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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems fine, he’ll probably get probation and they’ll make the point that actors are responsible for checking the gun even if the gun guy says they’re good to go. If that shouldn’t be the law, they’ll have to change the law, because it sounds like that’s the point of the charges. I don’t think they’re out for Alec Baldwin’s scalp.[/quote]

Actors are actors, not gun experts. How would an actor have this expertise? If I were an actor, I would never agree to handle a gun if the rule was that I could have criminal liability for an unintended discharge and couldn't rely on the advice of the gun expert on set (the armorer). [/quote]

Here is the thing.... multiple "rules" were broken along the way.  Baldwin was the producer who fired the fatal shot.  It appears that protocols were very lax on set - so much so that several of the staff walked out prior to the incident.  
I can't stand Maddow, but the expert she has on walks through all of the rules that were broken that resulted in the death of this cinematographer.  He is on at the 4:45 point.

And, you do not need to be a gun expert to know basic gun safety.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAqOv-1GFOI[/youtube][/quote]

So, just so I am clear: "basic gun safety" includes instruction on when you can safely point/fire a very realistic pretend weapon directly at another human without harming them? [/quote]

The weapon Baldwin pointed was not a "realistic pretend weapon."  It was a very real weapon.  [/quote]

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