(October 28, 2021 at 12:29 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: 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.
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.
I agree, Baldwin will likely pay a ton of money, but if the reports of his reaction are true, I doubt that will bother him as much as the incident. Anyone who has an actual conscience would be devastated.
On the Yahoo question, I read that it is not uncommon for people involved with the production of a film to use the same guns to shoot at cans and junk with real ammo during downtime. Movie production can involve long spans of boredom so I'm not surprised they do this. But it's probably not a good practice.
I work in manufacturing and of course its a long way from movie production, but safety is taken very seriously most of the time. If something remotely similar were to happen on a project, there would be a line of people getting canned. And yes, there are occasions where firearms and other very dangerous equipment are used in construction & manufacturing.
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