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Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a set in New Mexico on Thursday, accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

Hutchins, 42, was transported by helicopter to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where she died. Souza, 48, was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, where he was receiving emergency care.

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Baldwin is a co-producer on the film and plays infamous outlaw Rust, whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of an accidental murder.

Icochet posted:

Dual-wielding is a quadruple edged sword

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RatHat posted:

Assuming it isn’t his fault(almost certainly someone in props’ fault) I feel bad for him. Something like that can really gently caress you up psychologically

Wizard Master posted:

This isn’t 2004-edgelord GBS guys, this is a terrible situation for everyone involved and you don’t have to feel like you need to make a joke about every situation.

hot cocoa on the couch posted:

lol thank you aardvark

Wizard Master posted:

I’m just going to leave this here and then I’m done with this thread. Hope you manage to get some good jokes in though

https://twitter.com/adamegypt/status/1451372384208887813?s=21

Nicodemus Dumps posted:

Too bad Connery wasn't there to tell him most things in here don't react too well to bullets.

Schweinhund posted:

This part seems incriminating to me

Scherloch posted:

It's an assumption presented as a fact (twice.)

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 "It was a really badass way to start off a really long and cool career," she said on the podcast.

Big Beef City posted:

I wish there was a 16 page thread detailing all the expertise that goes into the lack of that safety system and the thought process behind it because of this tragic accident but there isn't one anywhere to read so instead it's because of liberals being stupid about guns, boy you nailed it!

Noblesse Obliged posted:

Long hours are a safety issue

punishedkissinger posted:

The union cited safety concerns yes.

we also have this

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/23/1048750191/rust-alec-baldwin-set-shooting

brugroffil posted:

There's a reason why in some industries there are strict limits on the number of hours you can work in a day, week, or month.

Big Beef City posted:

wow what an excellent point you've made that's settled both sides and will satisfy audiences you've done it, you've done it. Thank GOD almighty, you've done it.

punishedkissinger posted:

personally I would clear any firearm that is in my hands at all, but i don't think it's reasonable to expect the same from actors who are at best given rudimentary training. especially since the person who handed them the gun loudly proclaimed that it was clear.

also, it sounds like it was a gate-loading revolver which is trickier to properly clear since you have to check each cylinder in sequence.

edit: ^^^ agreed

Mozi posted:

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The film crew was shooting a scene inside a church building on the ranch. According to earlier affidavits, Baldwin was practicing cross-drawing the firearm while seated in a church pew, and was demonstrating how he would point it toward the camera, when it went off. Souza told investigators that he heard a loud pop, and that Hutchins then grabbed her midsection and stumbled backwards, before being helped to the ground. Souza also noted that he was bleeding from the shoulder.

The affidavit filed on Wednesday states that in the aftermath, Halls retrieved the gun from the pew.

“After the gun was fired, David Halls picked up the firearm from a pew inside the church, and took it to the Armorer,” the document states. “Hannah then was told to ‘open’ the gun so he could see what was inside. David advised he could only remember seeing at least four ‘dummy’ casings with the hole on the side, and one without the hole. He advised this round did not have the ‘cap’ on it and was just the casing. David advised the incident was not a deliberate act.”

Bad Purchase posted:

this is a good tweet and i won't hear a word against it

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I hope one day I get to live out my dream of helping a movie star gun down some crew members! @AlecBaldwin #liverounds #murderone #findomme

teardrop posted:

Except when a good armorer/AD calls cold gun they take 10 seconds to hold up the empty gun with a clearing rod through the barrel and chamber, then check and load each fake bullet with the actors watching them, so nobody is worried.

Also lol that Alec’s response to someone getting killed because a live bullet made its way on set, was to say cops should bring guns and live bullets onto every set, presumably to make him look less bad by comparison