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Statements and evidence show [ALEC] BALDWIN was not present for required firearms training prior to the commencement of filming. Statements, depositions from OSHA, and evidence show BALDWIN was provided only minimal training on firearms, even after [armorer and co-defendant Hannah Gutierrez-] REED requested more training for BALDWIN. In the deposition taken from REED, she stated BALDWIN had very limited training on the cross draw that was required for the scene on the 21st and limited training in firearms and how to check his firearm as to whether it was unloaded or loaded, in which REED felt was very important in his role as RUST.

Chemist45 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:49 pm Oooops!
Baldwin admitted he "Fired the gun".
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/01/31 ... ng-n696904

That's gonna be hard to walk back.

puma guy wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 4:16 pm

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 3:30 pm A video has come out showing his finger on the trigger.

Oh! No! Say it isn't so!

Chemist45 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:32 pm K.Mooneyham relayed a conversation wherein an "Expert" claimed that actors never check the guns they are handed.

actors and actresses don't check the guns because it's too dangerous for them to do so and they don't know how to do it. He stated that he worked on many movie sets and only the armorer is allowed to check the firearms.

Here are some quotes from people in the industry:
George Clooney:“Every single time I’m handed a gun on the set — every time — they hand me a gun, I look at it, I open it, I show it to the person I’m pointing it too, I show it to the crew,” Clooney said. “Every single take.”

Nicholas Cage: It’s part of a movie star’s job to know how to safely use a gun, especially given that firearm violence figures so prominently in American film and TV shows.

Dean Cain: "Baldwin should have opened and checked the cylinder. Its standard safety protocol."

I'm sure I could find more quotes if I looked. These took me three minutes.

philip964 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:07 pm https://www.insider.com/rust-lawsuit-sa ... un-2021-11

Script supervisor sues Alec Baldwin ( I assume for slander).

He said nothing in the script called for Baldwin to cock and fire a gun.

Well that’s interesting.

Let me be clear—I have no idea if what I’m about to describe will turn out to accurately describe the events in this case. I read such a description of the events online, but have no idea if the person providing that description has any idea what they are talking about. Here we’re using that description of events not as a claim that they represent what actually happened, but merely as a hypothetical to explore the legal issues that could arise in this case.

The day was running long, the actors and crew were getting tired, another scene had to be shot yet again, and in an effort to add some levity to the circumstances Alec Baldwin, holding a firearm in his hands that he believed to be unloaded, jokingly told the director of photography Ms. Hutchins and director Joel Souza, “We have to shoot that scene again? How about if I just shoot you both, instead.” He then points the firearm at them and depresses the trigger, resulting in the gun discharging, killing Ms. Hutchins, and wounding Mr. Souza.

In that last hypothetical we have no innocent accident, and we have no mere civil negligence—instead, we have, with the pointing of the weapon at the victims and the deliberate press of the trigger, criminal recklessness.

philip964 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:00 pm

powerboatr wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:38 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:18 pm They just did a news conference. Did not give much info on who was to be charged but they said there were 500 rounds of ammo on the set. They also mentioned that Alec Baldwin failed to check the gun before handling it. I just don't see how they avoid charging Alec Baldwin with criminal negligence at the least.

aagreed

Aagreed. Why did he pull the trigger? They were not filming.

Rafe wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:29 am

Paladin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:17 am From that link:

9/11/21 ...Hollywood armorer Hannah Reed joins us. She’s just coming off her first movie serving as the lead armorer.

Wow!!! That's a seriously damaging interview, particularly combined with the TikTok video.

Yep. She made (another) poor decision ever agreeing to that podcast interview because a couple of the old codgers doing the interviewing clearly knew a thing or two about period-piece firearms. One of them mentions Remington swappable barrels, and then in the next breath they ask Gutierrez-Reed what different types of blackpowder firearms were on the set of the Nicholas Cage film. Her response was:

"Uh, it was mostly, oh, uh, Remingtons... There wasn't too many, you know; there wasn't a lot. There was a little bit of gunfire, but mostly just a couple of Remingtons."

And fast forward to 21:19 in the podcast when she's asked about the detail of the steps involved when an actor who has no experience with guns comes to get a firearm from her armory. Check out how much she mentions safety procedures and marvel at the depth of her displayed knowledge.

Her dad gave her a Colt Peacemaker last Christmas, and she also owns a Walther P22. That's the total extent of her personal firearm collection.

oljames3 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:27 pm Attorney Andrew Branca (Law of Self Defense) reviews the Baldwin shooting.

Alec Baldwin Shoots Woman Dead: Innocent Accident, or Involuntary Manslaughter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVEJb5kxeNw

9/11/21 ...Hollywood armorer Hannah Reed joins us. She’s just coming off her first movie serving as the lead armorer.

In the end, the liability may be delayed but will likely be considerable. What is clear is that personal injury lawyers will view the Bonanza Ranch as aptly named for civil litigation.