This is the part that I find pretty suspect. Unless the gun was in serious disrepair, the trigger would have to be pulled for the gun to fire. Or there would have to be some sort of other serious percussive force applied to the firing pin. It wouldn't just "go off" any more than a knife would leap out of his hand of its own accord and go flying around the room stabbing people.TCTTS said:AliasMan02 said:
Also, the civil suit claims the script didn't even call for the gun to be fired. Another thing that should be pretty easy to verify.
Watch the interview. This has been addressed multiple times. Baldwin was simply aiming the gun in the direction of the camera, cocked it, and claims it then somehow went off.
Whatever you think of Baldwin's obligation to check the firearm before handling, the odds are that he negligently discharged the weapon. He's probably not the only responsible party here - there's plenty of blame to go around - but absent some defect in the gun, I don't believe he's just a victim of circumstance.