Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.26.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:37:56 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Alec Baldwin getting away with murder References: <1797980814.731492324.194688.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <1531985434.731542441.622780.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:44:53 -0800 Message-ID: Lines: 57 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-hYvdx+vyJ3j8gnAAtxsl2B3Z1+Rtv5AXxnWJD9rdOfAcaXM+d92+PYpEYkQiB8NaBny4RbKVNAPI5pf!B1Beib7YvoHRk2TM6kWTEbg1s1rqe3qCTvamwPsI2w40k0sHPuaIbzAz9iGOTI1rv3vQ9dRCtsUB!h6c= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4068 In article <1531985434.731542441.622780.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>, anim8rfsk wrote: > BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , Alan Smithee > > wrote: > > > >> On 03/07/2024 01:42 PM, EGK wrote: > >>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 09:59:02 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: > >>> > >>>> https://deadline.com/2024/03/rust-movie-armorer-guilty-shooting-death-123 > >>>> 5847983/ > >>> > >>> Classic example of shit rolling downhill and our two-tiered justice > >>> system. Baldwin is "loose" with weapons on the set and he fires the > >>> fatal shot but because he hired a young and very inexperienced armorer, > >>> she ends up being the perfect scapegoat. > >> > >> Did you watch the trial yesterday? She was quoted as saying she could > >> not be responsible for everyone on the set. Even tho it is her job to be > >> responsible. > >> > >> Baldwin should be held accountable, but he will likely walk. > > > > Once upon a time, I spent an afternoon on the CSI:HORATIO set as a > > technical advisor (the episode dealt with counterfeit currency and they > > took none of my advice regarding how what they were doing wasn't > > accurate in any way), and in every scene with guns, as soon as they > > yelled cut, the armorer zipped in and took everyone's pistols and put > > them on a table over in the corner of the sound stage. He stood watch > > over them until the resets were done and they were ready to go again, > > then he handed them all back out again.** > > > > (I do not know if there was a separate sunglass wrangler for David > > Caruso.) > > > > **The armorer guy went white as a sheet near the end of the day when it > > came to his attention that I'd been sitting on set all afternoon with an > > actual loaded handgun under my suit coat. > > What would have happened had he found out first thing in the morning? > Obviously you're not going to surrender your weapon to him. I would have gone out and locked it in the gun safe in the trunk of my car. > > Based on what I saw that day and how firearms are treated on set by a > > responsible armorer, Baldwin should never have been playing around with > > a gun outside of an actual filmed scene, and certainly shouldn't have > > been pointing it at people. What possible reason could he have had for > > pointing it at the director and the DP? > Supposedly, he was aiming at the camera and they were next to the camera > when he pulled the trigger. > > Either he's a really lousy shot or a really good shot.