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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It makes total sense. He KILLED someone. And the armorer deserves to be severely punished - it was her job to make shooting safe.[/quote]

Disagree.  If a steelworker was operating a piece of heavy equipment and had been told by everyone responsible that the safety catch was on, and it turned out that the safety catch was off, would you hold the steelworker responsible for pulling the lever that he was told to pull?  
It doesn’t sound like Baldwin was responsible for setting up the shot or checking the safety of the gun.  I think the AD got a sweetheart deal here, and the armorer should serve time if it’s proven she knew there was live ammunition on set, and maybe even if she didn’t (because she failed to adequately secure either the firearm or the blanks).  I think at some point she was trying to blame the local supplier that supposedly supplied the blanks.  But the evidence about them shooting targets in the off hours seems to belie that story.[/quote]

PP you replied to. You misinterpret what I wrote. I want him charged. Because he killed someone. Not charging would be in defiance of all logic, law and morality. But as you said, maybe he will not be found guilty. That will be up to the justice system to determine. I think there is a grey area in terms of responsibility - how much is on the actor to check the gun, and how much is on the armorer whose job it is to make guns safe? I feel that it's the armorer's responsibility more than the actor's. But the actor is responsible too. And in this case, the actor killed someone. So it's tricky. I will repeat that I hope the armorer gets serious consequences - she seems utterly unqualified and irresponsible. It behoves all armorers on film sets to be more vigilant after this case. I don't want to put added burden on actors to constantly have to worry about whether the gun they're waving about it going to shoot and kill someone. If Baldwin gets off, I won't cry. If he gets minimum sentencing, I won't cry either. He will not get more than the minimum, because that would be distinctly unfair.

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