I'm only bringing it up because it's hilarious watching reddit, who freaks out any time a gun is fired, defend him at every turn.
Funny how quickly they go from "there's no such thing as a negligent discharge" to "Alec Baldwin is a saint :wojak-nooo: "
Reddit comments section: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/xwbsu9/alec_baldwin_reaches_settlement_with_halyna/
Wasn’t the assistant director who checked the guns (instead of actual professionals who were on strike at the time) extremely horrible at maintaining workplace safety and claimed the revolver had no live rounds when handing it over
They were all scabs because the production company treated the normal staff horribly and they all quit.
I want to know why live ammo was on a set in the first place. I also know that "blanks" can be dangerous..
i vaguely remember from when it happened that they think somebody was shooting the revolver for fun in the off-time.
Yup and it makes it even worse because why are you using a prop on off production hours for fun and not making sure the live ammo is out of it at the end (which is one of already many questions of "why the fuck would you ever do that?")
Yup
the AD gave him the gun, said it was "cold" having neither bullets nor blanks. He had been fired from a 2019 production when someone got injured by a weapons discharge.
I don't know why people are arguing that it's an "either or" situation as to who is to blame over on :reddit-logo:
As they looooove to comment over there, por que no los dos?