• @FontMasterFlex
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    -191 year ago

    And they all seem to have better trigger finger discipline than Alec Baldwin.

      • @[email protected]
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        -71 year ago

        One thing doesn’t really have anything to do with the other. He mishandled a firearm and killed someone. Saying that has no bearing on the fact that I also hate Trump.

        • Encrypt-Keeper
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          I haven’t seen anything up to this point that suggests he mishandled anything. He handled the firearm the same way any actor in Hollywood would. The only discernible difference between him and anyone else in Hollywood isn’t the way he handled the firearm which by all accounts wasn’t out of the ordinary, it’s his Trump impression.

          • @[email protected]
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            -31 year ago

            He pointed a loaded weapon at someone and fired it. If anyone else in Hollywood does that I’ll criticize them too.

            • Encrypt-Keeper
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              31 year ago

              He pointed a prop at someone which fired a bullet that wasn’t supposed to be in it, that was present due to the negligence of somebody who wasn’t him. People in Hollywood do what Alec Baldwin did on set every day. Hollywood has been using real guns as props for decades, and that hasn’t changed due to the Rust shooting. There was definitely gross negligence and breach of protocol involved in this particular movie set which lead to a death, however I haven’t seen a single source that suggests Alec Baldwin was directly involved in any of those breaches of protocol, which makes sense because that’s not his job. If you turned back the clock and replaced Alec with any other actor in Hollywood it wouldn’t have changed the outcome because he wasn’t responsible for the mistakes that led to the tragedy, which has been since validated up by the U.S. court system.

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                01 year ago

                If you have a functional firearm or one you aren’t positive isn’t functional in your hand you are responsible for making sure it is safe. If that isn’t part of Hollywood’s practices then they’re all idiots. This accident would have been easily prevented by simply checking if the fucking thing was loaded. It was a revolver for fucks sake that takes 2 seconds.

                • Encrypt-Keeper
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                  31 year ago

                  It is part of Hollywoods practices but not for the actor. There are so many checks that should happen long before it gets in the actors hands. You can call them all idiots if you want, it’d be more accurate than placing the blame on ALEC Baldwin specifically.

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                    The last check should be the actor themselves. It’s a simple procedure anyone handling one should know how to do. Especially on a revolver. He claims he went through a safety instruction at the start of filming this movie. If that were true he should know all this. The gun was in his hand and pointed at someone when it went off. He’s responsible.

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                Props are just items in the property of a production. Prop ≠ unable to be used to inflict harm. If a kitchen knife is bought for a production it is now a prop, but it still is sharp.

                Safety rules don’t cease being in effect because there’s a camera. Safety is the responsibility of every on a job site regardless of industry. The 4 basic firearm safety rules can be taught in minutes and has he followed a single one in that moment no one would have been hurt.

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                  Every other industry doesn’t have an armorer to take care of that for you so of course you’d be personally responsible in an industry outside of Hollywood. If you’d like the argue that Hollywood is going about firearm safety all wrong then there’s nothing wrong with that. But that is a Hollywood problem, it’s not specific to Alec Baldwin, and evidently the judicial system agrees.

                  • @FireTower
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                    01 year ago

                    Having an armorer on site doesn’t absolve every one of their duty to not endanger others around them do to negligence. Just like the OSHA inspector showing up isn’t a good reason to operate a forklift drunk.

                    I do believe that this is in part an industry problem, but that doesn’t excuse any individual in the industry’s reckless behavior.

            • @some_guy
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              11 year ago

              You ever seen a movie where they fire a gun?

              Criticize away kiddo.

              Learn how armorers work in Hollywood and why your roughneck bullshit would get you blackballed from the industry and kicked out of the union, then come back here and tell us about how you’re a fucking child.