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

Nobody cares. He is charged. You just don't give up. You were rude to everyone and were completely incorrect. Now you are trying to explain his actions. Try to stick to the law.

I do stick to the law. He is charged - but not with murder, as the morons here insisted he is guilty of. Do you also insist they now "stick to the law"? He has not been found guilty of anything and US legal experts suggest it will be an uphill task to convict him. That is the law.

Still no response to this point from Phony Al. Do actors never point a gun at anyone in a scene where it is used - such as in a Western, a crime movie, or a war movie? What about when whole battalions of actors are using firearms in a scene? No one is pointing at their actual target? They would be "out of their freaking minds to be pointing the gun at people, even if someone told them it was ok to do so"? Really? What are they pointing their guns at? The sky? The ground? Furthermore, in such scenes is it the standard practice for the actors to be responsible for ensuring the firearms are not loaded with real bullets? Or do they rely on armorers and such to supply them with weapons that are harmless props?

You may find that your core criticism of Baldwin has no practical relationship to what happens on a movie set, which is one of the reasons why experts say it will be difficult to prove criminal negligence - especially when he was assured the gun was safe. I doubt that any actor would consent to the future risk of criminal liability in such a situation.

"The charges against Baldwin and the set’s armorer, Hannah Guiterrez
Reed, include two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the DA’s office
said."

As I said, that will require proof of clear negligence. That he has been charged does not establish criminal negligence. It will need to be proven. It is a long shot by the DA and independent legal experts have said it will be a tall order proving criminal negligence. That has always been my view. I am as surprised as the legal experts that charges have been proffered. What would surprise me the most would be a conviction. Were that to happen there wouldn't be an actor in a Western, crime movie or war movie who would not be at risk of criminal liability in using a firearm in a scene.

Albuquerque Journal, February 1, 2023:

"Hannah Gutierrez-Reed told authorities Alec Baldwin had failed to attend required firearms training during the filming of Rust, so she requested an hourlong firearms training with the movie star, according to court records filed Tuesday. Giutierrez-Reed "felt this training was very important for Baldwin" but told deputies the requested training was cut short due to the actor being distracted on his phone and speaking with family...."

This doesn't exonerate Reed, but adds to the claim that prosecutors are saying that Baldwin, as producer, allowed "a climate of recklessness".

I'm no lawyer, I don't think Baldwin is out of the woods.

Baldwin is going to prison. No doubt.

He is charged. You were completely incorrect while we were correct.

Movie sets aren't special places where you can shoot people. The same laws apply. If I point and shot and kill someone, not good enough to say that somebody else told me the gun wasn't loaded. But even then, that isn't what happened here. Baldwin shot her when he wasn't supposed to be pointing the gun at anyone. I suspect he did it intentionally.

IF it goes to trial, a sympathetic jury of 12 liberal New Mexicans will find him guilty and he'll see 5 years in prison.

It's looking pretty damning for him. Knowing a mandatory 5-year prison term is a real possibility (because a firearm was used), I suspect his lawyers will try to cop a plea.

"The charges against Baldwin and the set’s armorer, Hannah Guiterrez
Reed, include two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the DA’s office
said."

"The charges against Baldwin and the set’s armorer, Hannah Guiterrez
Reed, include two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the DA’s office
said."

Good job Bob:

"The charges against Baldwin and the set’s armorer, Hannah Guiterrez
Reed, include two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the DA’s office
said."

You were wrong.

"The charges against Baldwin and the set’s armorer, Hannah Guiterrez
Reed, include two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the DA’s office
said."

What a strange and insistent attempt at manufacturing a deflection/red herring away from your previous, glaring legal errors. You aren't just a fake lawyer, you suck at posting too.

I provided an answer to your irrelevant question above (albeit to someone else). I don't know how they make movies -- which is still more than you know. As I mentioned above, I'm guessing they don't have actors pointing real guns at each other, but rather use various techniques and equipment to make it just appear that way. Much how like actors don't really punch and kick and assault each other in movies, it just appears that they do. But again, I don't know and neither do you.

But if your uninformed speculation that actors must point real guns at each other in filming is true, I'd bet my next paycheck that they no longer have that practice after the Baldwin events. That is because real lawyers (and common sense) would have told them to stop such a practice (if they even do it) immediately.

When I was in H.S. our starter pistol had a metal rod inserted in the barrel near the muzzle. If a live round was fired in that gun it would have been a very bad day for whom ever pulled the trigger. Our coach showed us this every year so no one would get any funny ideas.