Alec Baldwin indicted
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Just seems like the kind of thing someone needs to get in trouble for. I'm sure it was an accident, but you can't be that careless with a firearm and get away with it.
You mean like the person who prepares the props?
The person that should be (and has been) in trouble for it is the armorer on set who was responsible for the safety of weapons on set.
I'm not suggesting they should escape liability either. I hope they get indicted as well. But I also can understand the thought behind it being the resposibility of the person with the weapon to use it safely, even if you are in a movie. I don't know why that would absolve you of the same liability you'd have when not on a movie set.
I disagree because if I am an ACTOR why should I even have to question if a prop gun I am using in a scene is live. It should NEVER be live.
I'm sure this thread won't turn political.
I mean, the prosecution is political.
The last prosecutor who was forced to drop this was a republican legislator.
So yes, this is definitely going to the cave. Where it should have started, because this is 100% a politically driven prosecution.
Agree but the sounds of it they hired a person who was not very experienced and Baldwin is the head of the production company. So I guess he is partially responsible as well. Both him and the prop person/armorer should be held liable in some way
"You can persuade a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich " - NY State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler.
It's probably more that he is a producer on the film.
That's not how guns on sets work. There are people who are assigned that role, and actors fiddling with the weapon to do their own safety checks could actually make things less safe.
Criminal charges here especially for Baldwin don't make sense.
Now, a civil case? I'd absolutely expect that. And not really for Baldwin's role as an actor, but because he was a producer on this film. He's going to have a very large bill.
Yeah, grand jury doesnt determine guilt, just probable cause. Long ways to go before he is actually convicted of something. I think this will be a tough case for the prosecutors.
Say goodbye to every action movie if he is convicted. Why would any actor take the risk of holding a gun on set?