{"id":205032,"date":"2024-08-10T12:59:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T17:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=205032"},"modified":"2024-08-16T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:21:46","slug":"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">10<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a natural allure to firearms. Guns represent power under control. In responsible hands, firearms can be a great source of recreational enjoyment, security in sketchy spaces, and inimitable peace of mind. In the wrong hands, however, the results can be catastrophic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A-dramatic-scene-illustrating-the-Baldwin-shooting-incident-on-the-set-of-Rust.-The-image-is-set-in-an-old-Western-movie-environment-with-a-dusty-la.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A-dramatic-scene-illustrating-the-Baldwin-shooting-incident-on-the-set-of-Rust.-The-image-is-set-in-an-old-Western-movie-environment-with-a-dusty-la.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A-dramatic-scene-illustrating-the-Baldwin-shooting-incident-on-the-set-of-Rust.-The-image-is-set-in-an-old-Western-movie-environment-with-a-dusty-la-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A-dramatic-scene-illustrating-the-Baldwin-shooting-incident-on-the-set-of-Rust.-The-image-is-set-in-an-old-Western-movie-environment-with-a-dusty-la-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/A-dramatic-scene-illustrating-the-Baldwin-shooting-incident-on-the-set-of-Rust.-The-image-is-set-in-an-old-Western-movie-environment-with-a-dusty-la-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-frenetic-butt-covering\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Frenetic Butt Covering<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-alec-baldwin\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Alec Baldwin<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-halyna-hutchins\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Halyna Hutchins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-hannah-gutierrez-reed\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Hannah Gutierrez-Reed<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-fake-ammo-not-fake-firearms\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Fake Ammo, Not Fake Firearms<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-prior-performance\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Prior Performance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-alec-baldwin-shooting\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">The Alec Baldwin Shooting<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-alec-baldwin-esteemed-gun-expert\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Alec Baldwin, Esteemed Gun Expert<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-fallout\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Fallout<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-actions-have-consequences\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Actions Have Consequences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-serious-charges-after-alec-baldwin-mistake\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">Serious Charges After Alec Baldwin Mistake<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-at-least-the-lawyers-win\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\" data-level=\"2\">At Least the Lawyers Win<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Being as dispassionate as I&#8217;m able&#8211;on Thursday, 21 October 2021, a handgun went off during the filming of the Alec Baldwin Western movie&nbsp;<em>Rust.<\/em>&nbsp;The cast and crew were rehearsing an upcoming scene inside a chapel used as a set for the film. The weapon was in Baldwin\u2019s hands when it discharged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The .45-caliber lead bullet struck the director of photography, a Ukrainian-born woman named Halyna Hutchins, in the chest and penetrated through and through. That same round then hit the director, Joel Souza, in the shoulder. Hutchins was airlifted to a nearby trauma center but did not survive. Souza underwent surgery to remove the bullet and recovered. The smoke had barely cleared before the lawsuits began flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frenetic-butt-covering\">Frenetic Butt Covering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I read a lot about this horrible incident. All of the major players had agendas. Everyone\u2019s statements, platitudes, and actions seemed founded upon an innate drive to exonerate themselves. Accusations ran the gamut.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were allegations that the producers, Baldwin among them, had cut both corners and costs to make the movie on the cheap, setting up a toxic environment that allowed the accident to happen. The armorer, a relatively inexperienced young woman named Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was accused of drinking excessively and doing drugs in the evenings between shoots. For his part, Baldwin swore passionately that the gun was defective and fired without his having pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All that stuff seems suspect in retrospect. As a result, I used the official report from the State of New Mexico Environment Department of the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau as my primary source. I figured if anything might be dispassionate and reliable, that would be it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alec-baldwin\">Alec Baldwin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Full disclosure, I don\u2019t care much for Alec Baldwin or his politics. I thought he was fine in&nbsp;The Hunt For Red October, but I can\u2019t recall seeing him in anything else that really moved me. Before this event, Baldwin jabbered incessantly about the necessity for ever-greater gun control laws. He also played the recurrent satirical Donald Trump character on&nbsp;<em>Saturday Night Life.<\/em> Baldwin\u2019s depiction was consistently caustic, angry, and mean. I just never found it funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite Alec Baldwin gun control quote was directed against NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch. He said, \u201cAnd she doesn\u2019t care how many dead bodies she has to step over in that pursuit. The Second Amendment is not a moral credit card that buys you all the guns you want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my knowledge, Dana Loesch never actually shot anybody. Needless to say, that particular platitude did not age well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-halyna-hutchins\">Halyna Hutchins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Halyna Hutchins was born on 9 April 1979, in Gorodets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Her dad was an officer in the Soviet Navy. She grew up on military bases and first became interested in film while coming of age in that cold world. She earned a degree in international journalism and helped produce documentary films in Eastern Europe. While traveling in the US, she met Matthew Hutchins. They subsequently married and had a son named Andros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halyna made her living for a time as a fashion photographer. Like most folks in her weird business, she worked on a variety of piddly projects before earning her spot in the big time. In 2006, she served as an associate producer on the Discovery Channel documentary&nbsp;<em>World\u2019s Tallest Man<\/em>&nbsp;about the giant Leonid Stadnyk. She later earned a degree in film production from UCLA as well as a master\u2019s from the American Film Institute Conservatory. Several full-length movies as well as a stint on&nbsp;<em>The Walking Dead&nbsp;<\/em>later, she found herself the director of photography on&nbsp;<em>Rust.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hannah-gutierrez-reed\">Hannah Gutierrez-Reed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is the stepdaughter of esteemed American exhibition shooter, stuntman, and movie armorer, Thell Reed. She grew up around firearms.&nbsp;Rust&nbsp;was her second film as an armorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her first was&nbsp;<em>The Old Way.<\/em>&nbsp;While filming this picture, several cast members complained about her lack of professionalism around weapons. In one incident, she inadvertently discharged a blank-firing firearm, causing Nicolas Cage to storm off of the set. However, Nic Cage seems a bit unhinged himself. It might not take much to get him to storm off of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fake-ammo-not-fake-firearms\">Fake Ammo, Not Fake Firearms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/21-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My Uberti Peacemaker clone was an impulse purchase on sale at a big box store many years ago for $241. It is one of the hardest-working guns in the collection. I love it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There were thirteen different live Colt-style revolvers used in the production. They were manufactured by Uberti, Pietta, and Cimarron. The weapon in question was a Pietta 1873 Peacemaker clone in .45 Long Colt. These guns were maintained under the control of the props department. The props department for this production was small. Though there was a definitive chain of command that led up to Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had ultimate responsibility for the weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blank and dummy rounds came from PDQ Arm and Prop based in Albuquerque. Dummy rounds were supposed to be distinguished by a small hole drilled in the case, a dented primer, or the presence of a BB inside the case that rattled noticeably when shaken. These dummy rounds were used in cartridge belts as well as in the weapons themselves so that bullets would be visible when viewed from the front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prior-performance\">Prior Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1024x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-400x285.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-2048x1459.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Movie makers use dummy rounds in revolvers to make the weapons seem loaded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the lethal shooting, there were two negligent discharges on set. In one case, a revolver charged with blanks went off as it was being loaded by Sarah Zachary, the Props Master. Zachary later reported that the hammer slipped from underneath her thumb as she was attempting to decock the gun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later that same day, Blake Teixiera, Alec Baldwin\u2019s stunt double, discharged a blank round from a lever-action rifle while purportedly alone. He later said, \u201cIt just went off.\u201d Gutierrez-Reed postulated that he had handled the weapon too roughly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actors are supposed to undergo training before handling weapons on set. When it was time for Baldwin to get his, he was preoccupied on the phone. As he was the boss, nobody pressed him on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-alec-baldwin-shooting\">The Alec Baldwin Shooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.54.29\u202fPM.jpg 1662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Western movies often incorporate entire fake towns like this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David Halls was the Assistant Director. He had been fired from a previous production,&nbsp;<em>Freedom\u2019s Path,<\/em>&nbsp;after the unexpected discharge of a firearm on set injured a crew member. On the day of the lethal shooting, Halls handed Baldwin a revolver purportedly loaded with dummy rounds and loudly announced, \u201cCold Gun!\u201d on the set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scene in question involved Baldwin removing the weapon from its holster and pointing it at the camera. The three people behind the computer monitor were roughly two feet from the muzzle of the gun. As the crew maneuvered the camera to remove a shadow, Baldwin said, \u201cSo, I guess I&#8217;m gonna take this out, pull it, and go, &#8216;Bang!\u201d He then drew the weapon and discharged it a single time, striking both Hutchins and Souza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alec-baldwin-esteemed-gun-expert\">Alec Baldwin, Esteemed Gun Expert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-400x212.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-1536x812.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-2048x1083.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">That big honking hammer is indeed easily accessed. However, you still have to pull the trigger to make the gun go off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Baldwin later claimed, \u201cThe trigger wasn&#8217;t pulled. I didn&#8217;t pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. Never. I have no idea [how a bullet got in there]. Someone put a live bullet in a gun. A bullet that wasn&#8217;t even supposed to be on the property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baldwin then speciously explained what fanning a vintage six-gun entailed. He claimed that this could be successfully undertaken without pulling the trigger. However, consider the source\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who has ever spent any time around single-action revolvers appreciates that the trigger must be held back for the gun to fire even when fanning the hammer. The FBI later did an in-depth assessment of the weapon and found it to be in good working order. They officially announced that the gun would not have fired had the trigger not been pulled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fallout\">Fallout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Baldwin visited with Halyna\u2019s husband and 9-year-old son immediately afterward to offer his heartfelt condolences. Then everybody sued everybody. In his first sit-down interview after Halyna\u2019s death, Baldwin explicitly stated that he did not feel guilty about anything. However, there is a fair possibility his lawyers told him to say that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawyers for Gutierrez-Reed released this statement, \u201cSafety is Hannah\u2019s number one priority on set. Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced. Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from\u2026Hannah still, to this day, has never had an accidental discharge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-actions-have-consequences\">Actions Have Consequences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-779x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-1168x1536.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-1557x2048.jpg 1557w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/31-scaled.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">There weren&#8217;t any dummy rounds handy when I took this picture. I was justifiably reticent to let anybody point a loaded gun in my direction. I probably checked that thing five times myself beforehand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever. The actual source of the live ammo has, as near as I could ascertain, not been definitively determined. There were rumors that the dummy rounds arrived from the supplier faulty, but PDQ Arm and Prop made a compelling argument that this was not the case. There was even a story that somebody had been out firing live rounds nearby after filming knocked off in the evening, but I could not find any real evidence of that. Of the 500 or so remaining rounds confiscated from the prop department and gun belts on the set, six were found to be live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-serious-charges-after-alec-baldwin-mistake\">Serious Charges After Alec Baldwin Mistake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New Mexico\u2019s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau fined the&nbsp;<em>Rust<\/em>&nbsp;production company $136,793 for a wide variety of safety violations. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was charged with involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence for supposedly surreptitiously disposing of her stash of cocaine. She was convicted of the first, acquitted of the second, and subsequently sentenced to 18 months in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alec-baldwin-the-gun-control-advocate-who-shot-and-killed-a-woman\" title=\"Alec Baldwin: The Gun Control Advocate Who Shot and Killed a Woman\">A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alec Baldwin was due to be tried for involuntary manslaughter himself. However, the defense alleged that the prosecution failed to disclose critical information concerning the source of the live ammunition involved in the shooting. The judge agreed and dismissed the charges with prejudice. The prosecutor was livid. That was a controversial decision, to say the least. I suppose it\u2019s good to be king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-at-least-the-lawyers-win\">At Least the Lawyers Win<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.28.46\u202fPM-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.28.46\u202fPM-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.28.46\u202fPM-400x235.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.28.46\u202fPM-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.28.46\u202fPM-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-04-at-8.28.46\u202fPM.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I just happened to catch my Uberti Peacemaker at the very moment of ignition. These antiquated wheel guns yet remain quite lethal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alec Baldwin has killed more people than any law-abiding civilian gun owner I know. As I was researching this piece, I quit counting at nine civil lawsuits. Legendary plaintiff\u2019s attorney Gloria Allred was neck deep in it. These litigations will likely require decades to adjudicate and will undoubtedly result in a great deal of wealth redistribution. We will also probably see a lot more airsoft guns on screens both large and small going forward. However, after all the accusations, recriminations, and questionable claims of innocence, Andros Hutchins still grows up without his mom. 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