I haven't read every post in the thread.

Were they shooting a scene when Baldwin fired the lethal shot?
If that were the case, I can't see how he can be faulted.

If it were carelessness on the set, that's another matter.

As for places like Tokyo and Taipei, those are in democratic nations just like the United States.
If the citizens as a whole wanted the right to bear arms as in American culture, they could have it.
They don't want it.

Americans in turn seem to have to have it. It's merely a cultural predisposition.
Talking about the constitution is bullshit.
If Americans by consensus were virulently anti gun, the constitution is theoretically amendable.
When people have a globally unique right, however, you'll NEVER get the majority to give it up.
Who gives up globally unique things?
I don't even know why some still try.

We're going to cap each other asses no matter what. We're Americans with all the good and bad that entails. That's one of the bad things.

Let's worry about universal health care coverage and getting our workers unionized again. Those are actually doable.