it s a breakdown of at least three things. no live ammunition on a set, and pointing a firearm at a person, still not allowed on a set even during the shooting, you know, the filming of it. and finger on the trigger when it shouldn t have been. well, you touched on it there. what are the normal working practices around guns on sets and what are your thoughts about what appears to have gone wrong here? well, when you re actually using an actual firearm to fire blanks with, there s absolutely no live ammunition allowed on the premises, on the set, in any way whatsoever. secondarily, the firearm handler, the weapon handler or the armourer, is to keep eyes on that weapon and have complete control of it, especially when it s transferred from the armourer to the actor or the talent. it goes directly from the armourer who that, only after having checked it and inspected that weapon, and in a single action revolver, a i9th century firearm like this, the inspection of that weapon is critical be
complete control. it goes directly from the armourer only after having injected and inspected it and on a single action revolver, a i9th century firearm like this, the inspection of that weapon is critical because you have six chambers that you have to individually, one at a time, look at. i5 individually, one at a time, look at. , ., look at. is there ever a need to have live look at. is there ever a need to have live ammunition - look at. is there ever a need to have live ammunition in l look at. is there ever a need to have live ammunition in aj to have live ammunition in a gun on a movie set?- to have live ammunition in a gun on a movie set? know, there is not. gun on a movie set? know, there is not- why gun on a movie set? know, there is not. why might gun on a movie set? know, there is not. why might there - gun on a movie set? know, there is not. why might there have - is not. why might there have been a live is not. why might there have been a live round is not. why m
authorities have to look at the fact that there may be some criminal liability here, and that charges are possible? no question, paula. even tragic accidents give rise to criminal liability when there is gross negligence or criminal negligence. that s how you get manslaughter charges. so if baldwin, the armourer, the assistant director or any or all of those three were involved with loading that prop gun with a live round, that rises to the level of criminal negligence and is grounds for manslaughter charges out there in new mexico. manslaughter is quite a serious charge. oh, no question. i mean, it s really short of obviously if there is actual intent, whoever loaded that prop gun with the live round intended for baldwin to use it and to shoot it, then you may even get first degree murder charges. that s premeditation. i don t think we re there yet, but manslaughter is certainly a very real possibility here. now, what has been so
what i m hearing is that it was actually a loaded round and it was handed to the actor, alec baldwin, and he fired it. it s a breakdown of at least three things. no live ammunition on a set, and pointing a firearm at a person, still not allowed on a set even during the shooting, you know, the filming of it. and finger on the trigger when it shouldn t have been. well, you touched on it there. what are the normal working practices around guns on sets and what are your thoughts about what appears to have gone wrong here? well, when you re actually using an actual firearm to fire blanks with, there s absolutely no live ammunition allowed on the premises, on the set, in any way whatsoever. secondarily, the firearm handler, the weapon handler or the armourer, is to keep eyes on that weapon and have complete control of it, especially when it s transferred from the armourer to the actor or the talent. it goes directly from the armourer who that, only after having checked it
it s a breakdown of at least three things. no live ammunition on a set, and pointing a firearm at a person, still not allowed on a set even during the shooting, you know, the filming of it. and finger on the trigger when it shouldn t have been. well, you touched on it there. what are the normal working practices around guns on sets and what are your thoughts about what appears to have gone wrong here? well, when you re actually using an actual firearm to fire blanks with, there s absolutely no live ammunition allowed on the premises, on the set, in any way whatsoever. secondarily, the firearm handler, the weapon handler or the armourer, is to keep eyes on that weapon and have complete control of it, especially when it s transferred from the armourer to the actor or the talent. it goes directly from the armourer who that, only after having checked it and inspected that weapon, and in a single action revolver, a i9th century firearm like this, the inspection of that weapon is critical be