Alec Baldwin Shooting

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Baldwin will likely be sued, and will have to pay a ton of money.  He is absolutely civilly liable for the clusterfuck that was this production, as well as taking some percent of the blame for actually firing the shot.

For criminal liability, there is no way Baldwin should be charged, despite bikers claim that the person pulling the trigger is ALWAYS the one criminally responsible.  That is absolutely not so.  If the standards of action are that Baldwin does not have to check the gun himself, then that is the standard.  If the standard of action is that the armorer and the AD DID have the obligation to check the guns, and they didn't, then they are at criminal risk of negligent homicide.

Plus - who the F allowed yahoos to use the prop gun to shoot real bullets at the site, and then presumably leave them in the guns?  Whoever allowed this should be fired and civilly charged as well, and if the yahoos knew it wasn't allowed, then they should be partly civilly liable.  If someone deliberately left bullets in the gun, then they are murderers (but that is impossible to prove).

As I said, Baldwin is going to have to pay a shit ton of money for this.

To be held liable, Baldwin will have to be found culpable. Given what we know of the events, that's not even close to being established.