[Rummyfan]

Regardless of who prepared the weapon and handed it to him, Alec Baldwin aimed it and pulled the trigger. There is no escaping that fact.

[proxy_user]

Not necessarily. If the safety catch was off, he could have just picked it up by the trigger guard. He might even have been holding it sideways or upside down, just looking at it.

[Clutch Martin]

“Regardless of who prepared the weapon and handed it to him, Alec Baldwin aimed it and pulled the trigger. There is no escaping that fact.”

I’m pretty sure I would have checked. Yakima Canutt, Slim Pickens, Lee Marvin, Duke, Senta Berger, all would have checked.

Especially a revolver.

[Yaelle]

Regardless of who prepared the weapon and handed it to him, Alec Baldwin aimed it and pulled the trigger. There is no escaping that fact.

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Is there any person who is so holy that you don’t need to check a firearm you are handed for loaded status? Is it ok not to check if it’s your spouse? Your boss? Your priest? Your armorer?

NO. THERE IS NO ONE SO ANGELICAL THAT THE BEARER NEED NOT CHECK THE GUN. Thus all unchecked guns must be considered loaded.