Alec Baldwin may be in some hot water

AverageJones

10:18p, 10/21/21

A crew member has died and another injured following the accidental discharge of a prop firearm by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the film "Rust" https://t.co/mFA81JmhAU
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 22, 2021

What the hell is live ammunition doing on a film set?

jokershady

10:20p, 10/21/21

There's a thread about this on the entertainment board…..an equally big question is why was he pointing the gun at the director of photography and the director himself (2 were shot)

Marcus Brutus

10:21p, 10/21/21

He's a Dem. He's golden

https://i.imgur.com/zMc6jyH.png

medwriter

10:22p, 10/21/21

He's a disgusting human being, IMO.

PneumAg

10:23p, 10/21/21

Oh no.

agwrestler

10:23p, 10/21/21

Negligent discharge

Fishin Texas Aggie 05

10:24p, 10/21/21

What's an anti gun person doing holding a gun?

Sea Speed

10:25p, 10/21/21

the gun could have suffered a catastrophic failure and caused the injury and death i would think, and that wouldnt require any live rounds. Im not sure how powerful blank rounds are though.

Burdizzo

10:25p, 10/21/21

This was a bizarre story from when I was a teenager. I was surprised even prop guns can still be very dangerous.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5555971/jon-erik-hexum-russian-roulette-heart-transplant-pimp-cover-up/amp/

YouBet

10:25p, 10/21/21

Was he on set of The Crow?

fightingfarmer09

10:26p, 10/21/21

In reply to jokershady

jokershady said:
There's a thread about this on the entertainment board…..an equally big question is why was he pointing the gun at the director of photography and the director himself (2 were shot)

They were likely filming a scene where the gun was pointed at the camera or off camera in their direction. The two people that were shot were likely looking through the camera monitors or coaching the scene.

I don't know if he will be in trouble, but terrible situation. It could also be a malfunctioning prop round.

Stupid@17

10:29p, 10/21/21

If anyone is guilty of malfeasance it would be the party responsible for thr props and prop ammo.

It is common on sets for directors and dp's to go over scenes with star actors to get the most out of them.

This is tragic, shouldn't happen and will cause a stir. Similar to Brandon Lee's death during The Crow filming, where trash in the end of a prop gun caused his death during a scene.

thirdcoast

10:31p, 10/21/21

Ribeye-Rare

10:31p, 10/21/21

Fellas, he's just a Lib playing 3D Chess.

Now he's proven that all guns are evil and must be confiscated.

fullback44

10:39p, 10/21/21

Why do they use a real gun as a prop? Not too smart

Fishin Texas Aggie 05

10:42p, 10/21/21

In reply to fullback44

fullback44 said:
Why do they use a real gun as a prop? Not too smart

Your claim is a 100% functional firearm was used?

Interesting

Picard

10:48p, 10/21/21

Remember folks, guns don't kill people. People kill people.

Prosecute him accordingly.

azul_rain

10:48p, 10/21/21

That's a shame

you may all go to hell and i will go to Texas

Picard

10:49p, 10/21/21

Also, did he forget that "some things in here don't react well to bullets"?

BuddysBud

10:50p, 10/21/21

If fired close enough the blast from a blank can be lethal. I wonder if Baldwin was playing around with a "safe" gun and fire blanks too close to the victims.
An accident would account for one injury but two injuries, one fatal, seems suspicious.

C@LAg

10:51p, 10/21/21

In reply to Picard

Picard said:
Remember folks, guns don't kill people. People kill people.

Prosecute him accordingly.

for what exactly?

negligence?

unless he prepped the gun and the blanks, this has nothing to do with Baldwin.

as someone else said, this is on the props master or their weapons consultant.

thirdcoast

10:57p, 10/21/21

Quote:
A spokesperson for Baldwin stated there was an accident on the set involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks.

It's a western film so we are probably talking about a revolver that maybe exploded sending shrapnel in direction of crew bystanders.

Maybe we will find out if there was horseplay or if it was a legit malfunction.

Marvin_Zindler

11:00p, 10/21/21

Couldn't happen to a better person. Always check your own weapon before firing.

Human scum. Own it, lib-gun-control crowd who have made a-holes like this your cultural idols.

tysker

11:01p, 10/21/21

In reply to YouBet

YouBet said:
Was he on set of The Crow?

Can't rain all the time

Marvin_Zindler

11:05p, 10/21/21

WaPo's resident A-hole checks in:

Someone who used to be in elected office is probably going to weigh in on a tragedy that occurred today and it is going to be grim.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 22, 2021

Fishin Texas Aggie 05

11:09p, 10/21/21

In reply to Marvin_Zindler

He should lower his expectations

erudite

11:10p, 10/21/21

In reply to Stupid@17

Stupid@17 said:
If anyone is guilty of malfeasance it would be the party responsible for thr props and prop ammo.

It is common on sets for directors and dp's to go over scenes with star actors to get the most out of them.

This is tragic, shouldn't happen and will cause a stir. Similar to Brandon Lee's death during The Crow filming, where trash in the end of a prop gun caused his death during a scene.

I still believe he was murdered by the triads. No way his father got stardom in HK without the backing of them.

fka ftc

11:14p, 10/21/21

If it was a handgun, highly unlikely even a real bullet would like not go through and strike another... not while being fatal to either victim. There is always the remote possibility that a projectile grazed the director on her neck (or other major blood vessel) then struck another.

And a handgun is not going to produce shrapnel, unless it strikes something crazy unlucky that creates fragments that even more rarely causes fatal injury.

Going to be interesting to see where this ends up. Goofing around with a prop gun is plausible. As mentioned, if close enough the percussion from the blank can be fatal if held to the head.

"The absence of the word accountability is not the same as wanting no accountability" -unknown

"You can never go wrong by staying silent if there is nothing apt to say" -Walter Isaacson

azul_rain

11:14p, 10/21/21

In reply to Marvin_Zindler

I'm looking forward to it

you may all go to hell and i will go to Texas

Yukon Cornelius

11:15p, 10/21/21

Fine I'll do it.

Hammerly High Dive Crips

11:15p, 10/21/21

In reply to AverageJones

AverageJones said:
A crew member has died and another injured following the accidental discharge of a prop firearm by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the film "Rust" https://t.co/mFA81JmhAU
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 22, 2021

What the hell is live ammunition doing on a film set?

Even if complete accident, hope he fries.

Cromagnum

11:23p, 10/21/21

In reply to Hammerly High Dive Crips

SB 43rd STREET OG said:
AverageJones said:
A crew member has died and another injured following the accidental discharge of a prop firearm by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the film "Rust" https://t.co/mFA81JmhAU
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 22, 2021

What the hell is live ammunition doing on a film set?

Even if complete accident, hope he fries.

A complete accident twice? I see no scenario where a prop gun could be accidentally discharged and injure one person and kill another unless it was shot more than once.

Slother93

11:25p, 10/21/21

The Film Actors Guild will certainly provide for his defense.

Cromagnum

11:26p, 10/21/21

In reply to C@LAg

C@LAg said:
Picard said:
Remember folks, guns don't kill people. People kill people.

Prosecute him accordingly.

for what exactly?

negligence?

unless he prepped the gun and the blanks, this has nothing to do with Baldwin.

as someone else said, this is on the props master or their weapons consultant.