins gun belt

He had motive, opportunity

AND HE HAD LIVE AMMO IN HIS GUN BELT pic.twitter.com/u9QJbubVgj

Tim Pool (@Timcast) January 19, 2023

 

[Magnus]

No, you didn’t.

Don't be discouraged. Keep trying.

 

[marvin martian]

That's an almost unbelievable amount of negligence on the part of the entire production (of which Baldwin was also the executive producer).

 

[jotathought]

It would be fun if Baldwin went to prison.
But I don't have much hopes for that to happen.
Baldwin is an arrogant prick.

Yes .. perhaps Alec Baldwin will get to personally meet some LGTBQ+ individuals he has dismissed earlier in his career. Oh .. they'll like him.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Chauvin is in prison for life and Baldwin would only get 18 months if convicted. Celebrity justice.

If The person Baldwin killed was black he would have been put in jail immediately and charged with murder.

 

[The Duke]

It's official now


The movie’s prop armorer faces the same charges. The assistant director, responsible for on-set safety, pleads guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon.

Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Shooting

The movie’s prop armorer faces the same charges. The assistant director, responsible for on-set safety, pleads guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon.

www.vanityfair.com

Maybe their laws are almost the same as ours out there.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

“The prosecution will seek to prove Baldwin had a duty to inspect the gun himself, he knew it had previously discharged, he pulled the trigger despite denying it, that his finger shouldn’t have been near the trigger, he shouldn’t have cocked the hammer, or some combination of those factors,”

What do legal experts say ‘bold’ charging decisions mean for Alec Baldwin?

District attorney says that charges will be formally filed against actor before the end of January

www.independent.co.uk

 

[tyroneweaver]

Good move. Let a jury hear the evidence and decide

they'll weed out every gun owner and nra member.

 

[The Duke]

Alec Baldwin has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set of Rust.

The actor is one of three cast and crew members charged over the accidental shooting, New Mexico first judicial district attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced on Thursday (19 January).

The first assistant director on Rust, David Halls, has agreed to plead guilty to the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon.

Meanwhile, the film’s amourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed has also been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the incident.

The decision comes more than 15 months after the fatal shooting in October 2021, which occurred when a prop gun held by Baldwin discharged on set. A single bullet struck director Joel Souza in the shoulder before fatally striking Hutchins in the chest.

So much for her planned career.

 

[The Duke]

I agree with the prop armorer being charged.
But I don't understand how Baldwin can be charged? ..

He pointed a gun at a person and pulled the trigger.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

It was a movie, a play, make-believe.

You’re right. The woman who was shot is just make-believe dead.

 

[the watcher]

Nothing touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand.

 

[hadit]

Not a fan of him but it’s the armorer’s fault.

Not really. It's the responsibility of the guy pulling the trigger to make sure he knows what's going to happen when he does. It's not like the gun is so complicated that someone who knows he's going to use one on a set can't quickly learn how to ensure it's not deadly.

In the real world, responsibility for the shooting falls on the producer who okayed a gun on set without clearly communicated regulations on how to handle it safely, the guy who brought live ammo to the set, the guy who loaded the gun with the live ammo and not the blanks, the guy who handed the gun to Baldwin without making sure there was no live ammo in it, and, ultimately, Baldwin, who pulled the trigger without knowing for sure it wasn't deadly. Since he pulled the trigger, he's the one in the hot seat.

 

[marvin martian]

Not really. It's the responsibility of the guy pulling the trigger to make sure he knows what's going to happen when he does. It's not like the gun is so complicated that someone who knows he's going to use one on a set can't quickly learn how to ensure it's not deadly.

In the real world, responsibility for the shooting falls on the producer who okayed a gun on set without clearly communicated regulations on how to handle it safely, the guy who brought live ammo to a set, the guy who loaded the gun with the live ammo and not the blanks, the guy who handed the gun to Baldwin without making sure there was no live ammo in it, and, ultimately, Baldwin, who pulled the trigger without knowing for sure it wasn't deadly. Since he pulled the trigger, he's the one in the hot seat.

Baldwin is also the producer on the film, so it was his responsibility to make sure the armorer was competent (failed), the gun was safe (failed), the actor was trained (failed), and the production had the proper safety oversight (failed).

 

[Sunni Man]

He pointed a gun at a person and pulled the trigger.

Baldwin was handed the pistol by the professional armorer who's job is to make sure the weapon is safe and and only contains blanks in the chambers.
She is criminally responsible by failing to do her job, and should be charged.

I have no doubt that Baldwin will end up in Civil court and be sued for $millions
But finding him guilty in Criminal court will be a stretch.

 

[The Duke]

Baldwin was handed the pistol by the professional armorer who's job is to make sure the weapon is safe and and only contains blanks in the chambers.
She is criminally responsible by failing to do her job, and should be charged.

I have no doubt that Baldwin will end up in Civil court and be sued for $millions
But finding him guilty in Criminal court will be a stretch.

I have to disagree with that. He could have aimed just off of the girl and it would still look great for a camera shot.

 

[miketx]

Yes .. perhaps Alec Baldwin will get to personally meet some LGTBQ+ individuals he has dismissed earlier in his career. Oh .. they'll like him.

Yeah, maybe he'll get "the jab" in the pen.

 

[Missourian]

Whoever hired her as the armorer needs their head examined.