Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico movie set
Accidental discharge testing determined that the firearm used in the shooting -- a .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver -- could not have fired without the trigger being pulled, the FBI report shows.
With the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger," the report stated.
With the hammer fully cocked, the gun "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional," the report stated.
Creating the conditions to murder someone, pointing a gun at them and pulling the trigger, :shocked-pikachu: when it kills them.
Gun thats basically a shell + firecracker in the barrel, squibs for dude getting shot, fix the sound in post. It works, it looks better than digital, it's safe enough and it's cheap.
It's a blurry line for me in this case because it's the same kind of thing as social murder. You're intentionally creating the conditions for someone to die. He's the producer trying to cheap out with scab labour, not checking the weapon from his discount gun contractor, and pulling the trigger the first time in the direction of another person. To me that's second-degree murder more than it is manslaughter because he's being negligent at multiple levels for profit.
Good call. When he tried to get out of responsibility by lying about not pulling the trigger, he lost any claim to it being an accident.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/gun-rust-shooting-fired-pulling-trigger-fbi-report/story?id=88311336
Creating the conditions to murder someone, pointing a gun at them and pulling the trigger, :shocked-pikachu: when it kills them.
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CGI guns are the future. Even blanks have killed dozens of people over the years.
Gun thats basically a shell + firecracker in the barrel, squibs for dude getting shot, fix the sound in post. It works, it looks better than digital, it's safe enough and it's cheap.
Orange tipped 'weapons' should be used in any movie with a significant budget anyway. Easy enough to cgi it away.
They have gas-cartridge guns that can simulate recoil.
Muzzle flash is trivial for CGI nowadays.
Wouldn't it still be manslaughter even if it was an accident?
It's a blurry line for me in this case because it's the same kind of thing as social murder. You're intentionally creating the conditions for someone to die. He's the producer trying to cheap out with scab labour, not checking the weapon from his discount gun contractor, and pulling the trigger the first time in the direction of another person. To me that's second-degree murder more than it is manslaughter because he's being negligent at multiple levels for profit.