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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Alec Baldwin getting away with murder
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In article 
<1531985434.731542441.622780.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
 anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> > In article <usd4m9$17bvi$1@dont-email.me>, Alan Smithee <alms@last.inc> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> On 03/07/2024 01:42 PM, EGK wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 09:59:02 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> 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.