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- Safety expert Steve Wolf reacts to Alec Baldwin's ABC interview detailing accounts of what happened in the moments prior to the fatal shooting on the set of the film "Rust" that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. #CNN #News
I stand behind Alec 100%, it's just too dangerous to stand in front of him.
😹 Exactly, smh he'll shoot u for fun then go golfing.
At first I was like 🤨. Then I read it again and I was like 😝! Lmfao!!
LOL
"Sup Alec! Nice to meetcha! Hu? Why suddenly there is a hole in my chest?!"
Brilliant! LMAO!
Man CNN, you finally bring in a real gun expert to talk about gun safety. Best reporting I’ve seen from you in years.
Everybody at CNN is likely to be fired because of change of ownership. They have suddenly gotten back to hard news reporting.
Alec isn't wealthy enough to influence how CNN covers this tragic story.
Surprised they aren’t taking about his white privilege……oh wait thats right, he’s on the left!
@@toddlavigne6441 Not my point.
Had to do a double take that this was CNN.
It feels weird seeing someone who knows literally anything at all about guns on CNN
If someone had taught Baldwin the 5 rules of firearms safety this never would have happened.
Not true. Actors frequently point firearms at the camera for specific shots and at the crew. Watch any movie.
He’s been around firearms enough to have known better. He’s a big boy, and is responsible for educating himself.
@@tberkoff I don’t know, camera angles, technology, sound effects, I’m just not sure I agree it’s necessary to point a gun with any type of round in it at anyone. I’m no expert in either aspect, it just makes sense to me, that’s all.
@@tberkoff He shot her while they weren't even filming.
@@tberkoff The vast majority of the time when you see a gun pointed at somebody in a movie it's not (it's pointed near them)
If the scene called for Baldwin to point the gun at his own head and pull the trigger do you think he would have checked to see if it was loaded ?
I've been critically thinking on the subject and have yet to come up with this thought process.
Bingo! You win for asking a VERY pertinent question and the answer to that question is of course not! Alec Baldwin cares about one person in this world only: Alec Baldwin.
Good point of course anyone would.
They do not point real guns at people even when there is no ammo in them... that are safety rules and yea it was not the first movie with guns for Alec so he was fully aware that he is breaking all the safety rules and he is also the producer so he was aware that he is hiring armored that got less experience in the topic that he have...
No.. to be honest. These aren't smart people. No matter how much they pretend to be
Long story short. He didnt follow gun safety rules while handling the firearm and as a result someone was killed. this is why we have safety rules
ALEC 🤪: "Gun safety? Is that really a thing?"
@@Timbrock1000 hes preaching on a golding podium that there needs to be more rules related to guns but cant even follow the perfectly good safety rules developed to prevent exactly what he did. I cant say this for everything but I like to atleast have an understanding of the subject matter before I go acting like I know better. At this point he shouldnt be allowed to even be allowed to change rules regarding nerf guns let alone actual firearms
He’s going to go to court for this and he’s going to be convicted of manslaughter.
I hope your right. He knows what he did was wrong. He should be held accountable!!
@@Timbrock1000 As with many anti gunners, I wish they would learn a little about what they hate.
That's the best CNN clip I've seen in ages ... getting the facts straight from an expert.
That expert really demonstrated his points really well!
Wow, that was actually correct information regarding firearms, presented in a concise and professional manner from CNN... They would gain so much respect If they made this standard of journalism the norm.
ikr makes CNN look bad without it lul
Even a broken clock is right twice a day lol
They have no interest in journalistic integrity. I suspect that because Baldwin is a rabid libbie, they thought they should get it right to save his sorry ass.
The fact that he feels no guilt is indicative of his narcissism. A normal person would feel survivor’s guilt if nothing else.
He is100% narc
Most people ain't in his situation anything he says will be used against him to be sued for money and Alec Baldwin ain't that poor, I imagine their will be alot of folks suing just to get some money
Could just be how he does such a good trump impression.
@@yonisamber8169 he does, indeed.
Or at least cry like Rittenhouse
Kudos to CNN for getting a gun issue correct for once.
FOR REAL. Glad to see this from the people who gave the internet "fully semi-automatic"
Or anything correct for once
Might be a different tune if the accidental/negligent discharge was of an AR-15 derivative
@@TheSundayShooter "Military grade assault rifle" Yeah, one which takes 3-4 shots to guarantee a kill from a dude who probs can't hit jack shit with it.
CNN is actually pretty good. Just stop believing Trump.
I think this guy shows exactly what Alec did. He was holding the trigger down the entire time, and at some point he pulled the hammer back which fired the round. In Alec’s mind he didn’t “pull the trigger” because he was holding it down the entire time with no issue…wasn’t until he pulled the hammer back that it fired. In the new Rust footage that came out it looks like he is holding down the trigger the entire time while practicing the scene.
@@laurenheintz5369 Your statement goes against EVERY bit of basic gun training ever taught...period. You Never handle a gun with your finger on the trigger, it is only to be touched when you are aiming downrange at the target you are supposed to be firing at. Look at any Armed Services member holding a firearm, you will never ever see their finger on the trigger unless they are in the act of firing that weapon. Baldwin was supposed to know how to handle any weapon he was holding, he acted carelessly, irresponsibly and now a woman is dead because of it. Period, case closed.
He would have pulled it either way as he was supposed to so what's the big deal?
@@laurenheintz5369 Nonono you don't understand. The issue here wasn't whether he pulled the trigger/had his finger on it/gun malfunction - the issue here is: who put live ammo in the gun? This was a movie set, understand? They were filming a scene where he as an actor was supposed to fire into the camera, you follow? He did was he was paid and supposed to do but someone brought live ammo onto the set. Copy? It's so to speak retarded ro debate the "how did he fire the gun" as he would have done that either way and was supposed to do just that. What you should be debating is "who brought live ammo on set and why". Understand the difference?
@@laurenheintz5369 Exactly my point, you could just as well adress whether he had cereal or oat meal for breakfast or if he's a jehovas witness. None of this bears any relevance at all. But I did my best to get you to catch the drift. Obviously failed.
@@laurenheintz5369 Yeah exactly, I'm trying to explain to you why the thing you're debating is pointless and why you're just wasting air, but you're so stuck in your narrative you can't even think outside of it. It's so stupid it's hard to find the words for it.
I saw this guy appear on the Modern Rogue a few years ago to give a lesson on a first try bullseye shot, and he gave a real thorough explanation of firearm safety. Anyone who handles a firearm should have a lesson like that
When I heard him say he had no remorse, my jaw hit the floor. Even if he did nothing wrong, how can he have no remorse?
If he says that he is fucked
It's either something like narcissism, or: his lawyers advised him to concede nothing.
Lawyer advised, remorse would suggest guilt - If you are not guilty, then you should show no remorse as it should have nothing to do for you.
Because the definition of remorse is: "deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed."
If he believes there was no wrong committed by him personally, then it is impossible to feel remorse, or guilt.
He should have had daily drug testing since
If Alec isn't responsible as the actor, then he's responsible as Executive Producer. There's no way out of it. it's crazy that he doesn't have any guilt over this!
I don't know why ppl aren't talking about this.He OWNS the production company.if a cooks food poisons the patron,the Owner is responsible for liability.
@@dontnonowuno9953 Yes. Civilly liable in your example, not necessarily criminally liable unless other facts show recklessness or other bad acts on the part of the owner. Baldwin may be criminally liable here because a reasonable person should treat the gun as if it were loaded, and should know never to point a gun at anything they don’t want to destroy. That can be viewed as reckless. His failure to act with reasonable care resulted in the death of another. So there could be grounds for criminal liability from the act itself. But to have him criminally liable as the ED, other facts about safety protocols on set would be needed and, frankly, are probably there since this happened. His company’s civil liability is not much in question, although whether it might be paid by insurance could be.
Edit: Sorry, recklessness, not negligence.
Recklessness is the one that creates criminality; you knew there was a danger but you did it anyway. Negligence is more accidental and typically not criminal (except Kim Potter, alas)
@@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater or not use real guns.
Thank you! Alec is both below line (Actor) and above line (producer) on this production. Money and speed were the production teams top priority. Neal W. Zoromski's (veteran prop-master) interview tells of a production more concerned about money. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's (Rust Armorer) interview tells of a production team more interested with speed than safety. Add to that half the camera crew walking off set hours before this happened.
@@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater This quote says it all, "Guns don't just go off," Sheriff Adan Mendoza told Fox News Digital. "So whatever needs to happen to manipulate the firearm, he did that, and it was in his hands."
I never thought I’d see a reasonable segment on CNN again in my lifetime. Credit to them for this.
it feels so good to know you've never killed someone
The one thing this incident has taught me about the film industry is how incompetent a lot of people in it are. I was raised in a gun free household, and the first time I picked up a gun, I checked the chamber.
I'd bet she was also pregnant with his child
@@guysumpthin2974 lol that's a bit much but ok 👍
Thats everyone who watches cnn😂🤣
Professional armorers would never allow this type of incident to happen on set. They have extremely tight protocols that they follow. Producers didn’t want to hire a professional armorer and now someone is dead. As an outsider, I don’t think this single incident actually gives insight into how firearms are handled on set.
Evan Kline cuz its as if so much effort went into trying to have an "accident": 500 rounds of live ammo , shooting at cans with rocks as a back-drop , 2 different people didn't properly check the gun , pointed it at someone with the hammer cocked, all the crew that bailed-out due to recklessness ,,, seems like an invented "accident" , and his reaction was mostly angry , a month later comes up with this trigger issue story
I can't believe my eyes and ears. CNN seems to have done a spot of legitimate reporting here. Well done! Let's hope this "reporting" thing catches on there at CNN and it happens again.
i know right, i came here wanting to see what spin they put on this. i guess Alec forgot to pay his protection fee
@@TheEpicSpire 😂
It's all part of the higher ups new policies so that they stop hemorrhaging money. It's why they canned Cuomo.
I was expecting them to lose the satellite feed at some point
Because they don't like Alec
CNN brings in an actual firearm expert for the first time in years. First question..... how do you feel?
Am I lost here? Is this really CNN actually doing real journalism?
When I was 12 years old, the number 1 rule that was drilled into our heads during gun safety class was: Always treat a gun as if it's loaded, EVEN when you know it ISN'T; You never point a gun at ANYTHING that you don't intent to shoot.
Rule #2 is ALWAYS CHECK THE RECEIVER. Both of those rules puts the responsibility in the person HOLDING the gun, Alec!!!!!!
Which he didn't
@@johnsavarese6365 not when you're an actor. Not your job. And if you try to start messing with a gun on set you can get into trouble. So , try again.
When you're on a movie set there are rules you follow . You guys don't understand how movies work@
Right. My 7 and 8 year old know the first rule
I thumbed this up because it’s actually nice to see an educated, nonpartisan and intelligent discourse on a topic very relevant to the news.
@David Voicecoil No, they don't all do the same thing. There is a degree of callousness on-set because armorers and the crew are extra tentative to the safety on the actors behalf. Doesn't change that Alec is likely lying, and cares more about legal repercussions and shirking responsibility rather than owning up, even though he was operating the gun, and was in a position of leadership while filming.
Alec is very accustomed to moral grandstanding. It's about time he take some accountability
@David Voicecoil I can garentee you Keanu Reeves would have checked.
@Stinky Finger Funnily enough after I posted that comment, I found out that George Clooney said he always checks the firearm himself when talking about this incident.
@David Voicecoil Alec Baldwin is guilty of 1st degree murder.
I am actually very impressed with this segment, good reporting CNN. I would watch you if you did more of this, unbiased real journalism.
Just out of curiosity, who do you watch? Who is, in your opinion, doing unbiased real journalism?
Bruce Lee's wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, did so much hard work to get those laws put in place. After her son, Brandon Lees death in the movie the Crow. He was accidentally shot in a scene by a set gun, and it ended to be a fatal wound. She used all her resources and their legacy to enforce these laws so things like this would not happen. Hard to believe it was an accident.
One idiot has ruined it for others.
Yeh, that was an assassination.
“Explain how plausible that is” - “not plausible” - there you have it.
If you're referring to Baldwin's explanation of events I think 90% of people would agree totally.
Actually totally plausible But I wouldn't expect non gun experts to understand.Phantom Notch.
He’s a lying POS
@@djusmc4764 And you can't prove it because simple physics says he may be telling the truth.
@@carrollsanders9376 um no. Weren’t you watching? There are there notches on hammer. The only way the trigger clears all three notches is if the trigger is pulled and stays pulled till the hammer drops all the way, striking the ignition primer. No matter how you look at it, Alec pulled the trigger.
Confusion. Alec is listed as a Producer on this film. He had experience enough to know that safety procedures were not being followed. The LLC may protect him from the financial liability but not the personal liability.
I think producer credits are pretty vague. Stan Lee was the producer o most Marvel movies I think, but he's mostly there for fun, not calling any shots. More often I suspect it's just the ones paying for most of the production, and from the sounds of it there were a bunch of assholes in a remote office in charge of that here denying the closer housing accommodations and stuff, turning it into a stupid in-house joke.
Well, we might find out more later, it just sounded like a shitshow all around.
Baldwin is an A List celebrity with over 30 years experience. HE KNEW BETTER. Remember the union crew all quit days before because they were not following ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY SAFETY PROCEDURES. Anyone familiar with the film industry and unions know this was a giant red flag. LLC protections have limits and I guarantee Baldwin is well beyond them. This was gross negligence on the part of everyone onset who was above-the-line (look it up). When the union crew walked EVERYONE with REAL film experience should have been concerned.
First thing they will tell you in any gun class.
If the gun goes off in your hands, then you own the results. You have 100 percent power to keep anyone from getting hurt, no matter what anyone else did.
An attorney told me an LLC will not protect you if you do something criminal as a member.
He’s going down ! That’s why he’s freaking out!
This is the best explanation I have seen anywhere on the internet - clarifies the whole thing. Well done!
The best explanation I’ve heard in the last year. Nothing tops it.
Let's not forget that Alec Baldwin's first comment on the situation was that he didn't know the Gun was loaded when he fired it. Now he is saying he didn't pull the trigger at all. He may skate on Criminal charges over this but he will be sued, and he will lose. There had been other incident's involving Gun safety on this set and no one seemed to care enough to either stop production or find another more qualified armorer.
He's holding the gun, he's responsible for what comes out of it. Period, end of story. Anyone who has ever handled guns knows that. Only people who have no idea how gun handling works could possibly even think anything else. This is quite literally the first thing you are taught about guns. They won't even let you touch a gun before they have explained this and a few other things to you.
If I don't have a licence to operate heavy machinery and I run your car over with a road grader with you inside, that is my fault. Period. It is not the fault of the operator if he left it unlocked. It is not your fault for not getting out of the way. It is not the fault of whoever invented the internal combustion engine. It is my fault alone.
The amount of excuses being made for Baldwin is absolutely sickening. If I had done exactly the same thing he did, I would have been arrested immediately and so would you. Baldwin goes on TV and fake cries to George Stefanopolous and has cretins make endless excuses for him. It's all completely disgusting.
I simply don’t understand why they’d use live ammo on a film set. Accident waiting to happen…and it did.
he will lose big time. Millions and his career is over...thankfully
He'll get charges placed against him and found guilty before this is over. He's lying and nuked his Twitter accounts because of his interview and all the single action gun experts coming out and saying he's flat out lying.
@@politicallycorrectredskin796 It's a prop gun, who would load a prop gun with real bullets knowing he was gonna shoot at someone at a movie set? lmao yall are so stupid it's laughable how is Alec Baldwin at fault here? Did he personally loaded those real ammunition into the chambers? Why isn't the investigation and the call for justice focused on who had access to the prop gun before the scene and why didn't the prop manager/employee check to see if the chamber were loaded with correct blanks? BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTED TO FIND REAL AMMO AT A MOVIE SET WHERE BLANKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED!!!!
He could hit someone with car n say” not me,, I had my foot on the brake”
The cars wheels were locked, the car was technically stopped, it was not propelling itself forward. The trip recorder shows the car at zero mph at time of alleged collision
It was my friend's car.
That would be in a red SUV wouldn' it?
@@bobjones2041 ima use this in court if i ever happen to accidentally do this
In this case the mechanic had just said the brakes were fixed and the car was safe to drive. But it wasn't.
Proof that there are two justice systems in America. One for the Alec Baldwin(s) of our society, and another for, well' the other than Alec Baldwin(s) of our society.
He's been charged with a felony so this didn't age well.
Just one complaint directed at Mr. Wolf's explanation & demonstration: he should've demonstrated for the camera that the weapon was unloaded & safe prior to manipulating the hammer & trigger.
Mr. Wolf's explanation of how this probably happened is the first I have seen to address the issue of holding the trigger when cocking a single action revolver, and how short the trigger travel really is. This is an excellent video.
he also never points the gun at the camera either
I find it amusing that Alec Baldwin is now being condemned by the very libitard Lilliputian cancel culture he helped prop-up. Now, he is condemned by the very rigid, simplistic and small-minded morality that he supported: Kill a man. Get the ban!
Nonsense I've had misfires with hammers that have slipped or were just shy of the lock. This guy isn't being truly realistic, not all revolvers perform the same. Pistols are more reliable.... I've seen hammer misfires dozens of times
@@GardensoftheAncientsHerbal All COLT Single Action Revolvers operate in the manner demonstrated. If Alex Balwin had a different brand of Single Action Revolver, you may have a point.
@@hotshot48231a Even a Colt can discharge with a slip hammer when not cocked properly.
I was appalled by Baldwin's hubris in the Stephanopoulos interview. I appreciated the expert's observation that Baldwin never objected to obvious safety breaches.
Baldwin just did this interview to get ahead of the lawsuits that he knows are coming.
From another commenter on another vid about this: "Baldwin is going to be remembered as the guy who talked himself into prison."
I'm not a lawyer, but I do question why he is giving anyone an interview and talking to the press. And saying he feels no remorse. He may believe he is not responsible, but most folks with any connection to a fatality would. At least "act" like you're sorry.
Glad to hear the guest say the correct term, “press the trigger,” instead of the “pull” or Squeeze” the trigger.
I thought for sure they would defend Baldwin, but I am pleasantly surprised.
Because democrats arent gonna side with a murderer just cuz he says hes democrat
He either pulled the trigger or he pulled the trigger is what you’re saying 🤦♂️
Thanks for making that clear thanks.
I dunno. The guy literally misfired the gun in the segment.
@@mattk8810 the only way to fire a single action colt is to be way past half-cocked, with the trigger pulled. Even then, accidental discharges are not always likely because in some cases the position of the hammer might not be in the correct position to engage the rotation mechanism and line up the chamber with the pin.
@@mattk8810 do you even know what a misfire is? a misfire is when it has live rounds and a pull of the trigger the round fails to fire. this was a dryfire as no round in chamber.
Maybe it was a hair trigger and he didn't even realize. If so, why did they have that type of gun on the set. If you hate guns so much Alec why wasn't your movie using
prop guns ( as in a fake gun ) These clowns are hypocrites. Happy to profit from a movie glamourizing gun violence.
It was a Schrödinger experiment. She could be still alive in another timeline.
George Stephanopoulos: "Do feel guilt?"
Alec Balwin: "No."
I about fell down when he said that
yea he said it so nonchelently
just like trump
@@wherebystreet7385 Why bring Trump into this? You obviously still get wood over orange man
@@wherebystreet7385 Says a Bidenite
I have to echo the safety expert that it is completely unconscionable that alec would say he doesn't feel any guilt for this. ANY caring human being, culpable or not, should feel guilt for that taking of another life without reason. ESPECIALLY since he is also one of the producers. The safety expert nailed it. Why wasn't he wearing the producer hat at that moment asking safety related questions. I think thanks to him being a producer he bears a level of responsibility legally and morally for this death.
Very well spoken and explained by Mr. Steve. Their is a great amount of responsibility and education with the proper handling of all firearms. Thanks to Steve Wolf.
The fact that Baldwin pointed a gun at a person, played with the firing mechanism says enough. Loaded or unloaded, I learned at the age of 5 not to point a gun at someone, and that was with a nerf gun!
What of the scene involved pointing in the camera area
Obviously in real life you should never point a gun at somebody but this is a movie. In movies actors are constantly point gun at each other, it easy to find an example. He’s not guilty of anything unless he is the one that brought the real bullet.
@@klj2382 actually he is. Negligence is not at all an excuse.
By saying "he's not guilty of anything despite having shot and killed someone because he didn't bring the bullet" is beyond stupid.
This happened because Alec refuses to learn basic gun safety as he is openly anti-gun.
Had he had ANY knowledge of gun safety he would have checked all chambers before even drawing the hammer back past halfcock.
On top of that, it is physically Impossible to fire a revolver of this type without having a full cock and a depressed trigger. Meaning that he pointed a gun at someone, with it fully cocked, tge trigger being actively pulled or pulled after cocked, without checking the gun to see if it was loaded.
Negligence IS NEVER an excuse.
@@kdcruz75 there are very strict guidelines to follow when that happens. You never really point a gun at someone on set unless it calls for something that can't be edited in or using perspective. Example being having a gun pressed against someone's skin, and even then, extreme caution is to be taken at all times.
All this sanctimonious gun safety bragging is beside the point. As has been pointed out, _this was a movie set._ The gun was a prop, declared safe to use in the scene ... by pointing it at someone! It doesn't mean he's a murderer. Refusing to point and fire the gun will hurt your acting career.
I really had compassion for Alec Baldwin until the interview. He seem arrogant.
He is an arrogant rich spoiled brat like trump is.
blue lush wow tds is real isn’t it? I feel bad for you
Compassion for an actor ? People are crazy
@@gp7110 Why do you feel bad for me? TDS makes me feel great.
Too bad Bart the bear didn't take him out on set in '97
Dave Halls handed him the gun and said COLD GUN. Why would he not believe it was cold? Dave Halls was the SECURITY manager!
Nicely done, Steve.
Baldwin will be doing an Oprah interview next . She’ll be asking him to tell “ your truth “.🙄🙄🙄🙄
lol yea
my condolences to the family this is sad this should’ve never happened
But he still pointed it at the director ?? After yelling "cold gun"
Just like Trump supporters raiding the capitol should've never happened, but they cry too much
Alec Baldwin should never have happened.
@@wherebystreet7385 Uhh What?
@@wherebystreet7385 wtf are you talking about? What does that have to do with in this case at all?
Thankful for the clear explanation, but as a "firearms safety expert" the guest really should have shown the camera that he had first made clear and safe. Lol u could almost see the panic in the anchor's eyes when the expert said he was going to pull the trigger.
NO! Alan Baldwin has full responsibility for this! Secondly, their was live ammo in the prop gun!? This is completely ridiculous
Good to see someone on CNN speaking honestly and with clarity.
CNN is still trash …
Very rare
Surprising, actually.
Without Trump to kick around anymore, and CNN's ratings in the toilet, they made a desperation move by giving real news. Don't bet on it becoming a habit with CNN. A dog returns to its vomit, and a hog returns to the mud.
@David Voicecoil So Your saying correct me if im wrong bye all means. Is that it's OK in the Motion Picture Field it's OK to point A Fire Arm at someone and assume there either Blanks or A Prop Gun and pull the trigger and Hope everything will be OK?
Wasn’t he one of the producers also? I would think that would add another angle of responsibility for, Alec.
Why was there a real firearm and bullets on a movie set?
OK, this is a great interview. This is a really really great interview! This is what CNN was like in the early 90s. I've been a conservative for 40+ years and in the 90's I watched CNN everyday. It really was a different time. I hope the heads of CNN are watching this. Infact, I hope the heads of FOX, MSNBC and the networks are all watching this interview!
We don't want pundits, or body language "experts" . . . just bring on a guy with the prop/gun that was used on the set, and just let him pull the hammer back on the gun for us a couple times. I mean how great was this 6 minute demonstration? I HAVE LITERALLY ALL I NEED TO KNOW TO GET ME THROUGH the next 3-6 months or however long it takes for this thing to go to trial. This is literally all I need to know, I know exactly how the gun works, and unless there was something internally wrong with the gun, the trigger had to be pulled at some point to get the bullet to go off. And I don't believe for a second that Alec did this intentionally. This was just a terrible accident.
He feels no guilt because it’s not his responsibility
Ask yourself Would he of checked the gun if he had to point it at his own head?
I think he is going to jail. Do you think so?
"The truth will set you free.
But not until it is finished with you."
~ David Foster Wallace
Early on at weapons training in the Austrian Army I was thought how to pass a gun to another person: It always has to be a cold gun and you present it with the chamber open (in case of this revolver the drum opened to the side) so everyone can see there is no round (live or dummy) present. The shooter alone is responsible for loading the gun.
In this case Mr. Baldwin should have gotten an empty and open revolver and a weapons master should have been at his side assisting him with loading the correct dummy ammo.
In the Army you have live rounds around. There shouldn't have been any live rounds on a movie set.
The guy who had no right handing him the gun put a live round in the gun that’s what happened
This is a really good video, in the time allotted, to explain what "probably" happened. Single action pistols are one of the safest to teach new people how to shoot. The hammer is as shown here on ALL single action pistols. I have owned and shot these for over 40 years and have taught many people how to shoot with one(.22lr single six Ruger).
I took my Dad out last week. He hasn't been able to go shooting for 15 years but has had knowledge and use with these pistols. He taught me to shoot one. When we were out, he did exactly what was described here as to holding the trigger down and cocking the hammer. He's 84. I had him sitting at a bench and pointing the pistol down range when it happened. This is a likely scenario and it's the first thing I thought of when I heard of the incident before I went out with my Dad.
I don't know how you don't feel at guilt, in any way, for what happened. You didn't do this on purpose. but just the fact that it happened would cause me great remorse and to question why I didn't check the gun when it was put in my hand like I've been taught. A loss of life occurred. I would always feel remorse. I get the feeling that Alec Baldwin is speaking through his lawyer.
I agree with you about the lawyer, but Alec is getting BAD advice. Even if he really doesn't feel remorse, from a PR, snd probably s legal stand point, i think he would be much better off if he faked it. As an actor he could be convincing.
Just to be clear, you mean single action revolvers. There are single action semiautos that, while still safe to train on, an inexperienced shooter could accidentally fire multiple rounds fairly easily.
You don't know it wasn't on purpose. You just know he's saying it wasn't on purpose, which means nothing if he's a murderer. How many people have you 'accidentally' killed? I know I have killed zero people 'accidentally'. It's not a difficult thing to avoid typically.
Yeah. Baldwin is just speaking through his lawyer. Because it's america and everything you said can be charge against you. I'm pretty sure than he feel sorry for the victim.
Guys, please don't talk like ghouls! Alec Baldwin does feel regret and grief, I heard him say as much. We have no call to condemn or even suspect him as if it were established fact. We can't (as one of you does here) _start_ by assuming he's a murderer then casting a few mundane "facts" gleaned from media to fit that assumption ... and think it proves anything.
This gun expert is probably right about how Baldwin could've pulled the trigger and thought he only cocked the hammer. But it doesn't incriminate him in a murder anymore than citing one's own record of not murdering anyone.
He was the producer, was being incredibly cheap, scorned the Union and now it's everyone else's fault. He thinks we are all stupid. He is a bad person.
a child behind a man's face.
3.27 I can't help but laugh as the reporters talking and he's just death staring the camera playing with the gun saying nothing hahaha
The bottom line is why were there live rounds on the set. Everything else doesn’t really matter.
If you are holding a gun, any gun, you are the responsible party.
Absolutely
End of story.
not according to liberals
@@tombeacher9667 🤡🤡🤡
You know nothing about the movie business, do you?
Explaining how guns work to a cnn host is like explaining biology to a rock
That's an insult to a rock. You need to apologize to all rocks. Rocks lives matter.
Especially when a 15 year old knows how to use one to take the lives of 4 of his peers. 🙄
@@jancoo2029 what if you use your driving knowledge to plough an SUV through a Xmas parade? Is that on you or should we get rid of SUVs?
@@scrimshaw7470 SUVs/Cars are necessities in today's world
(unless you're Amish or prefer horses), guns are not, except you're in active, combatant military service.
@@temmyo3218 hum
Is that a Hitler quote, or Stalin?
I was coming into this expecting them to have a “gun expert” that wasn’t actually a gun expert. But nope, they actually did something right.
Actors act and armorers ensure the actors are safe.
Would you blame the commentator if the camera was out of focus? It’s not his job!
Finally, a report from cnn that can actually be referred to as being news worthy.
Single action revolvers are very user friendly compared to other handguns. Very easy to learn and operate. While professionals should have been present, he should have been trained before. There is no reason for this to happen.
...could someone have handed Baldwin a loaded SA revolver that was already cocked? This is crazy.
Old fashioned Single Actions CAN fire a round without the hammer being cocked if the hammer is bumped hard enough
@@afridgetoofar1818 this is true but the hammer would have to be down on the cartridge in order for that to happen. Assuming there was only one round, if that was the case, pulling back the hammer would actually make the gun “safe” because the round would pass the chamber.
@@afridgetoofar1818 right...but he was standing still and a brick did not fall and hit the hammer.
@@bman7452 I sincerely hope not😳
Ironically if baldwin hired Steve Wolf as armorer. This wouldn't have happened
One thing this guy didn’t show you was that the cylinder which holds the round has to be rotated 5 times in order for the round to be fired. Unless this gun was fully loaded with 6 rounds it would have a 1 in 5 chance of being on an empty chamber.
*When someone hands you a gun, You're instantly become responsible for it, not anyone else YOU,Period.*
Well, if that’s the case, why bothering hiring someone on set whose job it is to literally make sure a gun on set is safe?
On set, those in charge of the weapons are responsible.
@@hammill444 oh stop making excuses for him. If Alec wasnt so anti gun she would still be alive to this day. He refused to learn gun safety and is anti gun, unless of course it involves him using a gun to make him millions in a movie right? Hes a total clown and is primarily responsible for this TOTALLY AVOIDABLE TRAGEDY
Not exactly true. At Boot camp (for example) we were treated like infants with guns. They watched over us, made sure our weapons were unloaded, and NEVER left it to us to do on our own. These weapon safety measures were also taken while on regular active duty.
Range Control personnel are held personally responsible if there is an accident/shooting.
This is the case because it was to be expected that accidents can happen when weapons are handled by no professionals.
Because actors are not weapons experts, there are people whose jobs it is to make sure an armature is not handed a loaded weapon. This is their job. it's what they are paid for. and the fault lies mostly on them.
Frankly, the industry [movie] itself is also at fault. ALL people who handle weapons on a movie set should be required to take a weapons safety class beforehand.
@@L1Games Or just use cgi for the weapons fire and don't have loaded weapons on set.
‘I didn’t pull the trigger, my finger did’. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
This expert didn't safety check the weapon BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE in this video!! Hmmm...
They hired her as both prop master and armorer to cut costs. There was one redundant safety measure taken out.
If she herself didn't know the difference from a live round with active primer and a dummy round with a spent primer and no powder, an experienced prop master would have seen the round in the chamber He/ she would have questioned why there was a dummy round in chamber instead of a blank. This in turn would have had the live round exposed before harm was done.
Regardless the live round had no business being on set. The expected dummy round had no business in the chamber as the scene called for a shoot-out not something a dummy round would be used for. The only scene you would really need a dummy round in the chamber would be to film a stair down into a barrel. Mainly another example of pinching pennies and loosing dollars and unfortunately life as well. My heart goes out to the victim's family and friends and the cast crew on the set. 🙏
I have taught enough basic firearm safety classes to know that an inexperienced person will always pick up a gun with their finger on the trigger.
Baldwin my have picked up the gun with his finger on the trigger, pulled the hammer back, allowed the hammer to fall forward discharging the firearm. He inadvertently "fanned" the revolver.
This supports Baldwin's explanation but in no way relieves him or anyone else on the set from failing to exercise basic firearm safety.
Seriously, just how INEXPERIENCED is MR Baldwin ??
@@howardschlereth9368 : Inexperienced enough to kill someone.
inexperienced people who are overconfident pick it up and immediately have the booger stick on the trigger. Inexperienced people who are weary usually grab it like it could attack them on its own and hold the grip very low under the trigger guard. At least that's my experience. Not that I teach firearm classes, but I own a lot of guns.
He said he never pulled the trigger, resting his finger on the trigger before the pull back is still pulling the trigger?. Baldwin as shown here is not inexperienced when it comes to firearms on set. So what really happened here?
when I was a boy, I had a toy pistol called the " Fanner Fifty ". that's how it worked, squeeze the trigger and fan the hammer with your other. That toy helped me understand the way single action pistols work, I was 6-7 yo at the time. 1957...
Alec really fucked up with that interview. He brought the spotlight back onto himself after people had forgotten about this incident, and he placed the attention on himself rather than the armorer despite his intentions being the exact opposite.
People had not forgotten.
This tragedy is 100% Alec's fault. He violated every safety rule about handling firearms.
A lot of effort went into intentional recklessness for at least two days , crew members fled their job over gun saftey , looks like an intentional "accident" cover-up to me . Possible motive ? Was she pregnant with alecs child ? Or she knew something ?
Possibly a coverup. Sounds like it is with new info coming out every day.
Him and that crazy wife.....
How could he point the revolver at a person without PERSONALLY checking if it was loaded?
How could he believe the gun was unloaded without checking?
The one time in my life I've gotten to handle an older Single Action revolver was at an Uncles house. He was showing me his guns in the safe he has and he allowed me to dry-fire it (of course we both took the proper precautions both before and and during the handling). I was very surprised at how light that trigger pull was. So I personally believe he may have accidentally depressed the trigger at some point. Still, that's involuntary manslaughter and gross negligence.
Ok not trying to insult you. But single action colt triggers are NOT light. If it was either you jerked the trigger. Or someone done trigger work
@@ScooterLee-ei1ep Reference model is a 1mm pull, so it would be considered "light" even with some weightiness to it.
@@ScooterLee-ei1ep facts .... i love polishing the slide on mine and brandishing the thing showing people the ring hammer .... M1911 A1 single action full auto army that takes ACP rounds so they shoot all at once the whole double drum mag on the wheel gun... if u made it this far congrats xD if u dont agree with my comment u should have read the ALec B gun manual xD
No it is not involuntary manslaughter and gross negligence . It would have been if they were out shooting targets or hunting, but it was a film set where live rounds were not supposed to be there . He was handed a live gun after they told him it is safe. There in no Jury in the world that will convict him . On the civil side , it's another story , this is going to cost the production company a lot of money and he is part of it.
@@saferider1094 I mean it is on him cuz where was the armor during this a gun should not have even been out if she wasn't there
This just confirmed my suspicions that Hollywood is a joke and died out. I could have checked the single action revolver ever since I was 13. Just makes me sad.
@@ebullientbronco9859 When Hollywood lost the art of making films it died. They only make about one rewatch worthy movie a year if they are even able to.
Ask him what he THINKS about that young FBI Tech busting the evidence gun innards just to force an accidental discharge. Ask Him!
If Baldwin had been familiar with firearms, his forefinger would have been alongside the trigger guard, no inside it.
In Baldwin's first statements, he continually said he had taken the victim to dinner (along with others), the night before. In his misguided attempt to show they were "friends" he fails to recognize being "friends" does not absolve you from culpability when you do something stupid.
Something stinks - I think he had a sexual encounter with her and she was going to rat him out.
Yall dont know 2 yds ago he tweeted about her accidentally shooting herself??? It was planned
Rogue Nation that sounds more like it !
Forever Marked k , put that together with bringing 500 rounds of live ammo and shooting at cans so recklessly that many crew members walked off the set , trying to create an "accident,"i'd bet money she was pregnant too
@@RogueNation. I dislike speaking ill of the dead, but I was just telling my husband today that I thought there might have been an affair and she was going to tell Hillaria!!!!
I’m sure he’s trying to avoid making any statements that could be used in a wrongful death lawsuit against him, but some things are more important than money. I find that despicable.
Forget the gun who put a live round in the frighten gun
He wasn't only an actor he was also a writer and producer of this film.
and had a hand in hiring the 'armorer'....I use quotes because she really was NOT and armorer or professional in any way shape or form.
@@joeshmoe7967 This was her second film as head amorer.
This makes absolutely no sense there are literally hundreds of dummy models that could of been used why have a real firearm even for just a posing shoot???
why would they have real ammo instead of props? And who loaded the gun?
Alec blaming everyone except himself........a damn lie that he never pull the trigger....alec murder that woman...he must go to jail
Murder?
Not murder ...sad freak accident and I'm not saying he shouldn't be accountable
@@ronaldvaldez5955 that no accident
Yes send him to prison with Dr. Fauci and Hilary "Let's Go Brandon".
People were horrified for Baldwin until he said he was not responsible. That interview was a mistake.
Horrified for him…. No…. Being Responsible prevents accidents.
Alex Baldwin should be 'Feeling some sense of guilt and remorse'...what, is this guy serious?
Take Alex out the equation:
Any actor in a film given a 'prop gun' and told 'Its Cold' will 'act out' the scene as requested by the director.
If that entails pointing the gun and pulling the trigger, how on earth should the actor know the gun is filled with live rounds?
I, like many people who hate gun ownership would not even know the difference between a live round and a blank.
The interviewer never should have asked the first question ie Wolf's "human reaction" to Baldwin's claim he felt no guilt".....and Wolf should have refrained to answer.. it's not within the field of expertise, and it's not news..... as for the rest, Wolf explains clearly 2 scenarios in which it could be true that Baldwin doesn't think he pulled the trigger...1. he had his finger on the trigger the whole time, or 2. only a slight pressure was required a not a full "pull". In fact, Baldwin is quite right... the main issue is now a live round got in the weapon
"Pressed the trigger," sayed the "expert". I call B.S. Yes, I am a combat veteran, I know what I am talking about.
Accurate information on CNN, Never thought I’d see the day. Anyone who thinks he didn’t pull the trigger is misinformed.
Even they can’t cover for Alec’s bs. I hope they go after him as vigorously as they try to go after supposed gun crime.
@@dogestranding5047 What BS? The armor, whose job it is to handle set weaponry, said it was a "cold gun". Who the hell would expect a real 45 loaded with live rounds to be passed to an actor on a set? Who do you think is more culpable here, the actor or the jackass who brought a real gun loaded with live rounds onto a movie set?
@@anonymoussources8803 Please watch the video before commenting. They clearly state that the gun was passed to Baldwin by the assistant director and not the armorer. Baldwin should've know better than to accept that gun and trust that it was safe.
@@Metallic_Sam I watched the video which is how I knew that the guest is not a firearms expert. Not sure how you missed that. You also need to understand that the guest only knows what he has heard 3rd hand as he had no involvement in this movie whatsoever. Nothing in your comment or this interview alerted anyone to the fact that this was a real gun loaded with live rounds. Why would Baldwin or anyone on the set expect that? The bottom line is those responsible for bringing a real gun and live rounds onto a movie set are primarily to blame. And of course the armor whose job it is to ensure that set weaponry is safe is at fault. I don't care if a trained goat handed the weapon to the actor. That would be your scapegoat, btw.
@@anonymoussources8803 basic firearm safety. Doesn't matter who hands it to you. You assume it's loaded until you verify otherwise and never aim, much less fire, at someone. It's as basic as teaching children to stand in line.
Alec Baldwin,
"I'm Not Alec Baldwin"
"I am actually Donald Trump playing Alec Baldwin. Trump did it!"- Alec Baldwin
@Nec pluribus impar more like hea pulling a Biden blaming everyone else
I mean, according to the trial there was 5 dummies and 1 live round in there. The fact that the live round happened to be the one that was chambered blows my mind alone. The chances of the live round being the one in the chamber and he happened to squeeze the trigger is such a completely random and unfortunate instance. I genuinly can not blame him, I'm on Alecs side 100%.
Lawyers always say to their clients, "Never talk about the case to anyone."
After what happened to Brandon Lee I don’t see how you can even legally have a fireable weapon ANYWHERE NEAR a film set PERIOD.
I had no idea that john malkovich was also an expert on single action firearms.
Youre making a joke out of this?
Are there not weapons expert on set that meant to stop this
It can happen, remember this is a gun heavily used. They only clean the barrel and cylinder to get it sent back out but not internal parts. A lot of what ifs with this case.
How did we know he was gonna try and blame the gun. And the level of arrogance behind his I've done no wrong I feel no guilt statement is astounding. Even the most rabid anti gunners I know are well aware you treat every gun as if it's loaded and never point it at anyone. He may not have intended to shoot anyone but his ignorance and lack of common sense are exactly why he is responsible.
Baldwin had been told the gun didn't have live ammo in it. Accidents happen.
finally, CNN has actual reporting and realistic firearm expert.