Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust' movie set shooting

[Earl]

Indeed!

 

[LurchAddams]

It was a "real" gun, not a "prop" gun. Blanks don't look like real "live" ammo, and the bullet can easily be seen simply by looking at the cylinder, even while in the gun.

And now you've given Baldwin another way to deflect blame: "If there was a live round, who brought it onto the set?".

Baldwin won't be convicted.

 

[LurchAddams]

Well, she could suck Willie Brown. Maybe she could become VP

Oh, geez. If it wasn't such a dick move to groan posts, I'd groan yours.

 

[Nordberg]

This is a political trial. Hutchin's family got an unknown settlement. That was a while ago. This is just a huge show trial of the lefty Baldwin.

 

[ExpressLane]

Jarod might be a personal injury lawyer and a democrat but I respect his legal opinions. He's not a far left loon and he's always been even handed. He doesn't let his politics affect his common sense.

And yet he creates trolling threads all the time.

 

[anonymoose]

And yet he creates trolling threads all the time.

Agreed but he was the only dim on the board that predicted Rittenhouse would walk. That outcome was legally obvious.
He earned a degree of my respect for that objectivity.

 

[ExpressLane]

Then the armorer is liable, not Baldwin. He is an actor, not a props checker.

I'm not crazy about Baldwin's political views but I don't think he should be charged and do time for something he isn't responsible for.

It's Baldwin's fault because he hired her even though she had never been an armorer before and kept her even though she allowed the prop guns to be used for live target practice on the set. Baldwin was the managing director and he created an unsafe working environment.

 

[Earl]

Baldwin pointed the gun and fired it.

I hope he gets the full 5 years.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

It's Baldwin's fault because he hired her even though she had never been an armorer before and kept her even though she allowed the prop guns to be used for live target practice on the set. Baldwin was the managing director and he created an unsafe working environment.

Agreed. As the actor who pulled the trigger when the gun was pointed at a person, he bears some responsibility for the accidental shooting.

However, as the producer, he actively cut corners on safety to save money and is directly responsible for the results.

 

[ExpressLane]

Agreed but he was the only dim on the board that predicted Rittenhouse would walk. That outcome was legally obvious.
He earned a degree of my respect for that objectivity.

Yeah that was fairly obvious indeed.

 

[ExpressLane]

Baldwin pointed the gun and fired it.

I hope he gets the full 5 years.

Don't get your hopes up. I predict the 0-6 month range.

 

[ExpressLane]

This is a political trial. Hutchin's family got an unknown settlement. That was a while ago. This is just a huge show trial of the lefty Baldwin.

This is a legal trial that Baldwin could not buy his way out of. Politics has no place in it.

 

[ExpressLane]

Great!!!!

 

[ExpressLane]

Baldwin pulled the trigger, no matter what he says.

The FBI says he must have.

 

[Mason Michaels]

Are only white libs allowed to play the race card?

It's off topic

 

[Hawkeye10]

I am pretty sure that I saw long ago that the movie makers paid almost the same amount to rent this one weapon for the shoot as they were planning to pay the armorer.






That's a problem.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Don't get your hopes up. I predict the 0-6 month range.

I'm guessing closer to 0 than 6. Most likely a huge fine, a few thousand hours of community service where Alec goes to schools and says "Guns bad" plus set up a scholarship fund for children of Hollywood crew members killed by arrogant actors and producers.

 

[Hawkeye10]

I'm guessing closer to 0 than 6. Most likely a huge fine, a few thousand hours of community service where Alec goes to schools and says "Guns bad" plus set up a scholarship fund for children of Hollywood crew members killed by arrogant actors and producers.

Do you read tea leaves as well?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Do you read tea leaves as well?

No, but I do eat the worm at the bottom of a bottle. Why do you ask?

 

[Hawkeye10]

No, but I do eat the worm at the bottom of a bottle. Why do you ask?

I was more mocking you than asking you.