Look I don’t know shit about acting or movie sets or armorer’s or any of that shit but I check every weapon I’ve ever been handed or dealt with, I don’t give a fuck what someone told me I check for myself.
“Hey check my new gun out”, they hand it over to me, first fucking thing I do is check the chamber and safety status, and until I know that I’m not pointing that gun at shit but the ground. I don’t care if someone told me it’s unloaded, or safetied, not real, nothing. It’s MY responsibility holding that gun to make sure I don’t blast someone.
It sucks what happened to that lady and I feel for Baldwin I really do it’s a shitty situation. But he shot that lady and he’s responsible for it, in my mind.
I know nothing about guns. I’ve never shot a gun. If I looked at a gun and was even able to figure out how to look in the chamber without killing myself or someone else, I wouldn’t know if the ammunition was live or a blank. And they use blanks all the time in movies.
Why expect Alec Baldwin to know about guns?
He’s at fault for hiring the armorer, not firing the gun.
“Well, George, the casting crew has gotten back to us. Your unique drawl, your frazzled look in an unshaven state, the way you delivered those lines - everything is perfect! You’re the new star actor this studio has been looking for, and perfect to play the villain of our upcoming serial!”
“Well, that’s incredible!”
“Unfortunately, since the character in question holds a gun in two scenes of the series, and you got 2 questions wrong on the firearms exam, we’re going to have to turn you down. We take safety very seriously.”
“Couldn’t…someone else just check weapons for me?”
“They could, but that might involve relying on another person for tasks they’re more suited for, and last I checked, this wasn’t Communismerica.”
Look I don’t know shit about acting or movie sets or armorer’s or any of that shit but I check every weapon I’ve ever been handed or dealt with, I don’t give a fuck what someone told me I check for myself.
“Hey check my new gun out”, they hand it over to me, first fucking thing I do is check the chamber and safety status, and until I know that I’m not pointing that gun at shit but the ground. I don’t care if someone told me it’s unloaded, or safetied, not real, nothing. It’s MY responsibility holding that gun to make sure I don’t blast someone.
It sucks what happened to that lady and I feel for Baldwin I really do it’s a shitty situation. But he shot that lady and he’s responsible for it, in my mind.
I know nothing about guns. I’ve never shot a gun. If I looked at a gun and was even able to figure out how to look in the chamber without killing myself or someone else, I wouldn’t know if the ammunition was live or a blank. And they use blanks all the time in movies.
Why expect Alec Baldwin to know about guns?
He’s at fault for hiring the armorer, not firing the gun.
I’m going to give my opinion anyway.
“Well, George, the casting crew has gotten back to us. Your unique drawl, your frazzled look in an unshaven state, the way you delivered those lines - everything is perfect! You’re the new star actor this studio has been looking for, and perfect to play the villain of our upcoming serial!”
“Well, that’s incredible!”
“Unfortunately, since the character in question holds a gun in two scenes of the series, and you got 2 questions wrong on the firearms exam, we’re going to have to turn you down. We take safety very seriously.”
“Couldn’t…someone else just check weapons for me?”
“They could, but that might involve relying on another person for tasks they’re more suited for, and last I checked, this wasn’t Communismerica.”