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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    dick cheney shot a man in the face on a hunting trip. i have seen more vitriol online about baldwin than i ever saw following the cheney incident. i hated dick cheney and am no fan of baldwin as a person, but i think from what i can see baldwin is being attacked more viciously than cheney ever was.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,447
    dick cheney shot a man in the face on a hunting trip. i have seen more vitriol online about baldwin than i ever saw following the cheney incident. i hated dick cheney and am no fan of baldwin as a person, but i think from what i can see baldwin is being attacked more viciously than cheney ever was.
    that's actually a really great point. 
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  • And New Mexico really seems to care about holding "responsible" gun owners "responsible." Why start now? Dated but I highly doubt that those "responsible" gun owners who allow their firearms to fall into the wrong hands or "accidently" shoot and/or kill someone are held "responsible" 18 years after the below report.

    Youth Gun Fatalities Report 2 (nmvoices.org)
  • Let me know when these two Big Hoss' from around the Holler are held "responsible."

    Police crack mystery of bullet out of nowhere that killed an Everglades fisherman - The Washington Post

    “Both males were cooperative and advised that they both shot multiple guns that day, handing them back and forth,” Palm Beach Sheriff spokeswoman Teri Barbera told the Sun Sentinel. “They both shot Galvan’s .45-caliber gun throughout the afternoon.”

    When ballistics compared Galvan’s gun with the bullet that fatally hit Ramdass, they matched.

    Investigators determined neither men could see beyond the raised bank and vegetation. They did not realize Ramdass was in the line of fire. Detectives also could not prove conclusively who fired the fatal shot. “The victim’s position was concealed from the target range,” Barbara said. “Investigators found no criminal intent and this appears to be a tragic accident.”

    Investigators met with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office and determined there was no probable cause for an arrest or criminal charges. Neither Galvan nor Salcedo immediately responded to a Facebook message for comment.


    So the person who stayed at the Holiday Inn, got it!
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    that's actually a really great point. 
    i know the situations are apples to oranges, but i guarantee baldwin is receiving more hatred and bile because of his politics. 

    at least on the movie set some precautions were supposed to be taken. cheney just shot at a man because he saw a bird in that general area.
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    dick cheney shot a man in the face on a hunting trip. i have seen more vitriol online about baldwin than i ever saw following the cheney incident. i hated dick cheney and am no fan of baldwin as a person, but i think from what i can see baldwin is being attacked more viciously than cheney ever was.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    Social media was in its infancy.  Facebook started in 2004 and Twitter in 2006.
    that's true, but people could comment on news articles on different websites back then. bill maher made fun of cheney a few times, but there was no hatred like there is for baldwin being directed at cheney that i can recall.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited October 2021
    A) he didn't point it at a cast member. He pointed it at the camera, as the scene likely directed him to. 
    B) even if he inspected it himself, he likely wouldn't have known the difference between blanks and live rounds (nor should he be expected to-why have an armorer if that's the expectation?)
    C) he (allegedly) didn't pull the trigger. he was practicing his draw from his holster and it went off. 

    real life is different from controlled conditions. I'm not really sure how you can keep arguing this. he won't be charged as the person holding the gun. He might get charged as the producer depending on those findings. But not as the person holding the gun. 

    if an actor was supposed to be a firearms expert in a film, knowing they'd be subject to prosecution if an accident happened, we wouldn't have seen one single real gun in a film in decades. it's just not how it works. 
    He did point it at a cast member because that is where the bullet hit (that’s how guns work). And guns do not fire just by drawing them from a holster, that’s just stupid.  Guns don’t just “go off” (that’s not how guns work).  He or something had to have pulled the trigger or dropped the hammer.
    And they shouldn’t have any real firearms on set if actors are not trained in how to safely operate and inspect them…if nothing else for their own safety.  Hopefully this will bring some attention to this stupid practice.  You never know if a foreign object is in the barrel (another firearm safety training 101rule: Always be sure your barrel is not obstructed).  And you don’t have to be an “expert” to learn how to do a quick safety check, especially on a revolver.
    I honestly don’t see how you are arguing against this.  I have showed what the law says, but if you just want to believe your assumptions instead of showing any actual facts, then I’m not sure what further there is to say.

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  • So the person who stayed at the Holiday Inn, got it!
    Why should Alec Baldwin be held more “responsible” than the average ‘Murican “responsible” gun owner? In New Mexico or anywhere else in ‘Murica? He’s got freedumbs too.

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  • PJPOWER said:
    He did point it at a cast member because that is where the bullet hit (that’s how guns work). And guns do not fire just by drawing them from a holster, that’s just stupid.  Guns don’t just “go off” (that’s not how guns work).  He or something had to have pulled the trigger or dropped the hammer.
    And they shouldn’t have any real firearms on set if actors are not trained in how to safely operate and inspect them…if nothing else for their own safety.  Hopefully this will bring some attention to this stupid practice.  You never know if a foreign object is in the barrel (another firearm safety training 101rule: Always be sure your barrel is not obstructed).  And you don’t have to be an “expert” to learn how to do a quick safety check, especially on a revolver.
    I honestly don’t see how you are arguing against this.  I have showed what the law says, but if you just want to believe your assumptions instead of showing any actual facts, then I’m not sure what further there is to say.

    A trained professional was there to supervise.  That is where there is a difference.
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    This “legal expert” agrees:

    "There could be negligence charges if it turns out he knew or should have known, and those are the keywords, should have known that there was a likelihood that the weapon could discharge. One thing you understand quickly is never point a weapon at somebody, whether it’s loaded or unloaded, because you have to presume that it could cause severe bodily harm," Kabateck stated on FOX 11 News.  
    https://www.foxla.com/news/could-alec-baldwin-face-charges-in-fatal-movie-set-shooting-legal-experts-weigh-in

  • PJPOWER said:
    This “legal expert” agrees:

    "There could be negligence charges if it turns out he knew or should have known, and those are the keywords, should have known that there was a likelihood that the weapon could discharge. One thing you understand quickly is never point a weapon at somebody, whether it’s loaded or unloaded, because you have to presume that it could cause severe bodily harm," Kabateck stated on FOX 11 News.  
    https://www.foxla.com/news/could-alec-baldwin-face-charges-in-fatal-movie-set-shooting-legal-experts-weigh-in

    He is on a pretend movie set.  Why on earth would "should he have known"?
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    A trained professional was there to supervise.  That is where there is a difference.
    They were?  Where did you read that?  What training were these “professionals” required to take?  From what I’ve read, the “professionals” were not trained very extensively at all.  There should have been an extensively trained professional on set to monitor the loading and use of the firearms, but I’m not reading anywhere saying anyone there was an actual “expert” beyond the title only.
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited October 2021
    He is on a pretend movie set.  Why on earth would "should he have known"?
    Because he was using a real gun on the pretend movie set.  A gun is a gun, whether at a gun range or a pretend movie set.  I’m pretty sure any person could reasonably tell the difference between a plastic gun and a real one when holding it.  It’s not his first rodeo…I don’t think anyone else is questioning whether or not Baldwin knew it was a real gun (he did).  He just didn’t check it to see if it had real bullets.
    Not to mention, there had been other accidental discharges on the set prior, so he “should have known” the gun was potentially dangerous.
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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,486
    dick cheney shot a man in the face on a hunting trip. i have seen more vitriol online about baldwin than i ever saw following the cheney incident. i hated dick cheney and am no fan of baldwin as a person, but i think from what i can see baldwin is being attacked more viciously than cheney ever was.
    Social media wasn’t really around in 2006 either though. So not a total fair comparison. 
  • PJPOWER said:
    They were?  Where did you read that?  What training were these “professionals” required to take?  From what I’ve read, the “professionals” were not trained very extensively at all.  There should have been an extensively trained professional on set to monitor the loading and use of the firearms, but I’m not reading anywhere saying anyone there was an actual “expert” beyond the title only.
    PJPOWER said:
    Because he was using a real gun on the pretend movie set.  A gun is a gun, whether at a gun range or a pretend movie set.  I’m pretty sure any person could reasonably tell the difference between a plastic gun and a real one when holding it.  It’s not his first rodeo…I don’t think anyone else is questioning whether or not Baldwin knew it was a real gun (he did).  He just didn’t check it to see if it had real bullets.
    Not to mention, there had been other accidental discharges on the set prior, so he “should have known” the gun was potentially dangerous.
    They were labeled "professionals" and that was their job.  To handle the firearms.  They failed.  They were neglegent.

    He is an actor that most likely thinks that the hammer on a gun can drive a nail...  He is relying on the professional for guidance.

    Look, you and I would have checked the gun to see what was in it, I know I would, it's out of habit now.

    Why hire a firearms expert at all then?  Let the actors who use them be in control.  

    See where this is going?
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    mace1229 said:
    Social media wasn’t really around in 2006 either though. So not a total fair comparison. 
    That, and no one lost their life…
    He probably “could” have had negligent discharge charges brought up against him and may have if not for his “position”.
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,486
    edited October 2021
    A) he didn't point it at a cast member. He pointed it at the camera, as the scene likely directed him to. 
    B) even if he inspected it himself, he likely wouldn't have known the difference between blanks and live rounds (nor should he be expected to-why have an armorer if that's the expectation?)
    C) he (allegedly) didn't pull the trigger. he was practicing his draw from his holster and it went off. 

    real life is different from controlled conditions. I'm not really sure how you can keep arguing this. he won't be charged as the person holding the gun. He might get charged as the producer depending on those findings. But not as the person holding the gun. 

    if an actor was supposed to be a firearms expert in a film, knowing they'd be subject to prosecution if an accident happened, we wouldn't have seen one single real gun in a film in decades. it's just not how it works. 
    I agree with most of your comments and that Alec shouldn’t be charged.
    But I don’t agree with B and C. The difference between blanks and live rounds are very obvious. And he most likely did pull the trigger, guns very rarely just go off. Maybe he pulled it by accident, I don’t know.
    That being said, the more I hear about this story the more is surprised me. Last I heard crew members were using these guns for target practice during down time. That’s just crazy. Who gave them access? Why were they never checked again?
    Not being involved in the industry, but knowing guns there’s just so much wrong here. All guns should have a safety check and flagged. No one should have access to the guns after the check. There should be at least a second check before handing a gun to the actor. I came up with that in about 4 seconds, how do they not have even better safety protocols in place? The fact the AD can just grab a gun and give it to an actor and tell him it’s cold without anyone actually checking is shocking.
    I would also like to see actors being part of the process. I don’t think it means no one would want to do it. Take a 4-hour course on gun safety, how to tell if a gun is loaded or not, difference between live rounds, dummies or blanks. And when a gun is handed to you, demonstrate it’s not loaded with a live round before using it. 
    I’d like to see that in the future, but that’s not the practice now so I wouldn’t charge Alec.
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited October 2021
    They were labeled "professionals" and that was their job.  To handle the firearms.  They failed.  They were neglegent.

    He is an actor that most likely thinks that the hammer on a gun can drive a nail...  He is relying on the professional for guidance.

    Look, you and I would have checked the gun to see what was in it, I know I would, it's out of habit now.

    Why hire a firearms expert at all then?  Let the actors who use them be in control.  

    See where this is going?
    I definitely would have checked it.
    Hopefully it’s going to a place involving more training for actors and staff…or the exclusion of using real firearms on set.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,447
    PJPOWER said:
    He did point it at a cast member because that is where the bullet hit (that’s how guns work). And guns do not fire just by drawing them from a holster, that’s just stupid.  Guns don’t just “go off” (that’s not how guns work).  He or something had to have pulled the trigger or dropped the hammer.
    And they shouldn’t have any real firearms on set if actors are not trained in how to safely operate and inspect them…if nothing else for their own safety.  Hopefully this will bring some attention to this stupid practice.  You never know if a foreign object is in the barrel (another firearm safety training 101rule: Always be sure your barrel is not obstructed).  And you don’t have to be an “expert” to learn how to do a quick safety check, especially on a revolver.
    I honestly don’t see how you are arguing against this.  I have showed what the law says, but if you just want to believe your assumptions instead of showing any actual facts, then I’m not sure what further there is to say.

    no, he didn't point it at a cast member. he pointed it at the camera and it hit the cinematographer and the director who was crouching behind her. 

    I know what the law says as you posted. you think every case is black and white, with no extenuating circumstances? 

    I'm not arguing what they should or should not have on set. I actually have already stated I agree that this practice isn't necessary with how affordable the graphics are to make it look real to the movie goer. 

    there were two people who handled the gun prior to baldwin, both of whom are responsible for this. the armorer, and the assistant director. I don't know if the AD is actually supposed to check the barrel of the gun, or if he just does as a fail safe, but he did, and failed to check it fully. he has admitted to checking the barrel but he can only remember seeing 3 rounds, and not seeing any live rounds. he said he couldn't recall if the armorer checked the entire barrel. 

    I don't know if Baldwin knows what a real bullet looks like vs a blank one. I don't. I have never seen a gun in person in my entire life (no, I'm not kidding). So if I checked a barrel of a gun, I'd personally have zero clue if the round inside was blank or live. 

    Uh, you are pretty much the only one arguing for this nonsense, so it's odd that you think it's weird I'm arguing against it. lol

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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,013
     Chicago Police Officer Accidentally Shoots and Injures 2 Colleagues, Official Says https://nyti.ms/3lWVSCa
    Oct. 21, 2021

    Two Chicago police officers were shot and injured — apparently by one bullet — on Wednesday night after a third officer accidentally discharged his handgun during a struggle with a man while investigating a homicide, officials said.

    The officer fired his weapon once, and one officer was struck in the arm and another in the shoulder, David Brown, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, said during a news conference.

    It was “likely a through and through for one officer into another officer,” Superintendent Brown said. The officer who fired his weapon was not injured, the superintendent said, adding, “Obviously it’s very traumatic to have accidentally have this happen.”

    The three officers were not immediately identified. The injured ones were taken to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., a small city just outside Chicago, and they “seem to be in decent, good condition,” the superintendent said.


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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,486
    no, he didn't point it at a cast member. he pointed it at the camera and it hit the cinematographer and the director who was crouching behind her. 

    I know what the law says as you posted. you think every case is black and white, with no extenuating circumstances? 

    I'm not arguing what they should or should not have on set. I actually have already stated I agree that this practice isn't necessary with how affordable the graphics are to make it look real to the movie goer. 

    there were two people who handled the gun prior to baldwin, both of whom are responsible for this. the armorer, and the assistant director. I don't know if the AD is actually supposed to check the barrel of the gun, or if he just does as a fail safe, but he did, and failed to check it fully. he has admitted to checking the barrel but he can only remember seeing 3 rounds, and not seeing any live rounds. he said he couldn't recall if the armorer checked the entire barrel. 

    I don't know if Baldwin knows what a real bullet looks like vs a blank one. I don't. I have never seen a gun in person in my entire life (no, I'm not kidding). So if I checked a barrel of a gun, I'd personally have zero clue if the round inside was blank or live. 

    Uh, you are pretty much the only one arguing for this nonsense, so it's odd that you think it's weird I'm arguing against it. lol

    Blanks vs live rounds are very easy. Live rounds will have a copper or lead bullet, where a blank is just the brass casing, no bullet. Sometimes blanks have paper or other was or hold the powder, or sometimes I’ve seen the tip crimped, but there is clearly no bullet, it looks closer to a spent round than it does a live round.
    I also find it hard to believe Alec wouldn't know the difference, or the difference between a loaded or unloaded gun. He’s been in lots of movies as an actor and producer with guns before. Just seems unlikely he would never had 1 person ever show him or seen it. It’s possible, just seems unlikely to me.
    Guns are actually fairly simple to learn and operate. It takes about 2 seconds to rotate the cylinder on a revolver and check if it’s loaded. If a pistol is unloaded, the slide stays open, if it closes you know there’s a round in the chamber that you can empty by racking the slide in 2 seconds.  None of it requires a ton of knowledge or a lot of time. Which is why I think in the future whoever handles the gun should be part of the process, if they are going to use real guns. It’s not difficult to learn and would literally save lives. I’d want to have a basic understanding if I was an actor and know what is being handed to me. Your terrorist bomb analogy wasn’t perfect because they don’t ever strap real bombs to people but they use real guns. But if they did, and they strapped a real bomb to someone and gave you a real detonator and told you “don’t worry, even though it’s all real, we took the batteries out” I bet you’d double check there were no batteries in the detonator, right?

    I know you your response wasn’t to me and I already said I don’t think Alec should be charged. But I disagree with many of the comments I’ve seen about him probably not knowing. As much as he’s been around guns in movies and as simple as they are, he should have a basic understanding and definitely be able to tell the difference between bullet and no bullet. And if he doesn’t, anyone asked to fire a real gun should be part of this process, it’s not difficult to learn basic gun safety and checks. I mean, we expect actors to gain or lose 50 lbs, to have a grueling workout schedule for certain roles, or grow a 12” beard, but we can’t expect them to take a 2 hour class on gun safety?

  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,544
    edited October 2021
    Guns make us safer.

    On Monday, the right-wing youth organization Turning Point USA had an event during which founder Charlie Kirk took questions from members of the audience. At one point, a bearded man asked one, as seen in video obtained by Media Matters.

    “At this point, we’re living under corporate and medical fascism. This is tyranny,” he said. “When do we get to use the guns?”

    Members of the audience applauded.

    “No, and I’m not — that’s not a joke,” he continued. “I’m not saying it like that. I mean, literally, where’s the line? How many elections are they going to steal before we kill these people?”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/27/when-do-we-get-use-guns-ongoing-danger-false-fraud-claims/

    Those fears now appear to be materializing, in big ways and small. The National Association of School Resource Officers reports that from Aug. 1 to Oct. 1 this year, there were 97 reported gun-related incidents in schools. During the same span in 2019, there were 29.

    Similarly, Everytown for Gun Safety, a lobby group for gun restrictions, tallies 56 instances of gunfire on school grounds in August and September of 2021. That is higher for those two months than any year since the group began tracking incidents in 2013, and more than double the previous high of 22 in 2019. It also found record numbers of deaths, at eight, and injuries, with 35.

    “School violence has risen to levels that we haven’t seen quite frankly,” said Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers. “I don’t think it took a genius to see this coming.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/10/26/schools-violence-teachers-guns-fights/

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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited October 2021
    no, he didn't point it at a cast member. he pointed it at the camera and it hit the cinematographer and the director who was crouching behind her. 

    I know what the law says as you posted. you think every case is black and white, with no extenuating circumstances? 

    I'm not arguing what they should or should not have on set. I actually have already stated I agree that this practice isn't necessary with how affordable the graphics are to make it look real to the movie goer. 

    there were two people who handled the gun prior to baldwin, both of whom are responsible for this. the armorer, and the assistant director. I don't know if the AD is actually supposed to check the barrel of the gun, or if he just does as a fail safe, but he did, and failed to check it fully. he has admitted to checking the barrel but he can only remember seeing 3 rounds, and not seeing any live rounds. he said he couldn't recall if the armorer checked the entire barrel. 

    I don't know if Baldwin knows what a real bullet looks like vs a blank one. I don't. I have never seen a gun in person in my entire life (no, I'm not kidding). So if I checked a barrel of a gun, I'd personally have zero clue if the round inside was blank or live. 

    Uh, you are pretty much the only one arguing for this nonsense, so it's odd that you think it's weird I'm arguing against it. lol

    No, he pointed it at the cinematographer.  I’m not saying he intentionally pointed it at her (I realize he claimed he pointed it at the camera), but the bullet would not have hit her if the gun was not pointed at her…not sure why that even has to be argued.  The bullet goes where the gun is pointed…Here is yet another link for you since you seem uneducated about physics:


    And I’ve posted links to lawyers saying he “could” face charges, so I’m not sure where this “you are the only one that thinks that” bullshit comes into play other than a weak attempt at character assassination.  I haven’t seen you post a single bit of information other than your opinion and false information about how firearms work (by your own admission, you know jack shit about them).  All I’ve been posting is that he “could” be held culpable, which is backed up by professional sources saying the same thing, so don’t give me this “ your the only one that thinks that” bullshit.  
    Just because Baldwin is ignorant about how to check firearms for safety (a pretty easy task) does not excuse him from culpability.  If you want to give him a pass because he’s a rich old white actor, then that’s your prerogative, but there’s plenty of law professionals that seem to think he “could” face charges.  Will he?  I seriously doubt it.
    It sounds like the armorer is the one being thrown under the bus, or the last person to touch the gun before handing it to Baldwin.  I can see a lawyer pointing at the “last point of contact” before it was in Alec’s hands.  Regardless of it all, if actors are using real firearms as props, they should know some basic firearm safety protocols to keep themselves and everyone around them safe.
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  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 20,818
    I'm no lawyer but he was handed a gun and was told it was a "cold gun".....they can try to hold him culpable but he won't be found culpable based on what I've heard.
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited October 2021
    I'm no lawyer but he was handed a gun and was told it was a "cold gun".....they can try to hold him culpable but he won't be found culpable based on what I've heard.
    So if I’m at a gun range (controlled setting) and the range master tells me my gun is unloaded and I pick it up and shoot someone without checking it myself, am I at all culpable?
    There are still choices that come into play.  
    Choice 1- to point or not to point at someone
    Choice 2-to do my own safety check or not
    Choice 3-to pull the trigger or not
    If your choices could have changed the outcome, you can be held culpable.  Keep in mind, a big part of the law surrounding this is based on whether or not the person knew that the object (gun) was capable of causing harm.  In Baldwin’s case, there had already been accidental discharges on set and plenty of safety concerns.  Did he know that it was a real gun capable of firing real bullets that he was holding? I think it’s pretty easy to conclude he did.  
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,544
    edited October 2021
    Any “responsible” gun owners, or anyone really, held “responsible” here? What makes Alec’s case different? Is Alec special? What about his rights?

    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27399337

    What a joke.
  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    all I know is I wouldn’t want to be around most of the posters to this thread…they’d be passing around guns amongst each other, never bothering to check the gun.  You guys are a trusting bunch.  I don’t trust anyone that much…
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,013
    PJPOWER said:
    So if I’m at a gun range (controlled setting) and the range master tells me my gun is unloaded and I pick it up and shoot someone without checking it myself, am I at all culpable?
    There are still choices that come into play.  
    Choice 1- to point or not to point at someone
    Choice 2-to do my own safety check or not
    Choice 3-to pull the trigger or not
    If your choices could have changed the outcome, you can be held culpable.  Keep in mind, a big part of the law surrounding this is based on whether or not the person knew that the object (gun) was capable of causing harm.  In Baldwin’s case, there had already been accidental discharges on set and plenty of safety concerns.  Did he know that it was a real gun capable of firing real bullets that he was holding? I think it’s pretty easy to conclude he did.  

    different circumstances. at a range , why the fuck would you have blanks?
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited October 2021
    mickeyrat said:

    different circumstances. at a range , why the fuck would you have blanks?
    Maybe to test out the function of a firearm you plan to use as a prop gun?  :)
    They are a actually very similar scenarios and I think you are missing the point.
    What I think is ironic is how many of you anti-gun people are being so lenient here.  If Baldwin is not charged, it opens the door to plenty of “but I didn’t know it was really loaded” excuses for people to use in future culpably proceedings with gun accidents, when the momentum should be to hold people more accountable for firearm safety…but I digress…
    The gun control crowd taking Baldwin’s side are figuratively shooting themselves in the foot (pun intended).
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