Maybe if Alec Baldwin had learned more about guns, he wouldn't have killed someone today

[Suck My Glock]

I'm sure the prop-master is going to get the blame for this, and certainly they are responsible. But if only Alec Baldwin wasn't a hoplophobic twit and knew some basic gun knowledge, maybe he would have spotted the problem and saved a life, rather than taking one.


https://deadline.com/2021/10/female-crewmember-dies-on-new-mexico-set-of-alec-baldwin-film-rust-1234860416/

 

[smithers599]

‘Rust’ DP Dies After Prop Gun Misfire On New Mexico Set Of Alec Baldwin Western; Director Joel Souza Also Injured – Update
By Anthony D'Alessandro, Matt Grobar

October 21, 2021 4:58pm

UPDATED with more details: The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that director of photography Halyna Hutchins was the crewmember killed on the New Mexico set of Rust, where star Alec Baldwin was holding a prop gun that misfired, striking Hutchins and director Joel Souza.

PREVIOUSLY, 4:58 PM: The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that a female crewmember, 42, has died from injuries resulting from a prop gun misfire on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set of the Alec Baldwin Western, Rust. She died after being transported via helicopter to University of New Mexico Hospital.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

The gun fired when Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger. That ain't a "misfire."
And of course, he pulled the trigger while pointing the gun at another person.
And of course, he "thought it was unloaded."

Moron.

 

[AZ_Five56]

I'm seeing all kinds of rumors floating around. Some people are saying that the propmaster brought his guns to set loaded. Some people are saying that Alec intentionally killed her. Lots of crazy theories by a bunch of internet gossips. I'll be interested to hear as more details come out.

 

[Rock Hardson]

Let's Go Eric!!!!!

 

[Suck My Glock]

Obviously we need to ban guns from all films.

If it saves just one life,...


Think of the chiiiiillllllldren!

 

[aroyobob]

If it was a cap and ball pistol the percussion cap could have fizzled and Baldwin, wondering what to do now, turned to look at the director (with the cinematographer at the camera right behind the director.) With a black powder pistol like that there would be some sort of plug (wax? hard wax? modeling clay?) to keep the powder in that could be projectile enough. Or maybe movie prop guns work differently.

 

[What]

Unfortunately, actor/actress only knows so much about gun as their next person does.

 

[Manitu]

Third on set death from shooting, studio insurance company pays out the kazoo, star is home in time for corn flakes in the morning, prop master could have some hard questions coming his way.

 

[82echo]

Alec, not Eric...

 

[Rock Hardson]

Alec, not Eric...

Why do you have to ruin it????
Eric is the new Alec....
Plus, Alec Baldwin is a massive douche, like most of the Baldwin bros.

 

[Pale Rider]

Yep, no matter what comes out; he's one of the biggest azzholes in hollyweird. Hopefully they charge him with something like negligent homicide for being reckless and stupid. F**k him with a rusty fence post.

 

[Drmark]

Alec, not Eric...

Why do you have to ruin it????
Eric is the new Alec....
Plus, Alec Baldwin is a massive douche, like most of the Baldwin bros.

MASSIVE

 

[delta6]

Plus, Alec Baldwin is a massive douche, like most of the Baldwin bros.

Some, not most..........

 

[Dauph]

https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1451405388264394765

 

[Old Jeff H]

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqeC3BPYTmE&t=84s[/media]

 

[AZ_Five56]

https://conservativebrief.com/alec-baldwin-53130/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=DJD

“There should have been blanks in the gun, the on-set armorer’s job is to check that before handing the weapon over,” Mike Tristan, 60, a Hollywood armorer with three decades of experience, said.

“They then make sure that the actor stands on a mark and never points the gun at the crew or cast… the editing makes it seem like they were pointing at their co-actor,” he said.

‘That’s why everyone in the industry is very confused,” he said. “How this happened is a total mystery at the moment.”

How it happened is that Alec pointed the gun at the crew. There may have been other breakdowns with the safety protocols on set, but he knew better.

 

[AZ_Five56]

 

[Suck My Glock]

 

[Dauph]

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[Suck My Glock]

As information leaks out,...its looking very bad for Mr. Baldwin. As producer and partly funding the film himself, certain liabilities attach to him beyond being the trigger-puller. He is likely not insured enough, and this will likely ruin him forever.

In the midst of a looming Hollywood union strike, the RUST production was operating on a shoestring budget and with very few union members. Union camera staff walked off the set just 6 hours before the accident. The weaponmaster was also local and not union.

From an update:

Safety protocols standard in the industry, including gun inspections, were not strictly followed on the “Rust” set near Santa Fe, the sources said. They said at least one of the camera operators complained last weekend to production managers about gun safety on the set.



Three crew members who were present at the Bonanza Creek Ranch set that day said they were particularly concerned about[highlight=yellow] two accidental prop gun discharges on Saturday.
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[highlight=yellow]Baldwin’s stunt-double accidentally fired two rounds Saturday after being told that the gun was “cold”[/highlight] — lingo for a weapon that doesn’t have any ammunition, including blanks, one of crew members who witnessed the episode told the Los Angeles Times.



“There should have been an investigation into what happened,” said the crew member. “There were no safety meetings. There was no assurance that it wouldn’t happen again. All they wanted to do was rush, rush, rush.”



A colleague was so alarmed by the prop gun misfires he sent a text message to the unit production manager. “We’ve now had 3 accidental discharges. This is super unsafe.”