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

Every now and then we get wino's dropping in here.

You sound as though you have experience in the handling of firearms on a film set. Do you - or are you just saying what you think should happen?

You also appear to have ignored those legal experts who suggest this case doesn't meet the standard for culpability.

Legal experts are a dime a dozen, and the Media Industrial Complex loves to get hot takes from law professors who while book smart, may really know jack squat about the subject they are being asked about since there are so many sub specialities in law. You wouldn’t hire a corporate attorney to do your divorce.

The legal expert that I linked, Andrew Branca, specializes in self defense and gun law. He teaches self defense law at the FBI Academy and is often retained as an expert witness or subject matter expert by both prosecutors and defense attorney’s nationwide. I would take him over any Harvard professor.

I highly recommend his blog and podcast.

The Rust shooting was not an accident. Baldwin did the following which contributed to the tragedy:

- knowingly pointed the gun at someone

- pulled the hammer back on the pistol, putting it in a ready to fire state with it pointed at someone

Both of these actions are contributing factors to the tragedy.

Yep. Introspection is good.

I'm not drunk.

Had some time to sit down and review the police report, along with various interviews with Baldwin, the Armorer, Jensen Ackles, the Assistant Director.

- Co Star Jensen Ackles told police that he always performs his own self checks.

- According to Alec, the armorer typically hands him the gun. In the case of the shooting, the assistant director did

- The Assistant Director said actors are trained not to point the gun at anyone, always point a little off to the side, the camera can compensate

- Alec told police that the armorer always asks if he wants to inspect the gun. He always said no since there’s never been an issue before

- Alec thought the gun WAS EMPTY since it was a rehearsal

- the armorer when on set carries her blanks and dummy rounds in a fanny pack. (Wtf?)
- the armorer wanted extra training for Alec since he was onhis phone the whole time

- the armorer said there was a lot of ambient noise when she was checking the dummy rounds for the ball bearing by shaking them

Armstrong, what's the number of posters you have been in some letsrun-fight just in the last 24 hours?
Must be something between 8 and 15. Do you know the exact number?

And what's your own all-time record here - 20? Are you going to top it?

I predict Armstronglivs will believe this information proves he is right. Can we say ‘delusional?’

Only in those who can think. Rules you out.

The experts I referred to were not corporate attorneys. They aren't going to give a view on a criminal matter. But you will always find different legal opinions on a case. That's what you have done. It's clearly the view you prefer since you choose to believe Baldwin committed a crime rather than made a tragic mistake. I don't find your arguments convincing as you leave out or minimise significant factors in the case. There are numerous legal experts in the criminal area who say it will be a very tall order for the prosecution, so we will see what a court eventually decides.

Unlike you, I don't count the number of idiots that turn up on a thread. But whatever that number you've just added to it.

Sadder still.

So, for you the big majority of people you are communicating in letsrun are idiots. What about conversation outside letsrun - if you have some - all the people are also idiots?

They only turn up on Letsrun threads like these.

That one went right over your head. No surprise really.

Was your brain injury due to disease or an accident?

What is conspicuous is that you have no interest in the case, only me.

wcvb.com

How strong is the criminal case against Alec Baldwin?

"Remember, this is a criminal case," Honig said. "You need all 12 jurors to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. So I'm not saying that there's no chance here, but this is a really difficult case for the prosecution."

Link:www.wcvb.com/amp/article/how-strong-cr...

Bernarda Villalona, a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, said prosecutors will have a hard time proving criminal negligence on the part of Baldwin.

"It's going to be difficult as to Alec Baldwin, the actor, because they're charging that he should look and check the gun to make sure that it was dummies but that's not his job," she said. "That's not what he's trained to do... So this is going to be a long fight and Alec Baldwin he has a good chance of beating these charges."

Fordham law school criminal law professor Cheryl Bader said the circumstances of the case "would point to negligence, but the question is, does it rise to the level of criminal negligence, and who is the negligent party?

"The fine line between accident and criminal negligence will be for the jury to draw," Bader said in a statement.

Wino's what?