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2021-10-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun that killed ‘Rust' crew member on film set: authorities
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Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots and kills cinematographer, 42, with a PROP GUN and wounds film's director in tragic mishap on New Mexico set of his new Western movie Rust
Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-22 00:36||   2021-10-22 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 maybe Baldwin thought it was a non-firing piece

a gun that fires blanks can kill

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-10-22 00:46||   2021-10-22 00:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Even blanks at point-blank ranges are dangerous. Basic safety fail
Posted by magpie 2021-10-22 01:23||   2021-10-22 01:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Movie sets have armorers. Typically, actors who have to handle firearms on a movie set recieve training. The whole thing sounds... irregular.
Posted by M. Murcek  2021-10-22 01:42||   2021-10-22 01:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Baldwin is a loose cannon
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-22 02:01||   2021-10-22 02:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Accident or Not
He Killed People –
He is a Murderer –
Involuntary, Premeditated. –
Slice the Cheese to your Liking
Baldwin = Killer
– Thou Shall Not Kill –

I pray for his victims,
I pray for Baldwin,
Examine Yourself Alex,
Tell The Truth of this Sad Event,
The Truth will set you free.
Posted by Muggsy McCoy6095 2021-10-22 02:11||   2021-10-22 02:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Alec never has learned how to play well with others.
I doubt he'll be held to account, he never has been previously.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-22 07:19||   2021-10-22 07:19|| Front Page Top

#8 "Do not trust China Baldwin. China Baldwin is asshole"
Posted by Frank G 2021-10-22 07:30||   2021-10-22 07:30|| Front Page Top

#9 New Mexico where the last vestiges of the Wild West can be found
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-10-22 08:06||   2021-10-22 08:06|| Front Page Top

#10 

Hasn't Alec Baldwin been a big advocate of ANTI-NRA and Pro Gun Bans and Control?

But here he is making $$ MILLIONS using the very thing he does want Honest Citizens to have?

CHEER UP
If there is any justice left in New Mex., he can still by Law charged with Involuntary Homicide.

Either way, the Lawsuits likely are just waiting for ink to dry.


Look for him to Blame the GUN and not himself.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-10-22 09:14||   2021-10-22 09:14|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by Greng Black3494 2021-10-22 09:57||   2021-10-22 09:57|| Front Page Top

#12 The fact that the DP and Director were both hit says to me that they were probably actually filming when it happened. If so the investigation will be short.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-10-22 10:10||   2021-10-22 10:10|| Front Page Top

#13 Baldwin is a world class asshole
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-22 10:12||   2021-10-22 10:12|| Front Page Top

#14 I was hoping for a Peter Duel event.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-22 10:26||   2021-10-22 10:26|| Front Page Top

#15 Three things you will not see or hear about this incident:
1. A comment about Alec, in Spanish, from his wife
2. A comment from anti-gun fanatic David Hogg
3. An SNL skit making fun of Alec similar to when Dick Cheney accidental shot a fellow hunter
Posted by Airandee 2021-10-22 11:11||   2021-10-22 11:11|| Front Page Top

#16 Look for him to Blame the GUN and not himself.

Actually, that is the current tack from 'supporters and well wishers'.

You know. The people totally stoked about Baldwin doing a gun gun bang bang pew pew movie 24 hours ago.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-10-22 11:29||   2021-10-22 11:29|| Front Page Top

#17 The rounds were actual ammo. Not blanks. It occurred during rehearsal, not the filming itself. If Baldwin was not anti-gun but was a gun enthusiast he would know how potentially deadly any gun is and check everything is safe because in they rehearsal or actual scene you are pointing the gun at another person.

Lastly, Baldwin should not be the one or at least the only one charged with involuntary manslaughter. The equipment manager or staff who actually brought a loaded gun onto the set and handed it to an actor who does not like/use/know guns should do the time.
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-10-22 11:33||   2021-10-22 11:33|| Front Page Top

#18 You'll see a media push blaming gun manufacturers before you see anyone involved here doing time.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-10-22 11:37||   2021-10-22 11:37|| Front Page Top

#19 An asshole and a moron. My condolences to the family of the poor lady who was killed by this despicable asshole's neglect and stupidity
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-22 11:41||   2021-10-22 11:41|| Front Page Top

#20 Reminder of how Brandon Lee was killed on set.

Ever since the tragic 1993 death of 28-year-old Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow, procedures involving the use of firearms in movies and television tightened to where, if followed, they are foolproof.

In the case of Brandon Lee, a real revolver was used. According to various reports, here’s what happened… The camera shot required that a revolver look loaded. This meant the camera had to see bullets in the cylinder. The special effects crew removed the gun powder from the rounds, replaced the bullets, but failed to remove the primer that explodes to explode the gun powder.

This gun was fired, and the small explosion of the primer was enough to push one of the bullets into the barrel. No one noticed it there. In the next scene, this same gun was loaded with blanks. These are rounds with gun powder but no bullets that, when fired, create the noise, flash, and kickback of a real gunshot. The blank was fired at Brandon; the bullet that had been jammed in the barrel came out with enough force to lodge in his abdomen and kill him.

No one was criminally charged on the set. Brandon Lee's death was rulled an accident.

However, this may result in charges because actual live rounds unmodified WERE brought on set.
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-10-22 12:10||   2021-10-22 12:10|| Front Page Top

#21 There are reports that immediately after the deadly shooting, Baldwin kept asking, “Why was I handed a hot gun? In all my years, I’ve never been handed a hot gun.”
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-10-22 12:16||   2021-10-22 12:16|| Front Page Top

#22 Baldwin released a statement Friday morning, saying,

"There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna."
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-10-22 12:19||   2021-10-22 12:19|| Front Page Top

#23 I simply don't believe they were doing live fire on a movie set.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-22 12:33||   2021-10-22 12:33|| Front Page Top

#24 Re: #20 - Jon Erik Hexum too.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-22 12:34||   2021-10-22 12:34|| Front Page Top

#25 Baldwin was the "star" and Producer. Deep pockets.
Posted by Frank G 2021-10-22 13:14||   2021-10-22 13:14|| Front Page Top

#26 Introducing live ammo onto a movie set sounds like a crime novel plot. I'm sure it's out there somewhere.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-22 13:19||   2021-10-22 13:19|| Front Page Top

#27 Hollywood armorers
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-22 13:20||   2021-10-22 13:20|| Front Page Top

#28 Keanu Reeve trains with Navy Seal for John Wick 3
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-22 13:22||   2021-10-22 13:22|| Front Page Top

#29 If you want to see a movie with a happy ending, see Baldwin get fatally mauled by a grizzly in The Edge.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-10-22 13:26||   2021-10-22 13:26|| Front Page Top

#30 The fact that two people were injured/killed is weird to me. Unless there were 2 bad or 2 live rounds. Also, the scene would have required him to shoot twice at two different people in rapid succession because after the first one was hit everything would have stopped. You guys on this board know that it is tough for a novice shooter to hit 2 moving targets at any reasonable distance when shooting rapidly.

Seems like an accident from the reactions of the parties but they are, after all, actors…
Posted by Otto Dribble3793 2021-10-22 17:04||   2021-10-22 17:04|| Front Page Top

#31 Shogun blast possibly.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-22 17:15||   2021-10-22 17:15|| Front Page Top

#32 Also weird, why was the anger management poster boy pointing a prop gun at the cinematographer and director?
Posted by Otto Dribble3793 2021-10-22 18:14||   2021-10-22 18:14|| Front Page Top

#33 ^The round went through the slinder female and struck the collar bone of the the second victim. A round that hit John F Kennedy passed through and hit John Connelly. It happens.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-10-22 18:24||   2021-10-22 18:24|| Front Page Top

#34 That's what I was picturing, a pass through, but have not seen anything about platform, caliber, or distance.

Could have been a total fluke, just shooting thataway. That happens. However, if this was a practice for the scene, it could be these two were instructing Baldwin where to point and/or determining the best camera framing and position.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-10-22 18:40||   2021-10-22 18:40|| Front Page Top

#35 Maybe this flaming asshole will learn a bit of humility and stop insulting half the country. Not likely though
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-22 19:31||   2021-10-22 19:31|| Front Page Top

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