Alec Baldwin just shot and KILLED a woman on a movie set

From the 90s wrote:

The irony is how liberal Hollywood preaches anti gun yet their movies are filled with gun violence. Guns used safely to hunt and protect oneself are appropriate. However they rarely portray this responsible use of them. Looks like Baldwin’s chickens have come home too roost.

Couldn't happen to a bigger jerk.

The Unkle wrote:

I am Sam wrote:

So you are implying that actors should check all the props they are given to use? Or that they should boycott films where guns are used??

Holes in this story.

How can a prop gun kill someone?

How is it he shot not one but two people?

Makes no sense.

Guns are supposed to be checked by a prop master and another designated person on the set - i.e. thoroughly checked - before the actor ever touches the gun. There are so many guns in movies and TV, that's how it's been done for ages in the industry. Someone screwed up, and it wasn't the actor.

That's it!!! All guns in movies should be replaced with squirt guns!

danube steak wrote:

From the 90s wrote:

The irony is how liberal Hollywood preaches anti gun yet their movies are filled with gun violence. Guns used safely to hunt and protect oneself are appropriate. However they rarely portray this responsible use of them. Looks like Baldwin’s chickens have come home too roost.

Couldn't happen to a bigger jerk.

The cinematographer was a big jerk? It sucks for Baldwin, but I feel worse for the person killed and her family.

didnt bruce lee die from a prop gun

piracy wrote:

didnt bruce lee die from a prop gun

i looked, it was his son

Lars Sqweebles wrote:

explain please wrote:

How in the heck does a "prop gun" kill someone?

Because it may be a real gun.

Prop guns often are real guns.

Typically they are loaded with either squibs (bullet and no powder) or blanks (powder with no bullet).

The combo is what Killed Brandon Lee. A squib was fired which put the bullet in the barrel ( the primer has enough pop to move the bullet a bit), the. A later blank forced the bullet out at full velocity.

A very good explanation of what might have happened other than the unlikely and grossly negligent case of live rounds being mixed in with blanks.

Doclove wrote:

[quote]uuuyyyy wrote:

Unrelated but I met Alec Baldwin a while back. Him, Peirce Brosnan, and Robin Williams. By met I only mean I said hello and was in the vcinity of them for a short while but if one thing stood out it's that Alec Baldwin seemed like a massive douche. Like you expect it out of celebrities but he was on a whole other level. The other two were fine though. All of the woman that showed up (it was a celebrity event thing) complained how bad Alec and Peirce look in real life lol

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Perhaps because they are too dumb to realise people change after 20 years when you last saw them in a film

I still hear the same thing from people that work with him and others who live near him- still an arrogant jerk.

This is pure speculation and I’m biased (Baldwin is a horrible human being) but I suspect that Baldwin was horsing around with the gun (pointing and shooting where when he shouldn’t have been) I think everyone on set knows and has been told that these guns can be dangerous. They fire blanks. They are not toys.

This dude is trash. Now he’s a murderer too.

I suspect something intentional happened here and somebody will be going to prison. If even one person dies from this stupid practice of filmmaking, all films using this type of gun must end.

CrispyChicken wrote:

Lars Sqweebles wrote:

Because it may be a real gun.

Prop guns often are real guns.

Typically they are loaded with either squibs (bullet and no powder) or blanks (powder with no bullet).

The combo is what Killed Brandon Lee. A squib was fired which put the bullet in the barrel ( the primer has enough pop to move the bullet a bit), the. A later blank forced the bullet out at full velocity.

A very good explanation of what might have happened other than the unlikely and grossly negligent case of live rounds being mixed in with blanks.

…but how does it happen to two people? After the first went down, why would you pull the trigger again?

He’s a first class POS, but wouldn’t wish the death of someone on anyone. I’ve been there, and it’s not really something you ever get over. Rather, you just learn to live with it.

alec baldwins temper wrote:

phony al wrote:

mr liberal gun control guy cant practice what he preaches all over about all the gun control and all the liberal stuff canceling the second amendment and those who practice it

You made an excellent, thoughtful point about ‘all the liberal stuff and all the the other stuff’. I’ll burn my red card immediately and join your side!

youre liberal hero is going to jail while he preaches gun control to Americans but not to himself, he will do the time because he did the crime, so he made his bed and you can cry all you want

Maybe the projectile grazed the first person and continued to kill the second?

Baldwin is a douche but this isn't the appropriate time to pile on.

If it turns out he pulled the trigger a second time after the first person was hit, then it would be appropriate to pile on

so bizarre wrote:

CrispyChicken wrote:

A very good explanation of what might have happened other than the unlikely and grossly negligent case of live rounds being mixed in with blanks.

…but how does it happen to two people? After the first went down, why would you pull the trigger again?

He’s a first class POS, but wouldn’t wish the death of someone on anyone. I’ve been there, and it’s not really something you ever get over. Rather, you just learn to live with it.

It's quite possible the scene required him to fire more than once at a time - he may not have even noticed the first person getting shot before firing the second time - entry wounds often aren't that big. If he was expecting blanks, the fact it went off would not have come as any warning.

Or a single shot hit 2 people - people massively underestimate the penetration of rounds. The whole thing of hiding behind desks, sofas or even cars is total BS.

These weren't people in the scene that he was shooting.