Alec Baldwin Fired Prop Gun That Killed Halyna Hutchins, Injured Director

[Hawkeye10]

Alec Baldwin Has Frequently Spoken Out Against NRA, Guns Rights Activists

Aggressively done so.

[BartenderElite]

Alec Baldwin Has Frequently Spoken Out Against NRA, Guns Rights Activists

How is that relevant to this accidental tragedy?

[Hawkeye10]

I mean, you've gotta wonder how many posters on this thread even know half of the facts at this point.

This is pretty transparent. If it was a conservative actor (and yeah - there are more of those these days), this wouldn't be a thread.

Nobody has died this way in about 30 years..... it is rare, it is shocking, it was going to be a thing no matter who fired the gun and no matter who's movie this was.

[Earl]

Aggressively done so.

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"Alec Baldwin has a history of opposing the NRA and gun rights act

Alec Baldwin has frequently spoke out against the NRA and other gun rights activists.

Baldwin discharged a prop firearm that contained a live round on the set of "Rust" Thursday.

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in the incident.

Alec Baldwin, who discharged a prop firearm on a film set Thursday, killing a cinematographer, has a history of speaking out against the National Rifle Association and other gun rights activists.

Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of the western film "Rust" in New Mexico, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injuring director Joel Souza, 48,.

The incident led to calls from those across Hollywood and the entertainment industry to end the use of firearm blanks.

And Baldwin himself has a notable tenure of speaking out against gun rights advocates, including the NRA.

Baldwin in 2018 joined a coalition of other celebrities and activists in forming the "No Rifle Association Initiative," which aimed to reduce the NRA's sphere of influence on American politics and society, according to a report in The Guardian at the time.

The group hoped to curb the NRA's influence by encouraging voter registration, demonstrations, and boycotts, the report said.

Baldwin also tweeted at former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch back in 2018 after the gun rights group released a trailer for Loesch's show.

"The Second Amendment is not a moral credit card that buys you all the guns you want," he wrote. "That law needs to be rethought."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/alec-bald...204921230.html

The Second Amendment is not a law, it is an amendment to the US Constitution.

[AProudLefty]

Why do people think that speaking out against NRA means he's anti-gunner? Nobody could explain that to me.

[Hawkeye10]

How is that relevant to this accidental tragedy?

This is the guy who lets gun safety get this sloppy on his set?

[Earl]

"The Second Amendment is not a moral credit card that buys you all the guns you want," he wrote. "That law needs to be rethought."

Alec Baldwin

[BartenderElite]

"The Second Amendment is not a moral credit card that buys you all the guns you want," he wrote. "That law needs to be rethought."

Alec Baldwin

Okay. How is that relevant?

[BartenderElite]

I'm not getting the connections here. He's concerned about gun control, and he's also part of a tragic accident.

Can anyone connect these things?

[AProudLefty]

I'm not getting the connections here. He's concerned about gun control, and he's also part of a tragic accident.

Can anyone connect these things?

They can't and you know why.

[Earl]

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Arms is plural. The Constitution does not limit the number of guns that a person can own.

[AProudLefty]

"The Second Amendment is not a moral credit card that buys you all the guns you want," he wrote. "That law needs to be rethought."

Alec Baldwin

Explain to me what a "moral credit card" is.

[BartenderElite]

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms.

Arms is plural. The Constitution does not limit the number of guns that a person can own.

Very few of our rights are unlimited. "Fire" in a crowded theater, and all that....

[Nordberg]

This is the guy who lets gun safety get this sloppy on his set?

Now show why he is responsible for that. Delineate what he is personally responsible for and what he is not. You guys are bitching because you think he is a lib and does not like guns. You blame him without any knowledge. You see an opening and jump in. This is right wing BS as usual.

[Earl]

Some of our rights are limited but not the right to bear arms but the killer, Alec Baldwin says ""That law needs to be rethought."

It's not a law, it's part of the Bill of Rights, an amendment, not a law.