Just pretend that the exact same scenario happened only it was Chuck Norris instead of Alec Baldwin. How would you have reacted? My guess is your position would have taken a complete 180.
The truth is Alec violated even the basic rules of firearm safety and he should be prosecuted for murder.
Manslaughter, not murder, but other than that you are correct.
shareI remember when Dick Cheney accidentally shot someone and the left went bezerk demanding a prosecution. Baldwin accidentally shoots 2 people, one fatally, and expects a free pass.
shareIt's actually the other way around. If a beloved star had did it most people's views would be in the opposite direction as they are for Alec. Because he is profoundly hated by a huge percentage of people and Norris is not.
shareWhy would it matter? I understand that there is a running joke about Chuck Norris' being godlike-- or I suppose God being Norris-like?-- but those jokes would fall by the wayside in the face of a tragedy.
shareIt wouldn't. OP's trying to make an irrelevant point lol. Another nonsense moviechat thread.
shareIt’s not an irrelevant point at all, the point is if a conservative had done everything that Baldwin did then the left would be melting down and calling for his execution. The point is liberal privilege is a very real thing.
shareIt wouldnt change my opinion. Actors rely on all the other professionals on the set to make sure the environment is safe in many ways. They couldnt do their own job otherwise.
It is a horrible tragedy and I just hope that THIS one is the LAST one. It never should have happened again after the Brandon Lee accident.
F Crissake! If it was Donald Trump on a film set, handed a gun by the armorer and told it was safe... If he then managed to shoot someone, it would not be his fault. Guns are pointed in the direction of people and things on a film set. Actors are asked to draw them and wave them around. Firearm safety, under these special circumstances, are the responsibility of armorer or propmaster.
It’s also the responsibility of the person handling the gun. You don’t know the first thing about gun safety, and you know damn well the far left media would have flipped their shit had the circumstances been completely the same only it was Trump instead of Baldwin. They’d probably try to impeach him again even though he’s out of office. They’d probably also say that this is the worst thing to happen since 9/11
shareI know all I need to about gun safety. I've no use for handguns, but I have never mishandled a long gun. I also know that actors are not to be held responsible for on set firearms accidents. You want the actor to break and examine the revolver they are handed? It will be given them in the configuration it is intended to be in. The responsible person has made sure that there is no obstruction in the barrel and that the correct rounds are loaded in the correct cylinders. You do NOT want the cylinder rotated - The weapon may even be loaded with dummy rounds showing and a single blank under the hammer. Actors are responsible only for not violating the rules they are given by the person in charge of firearms. And such violations are unlikely to rise above the level of simple negligence.
This is like charging an actor with battery because they punch a stuntman.
And I don't care what any part of the media say about anything.