Actor Alec Baldwin fired prop gun on set of ‘Rust’ that killed cinematographer

[Claudette]

Fang
I agree. John Eric Hexum is another actor who died when he put a prop gun to his head and pulled the trigger. He had removed all but one blank from the gun and was just fooling around.

Jon-Erik Hexum - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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[Dekster]

No competent propmaster will EVER have live rounds anywhere near a set.

Period.

Time will tell. I have seen no indication that these were "live rounds" and not blanks

 

[westwall]

Blanks still fire a projectile. There is a plug in them to generate a certain amount of pressure against the expanding powder to create the power needed to make a sound, make the gun jump, and to be enforce to push the ejection arm slide back to make the casing come out and load the next round. 99.9% of the time the plug disintegrates, but it is possible that it was packed incorrectly at the manufacturer and survived the explosion to become a projectile.

It's a freak accident and nothing more. Sometimes shit just happens no matter how well prepared you may be.

Movie blanks are simple crimped brass. No projectile of any kind.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

I blame Biden.

I blame you for being a partisan hack

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I blame you for being a partisan hack

 

[Dekster]

Horseshit. It was the fault of the prop department. You think Baldwin brought a real gun to the set and got them mixed up, or something?

Assume whatever you like.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Unfortunate but it couldn't have happened to a more worthless putz like Baldwin

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

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How am I partisan? You’re a waste of life

 

[pknopp]

"Why was I handed a hot gun"?

Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots and kills cinematographer

You never point a gun. loaded or not at someone, and then you most certainly do not pull the trigger. This was not in the act of making the movie. This was someone handling a gun irresponsibly.

 

[westwall]

Are you an expert in prop guns and squibs? I doubt there will be any charges.

I have many propmasters as friends. Old man Stembridge was a very good friend.

His was the very first gun rental company in the industry. He designed the first blank adapted guns and even manufactured their own line of blanks that were called "Five in One" because they could be used in 5 different calibers of weapon.

 

[westwall]

I was just pointing out the other shooting.....candycorn keeps bringing it up but still can't explain the "intent," behind the officer "murdering," the guy in his apartment......she stated she got off on the wrong floor and thought it was her apartment when she encountered the guy......without any other underlying "intent," this should have been a manslaughter case at the worst.....but they convicted her of murder....

At most, they should have given her manslaughter, if that........but they gave her murder instead...likely because she was a police officer, and he was a black guy....

No motive for "murder," was ever presented by the prosecution..

But in tearful testimony last week, Guyger said she was "scared to death" when she opened what she thought was her own apartment door and saw the silhouette of a man she mistook for an intruder.

"I was scared whoever was inside my apartment was going to kill me," she told the jury. "No police officer would want to hurt an innocent person."

Guyger lived on the third floor of an apartment complex just south of downtown Dallas. Her lawyers said she was in uniform and had just finished a 13-hour workday on Sept. 6th, 2018, when she mistakenly opened Jean's door.

"What was going through Amber's mind was just, 'I'm going home,' " defense lawyer Robert Rogers said. " 'I'm exhausted, and I'm going home.' "

Guyger testified that she had put her key in the door and realized it was unlocked. Thinking someone had broken in, she drew her gun and entered the apartment.

Guyger said she ordered Jean, "Let me see your hands," and that he instead started to move toward her. Prosecutors countered that nobody in the apartment complex heard her instruct Jean to raise his hands.

Within seconds of opening the door, she fired two shots at Jean. One of the bullets struck him in the chest, killing him.

Guyger called 911 and told the operator over and over: "I thought it was my apartment."
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Under Texas law, convicting a defendant of murder requires proving someone intentionally killed another person, as opposed to manslaughter, in which prosecutors have to show someone was killed because of recklessness.

Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder

Amber Guyger, who is white, had testified that she entered Botham Jean's unit after a long day at work, thinking it was her own home and mistaking the 26-year-old black accountant for an intruder.

www.npr.org

There was no evidence of an intentional act on the part of the officer........no previous relationship with the guy, no reason she would have simply shot him to kill him...yet they still convicted her of murder....

I am not familiar with all of the facts of her case, however, as a cop she is assumed to be an expert in the use of a firearm (even though the vast majority of cops aren't) and there are many cases of our legal system being perverted for political reasons.

I am not privy to the evidence that was ultimately presented in her case so murder seems excessive to me as well, but that whole situation seems bizarre.

 

[22lcidw]

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If she was a Prog...well that is how things go.

 

[22lcidw]

Just on his personality you could have a TV series. Because as we know he is the anti Trump.

 

[mudwhistle]

Seriously, how the heck did this happen? A prop gun?

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Authorities have confirmed that actor Alec Baldwin fired the prop gun on the set of his film “Rust” that killed director of photography Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.​

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Earlier, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said a 42-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital after being shot by a prop gun, where she died. A man who was shot was getting emergency care at another hospital, according to the Associated Press.​

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Local news station KOB4 later reported that the sheriff’s office confirmed Baldwin had been the one to fire the prop gun.​

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Actor Alec Baldwin fired prop gun on set of 'Rust' that killed cinematographer, sheriff says

A prop firearm discharged by Alec Baldwin killed his director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injured the director.

www.boston.com

Couldn't have happened to a better guy.
Clearly he knows nothing about guns....even though he claims to be an expert on them.

Never let someone hand you a loaded gun without checking it yourself.

 

[mudwhistle]

Rule of thumb....even in a movie....never point a gun at anyone unless you intend to shoot them.
You can get away with pointing the gun slightly to the side BTW.
I don't care if the director gives me shit about it later.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Horseshit. It was the fault of the prop department. You think Baldwin brought a real gun to the set and got them mixed up, or something?

The person at the top that was responsible to make sure only blanks were used is the Producer.

The person at the bottom responsible is to make sure a live round was not pointed at a live person was the actor.

Both those persons were Alec Baldwin.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Baldwin will now dedicate his life to gun confiscation, blaming everyone else for his murdering.

 

[marvin martian]

Seriously, how the heck did this happen? A prop gun?

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Authorities have confirmed that actor Alec Baldwin fired the prop gun on the set of his film “Rust” that killed director of photography Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.​

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Earlier, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said a 42-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital after being shot by a prop gun, where she died. A man who was shot was getting emergency care at another hospital, according to the Associated Press.​

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Local news station KOB4 later reported that the sheriff’s office confirmed Baldwin had been the one to fire the prop gun.​

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Actor Alec Baldwin fired prop gun on set of 'Rust' that killed cinematographer, sheriff says

A prop firearm discharged by Alec Baldwin killed his director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injured the director.

www.boston.com

Baldwin has major anger issues and substance abuse problems. This needs to be investigated as a potentially intentional act.

 

[mudwhistle]

The person at the top that was responsible to make sure only blanks were used is the Producer.

The person at the bottom responsible is to make sure a live round was not pointed at a live person was the actor.

Both those persons were Alec Baldwin.

The problem is these people spend so much time getting things handed to them....they don't check it themselves.
When people do things for you all the time....you really don't take the time to check.