Despite everything that I adhere to with gun handling safety I have to agree with what elkaholic says.

Agree!

If you even have a job, either work harder or get a better one instead of whining about others who have achieved more than you.

As for Baldwin, charges should have never been filed.

Who hired the gun prop beezoe ?

He is a least partially responsible as the producer of flick .

There should never have been any live rounds on the set In the first place.

Personal opinion.

Everyone involved with that shoot who held any responsibility for the safety of that crew should've been charged or held liable for whatever measure of responsibility that they may have failed to do.

No different than you would go after a mine or factory owner who allows unsafe equipment on a jobsite resulting in injury or death.

As for it being Alec Baldwin, he should've been horse whipped a long time ago but that's a separate matter.

As for the improper conduct of the prosecution, I smell a rat. Just can't determine whether intent or incompetent, yet.

BTW, I've seen things on film sets that informs my opinion. There's an unspoken but very real rule of what happens on a closed set stays on a closed set and the resulting lack of accountability that occurs.

Mostly the lawyers and insurance companies keep things in check but again I've seen things, none of which I can talk about.

I can't stand the guy but lot of this is just ridiculous.. He wasn't pointing the gun at a person . HE WAS POINTING IT AT THE CAMERA in a scene. Unfortunately the lady killed was behind the camera Just watch action movies and notice how many times there is a straight on view of someone firing a gun. TONS The one to be hanged is the idiot that brought the box of shells so they could target shoot during down time. PLUS the woman armorer. She was blantly lazy. I bet she opened the cylinder , saw it was loaded and didn't think to see if live or blanks. THEN also she might have never dreamed live rounds were on set if she wasn't one who "target practiced" earlier in the day.

Agree I don’t like him but he hired a professional for the firearms , you can’t do everything yourself

Let me ask a hypothetical.

Considering the recent holiday, let's say we held a tman get together.

Our lovable but slightly off Uncle Paul brings the fireworks. We trust the guy to bring the fire works because that's what he did for a living, or so we're told.

So you get handed a firecracker and when you set it off all your neighbors windows get shattered.

Who is at fault?

Give this scenario a run past your local constabulary if you want.

My point, you are handed what is reasonably known to be potentially deadly item.

At what point is it your own due duty to determine for yourself the safety of a particular act?

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A more applicable scenario. We have a get together and hire a professional to handle the firework display, the professional hands you the ignitor to get the show going and gives you instructions on how to do it, you follow the instructions and the windows blow out, who's at fault?

Who hired the "professional"?

Called it day1