Notes from the Resistance
“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last month in the 2021 shooting death of Halyna Hutchins. [More]
Time for a new career since “prohibited persons” can’t touch guns on movie sets. Just ask Pokey Poke.
Now, what about the “gun safety advocate”?
[Via Jess]
Alec Baldwin had ‘no control of his own emotions’ on ‘Rust’ set, prosecutors say [More]
That seems to be a common trait among those who demand to control others.
[Via Jess]
“Safety Seemed To Be Secondary,” ‘Rust’ Grip Tells Court Of Film At Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s Involuntary Manslaughter Trial [More]
True. But only one person pulled the trigger.
[Via bondmen]
SAG-AFTRA Defends Alec Baldwin: ‘An Actor’s Job Is Not to Be a Firearms Expert’ [More]
Sounds like a self-covering admission of ignorance to me…
Thise are generally the people with the strongest opinions.
You don’t have to be an expert. Just knowledgeable enough to bring a gun to a “buyback”…
With a history of personal nastiness combined with repeated demands to lay claim to the rights of his countrymen, it’s natural that the targets of Baldwin’s obsession would see the humor in his becoming victim of his own hubris. [More]
Or as Shakespeare wrote, “Hoist with his own petard…”
In other news, Alec Baldwin hasn’t killed anyone since “Rust”.
That we know of. [More]
I saw these comments under an article about Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein that I was looking at for God only knows what reason and they struck me as the only thing that interested me.
And as far as the prosthetic nose thing being offensive goes, only if people are loo0king to be offended. One of my favorite movie characters of all time was Anthony Quinn as Auda Abu Tayi in Lawrence of Arabia, to the point that I use “I am a river to my people” as my standard reply to family and friends thanking me for something.
Prosecutors investigating Rust shooting intend to bring involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin before a grand jury [More]
How about tacking on obstruction charges?
I accessed an archived copy of a report about the bullet Alec Baldwin fired into Halyna Hutchins. The thoughts strike:
The shell casing from the spent round and the rest of the cartridges remained in the cylinder. Has anyone seen a report on whether they were tested for fingerprints to know for sure who inserted the live rounds?
And does anyone have the editing skills to insert Baldwin’s face in this?
Baldwin has repeatedly insisted he never pulled the trigger. The reports say that’s not true. Was he lying? [More]
Who thinks they wouldn’t face charges if the tests refuted their testimony?
In a major change to the way Hollywood movies and TV series are made, live ammunition will be banned from production sets under a new agreement reached by the Directors Guild of America and studios. [More]
That wasn’t already a rule?
How will they catch it if someone deliberately doesn’t comply and/or is carrying concealed?
Does it include security? And will there be an “Only Ones” exception if they have to show up again?
[Via Roger J]
Alec Baldwin to star in film about Kent State shootings in 1970 [More]
OK, in this shot, Alec, I want you to point the gun right at the protesting students…
Charges have been dropped against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his Western movie “Rust” after “new facts” surfaced in recent days, officials said Thursday. [More]
Thank goodness! Now he can get back to lecturing the rest of us on “commonsense gun safety laws”!
In the absence of evidence showing deliberate misbehavior on the part of the armorer, would it be out of line to wonder how much those “new facts” cost?
[Via several of you]
“The government can’t pass a law and retroactively punish someone under that law,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani explained to Fox News Digital. [More]
So does that mean I get my bump stock back? And what about the frame and receiver, and pistol brace “rules”?
[Via Jess]
Alec Baldwin Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting: DA’s Witness List Full Of Crew Members From Troubled Indie Western As First Court Hearing Looms In Criminal Case [More]
For some reason, I’m reminded of Harvey Weinstein.
It’s funny, how people who would have literally done anything for the power player to get a job can’t turn on him fast enough when the incentives change.
There must be a lot of suppressed frustrated hatred in that business from people trained to wear a smile.
[Via bondmen]
Photo and video evidence “clearly show Baldwin, multiple times, with his finger inside of the trigger guard and on the trigger,” according to the statement of probable cause submitted by prosecutors. [More]
Besides, we know how important family phone calls are to him.
[Via Michael G]
Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in ‘Rust’ film shooting [More]
I wonder what other recommendations he’d like to share with us.
“Why didn’t [Gutierrez Reed] check that bullet? Why didn’t Halls obey her?” Baldwin asked. “Why did he give me the gun? Why didn’t he check? Why did he tell the crew [it was a cold gun]? … I’m pretty confident neither one of them should ever work in a film set again,” he said, adding, “I sincerely believe … [investigators are] going to say that this was an accident. It’s tragic.” [More]
It was everybody else’s fault but the guy who shot a woman to death.
Nice to see Frances Fisher making excuses for him and blaming us…
[Via Jess]
New Mexico district attorney may charge Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting [More]
On the bright side, that’ll give Alec someone else to blame!
My first thought was to wonder how many set casualties there would have been had Alec Baldwin done this routine.
[Via 1Gat]
The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan last year reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin last week for the second time, accusing him of being “negligent and reckless”… [More]
Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident [More]
So what about the chronic and habitual lies?
[Via bondmen]
REPORT: ALEC BALDWIN MUST’VE PULLED TRIGGER IN ‘RUST’ … FBI Concludes in Analysis [More]
So he lied to investigators, he lied in arbitration…
I’ll let Sir Wilfrid take over.
The real question is: When will “the authorities”?
[Via WiscoDave]
The wife of actor Alec Baldwin asked for his enemies to stop attacking him [More]
I don’t suppose it occurs to her that he wouldn’t have enemies if he hadn’t attacked them first…?
[Via bondmen]
