shocked. it is loud. they don t have ear plugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. i thought to myself did she faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me until about 45 minutes to an hour later. the attorney for the assistant director says he maintains he didn t see baldwin pull the trigger and baldwin did not have his finger on the trigger. theatrical firearms safety expert steve wolf says why he finds that not likely. not plausible. on the single action revolver, when you pull that hammer back, click, click, click. now the hammer is set. when you pull that back and let go, you can see i am not holding this, the hammer doesn t go anywhere. he says if baldwin s finger was resting on the trigger when
faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not don on me until about 45 minutes to an hour later. the attorney for dave halls maintains he did not see baldwin pulled the trigger and that baldwin did not have his finger on the trigger. steve wolf shows why he thinks that s not likely. not plausible. on a single action revolver, when you pull the hammer back, which is an intentional act, click. click. click. click. now the hammer is set. when you pull the hammer back and let go, as you can see, i m not holding this. you know, the hammer doesn t go anywhere. he says if baldwin s finger was resting on the trigger when he let go of the hammer he doesn t have to press the trigger again if he s already got pressure on it in order for the gun to fire. baldwin became emotional as he described his admiration for hutchins, but said he does not feel responsible for guilty for
trigger. i go, can you see that? can you see that? she says and i let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. reporter: in the moments that followed, complete disbelief. everyone is horrified. they re shocked. it s loud. they don t have their earplugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. i thought to myself, did she faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me until probably 45 minutes to an hour later. reporter: the attorney for assistant director dave halls says he didn t see baldwin pull the trigger, and that baldwin didn t have his finger on the trigger. safety weapons expert steve wolf says it is not likely. not plausible. on a single-action revolver, when you pull the hammer back, which is an intentional act, click.
that baldwin did not have his finger on the trigger. safety expert steve wolf showed why he believes that s not likely. not plausible. on a single action revolver, when you pull the hammer back, which is an intentional act, click, click, click, click. now the hammer is set. when you pull the hammer back and let go, as you can see, i m not holding this. the hammer doesn t go anywhere. reporter: he says if baldwin s finger was resting on the trigger when he let go of the hammer he doesn t have to press the trigger again if he s already got pressure on it in order for the gun to fire. reporter: baldwin became emotional as he described his admiration for hutchins but said he does not feel responsible or guilty for her death. i feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and i can t say who that is, but i know it s not me. i mean honest to god, if i felt that i was responsible, i might have killed myself if i thought i was responsible.
which was outside the trigger guard, he claimed, on the trigger, holding the hammer back, pulling the trigger and it fired. that s the only way it could have happened. so when he says he didn t pull the trigger, is he parsing things? what do you think? i watched the interview yeah. no, no. i watched the interview. from what i m seeing, it s like the bart simpson defense. he did pull the trigger. everybody pulls the trigger if they want the gun to go off. that s why guns come with triggers. if you don t pull it, the gun will not fire. period. end of story. what he was trying to go any chance that weapon was defective in some way though? well, there s always a chance. but that s why i think the fbi has the gun now for examination or maybe it s still in new mexico. i don t know.