Smokescreen. It's worth investigating but not to go public with a wildass accusation
'Rust' Armorer Sues Production's Ammo Supplier, Claims She Could Have Prevented Fatal Accident If Allowed in Rehearsal - TheWrap
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed accuses Seth Kenney and PDQ Arm & Prop of mixing live and dummy rounds that led to fatal accidentwww.thewrap.com
Not to mention at close range a blank can kill just as dead as a real round.
As he should. Simply put, you don't pull a pistol & pretend to shoot it (at all) - but if you haven't personally cleared the weapon you are now very much culpable.
I doubt it. He reasonably expected the gun to contain blanks. The folks who need to be jailed and sued are the asses who brought live ammo to the set so they could play with the guns.
In almost any other circumstance, I would agree at once. But Mr. Baldwin is an actor, and chances are he never held a gun until the role required it. He had reasonable trust in the armorer.
If the script did not specifically instruct Baldwin to fire directly at the woman operating the camera, then chose to aim there, which he should not have done under any circumstance. Not even with a gun that allegedly contains no bullets.
Who pulled the trigger? Wasn’t the gun acting alone. Wrongful death or manslaughter is appropriate. Will be very interesting to see what’s on his phone he isn’t turning over to authorities.
You are talking as one who knows guns. Baldwin was in a unique position: he did not come from guns, and his job required him to handle one.
He failed to show up for some mandatory gun safety classes. Then this happens. Hmmm...
I did not know about the mandatory safety classes.
I don't know, but it looks like Baldwin pointed a loaded gun and pulled the trigger. Whether he knew it was loaded I can't say.