BING!
Hard to believe someone wasted their time splicing Alix Baldwin’s unrelated movie lines into video on gun safety.
In a sane world he would have been handed the gun, cleared it by checking it and visually inspecting it, and would have immediately fired the person in charge upon finding a live round in it.
I’m not one to poop on other peoples’ posts, but jeez that was weak.
Rule #1: Don’t point a gun at someone unless you plan to shoot them.
When I heard that the crew was using the prop gun to do target shooting WITH LIVE ROUNDS with this gun during down times I was shocked. That means that every time you handle it it is IMPERATIVE that you treat it like ANY other firearm. It is NOT a prop gun that never sees live ammo.
about a year ago my brother was handling an old 9mm gun that a “gun expert” had been handling in front of him a day before. He figured that the expert would have, OF COURSE, ensured it was fully unloaded when he was handling it. So my brother, without bothering to verify that it was unloaded, simply pulled the trigger. It put a hole in the dining room table and went through the dining room wall of the house.
I just wanted to bitch slap the guy.
It has been said on numerous posts and threads on this site.
When Baldwin was handed that firearm, it became HIS and HIS responsibility.
Also said on this thread, and by many posts on this site. NEVER EVER point any firearm at anyone unless you intend on using it.
Involuntary Manslaughter.
I can’t stand Alec Baldwin, but why would they EVER need live ammunition as a part of a movie?
The woman he shot and killed, her now widowed husband is a lawyer. Baldwin will be paying out millions.
Think about it:
An egotistically arrogant film Producer has a run-in with the Union, upon which he fires them all and brings in scabs.
The long arm of Vito Corleone engineers a particular *tragedy* to befall said film Producer.
A corrupt Politician tries to embezzle Michael Corleone of tribute for the licensing and operation of a Casino.
The long arm of Micheal Corleone engineers a particular *tragedy* to befall said Politician.
Apparently Baldwin never had Eddie Eagle exposure.
I went into town a few days ago. At the loop there was this guy with a sign saying he’d rather bum money on a street corner than look for a job.
He looked a lot like that picture...but without the shirt...
“Every bullet has a lawyer attached to it”
(Masaad Ayoob)
Perhaps INSTEAD of condemning guns and gun owners, Alec Baldwin should have learned BASIC gun safety! The REALITY is that he pointed a loaded gun at a person and PULLED THE TRIGGER! That is NO “misfire”, the firearm WORKED AS DESIGNED. HE failed to CHECK to ENSURE that it was unloaded. I’ll bet he did not even know HOW to CLEAR it.