Alec Baldwin Shooting

[Soberman921]

There's a big difference between a gun owner shooting their own gun without checking to see whether its loaded and an actor firing a prop gun on a set in which the production company has hired someone for the specific purpose of ensuring a loaded gun is not fired on set who tells the actor the gun is not loaded and it is safe to fire. The law imposes no additional duty on the actor to check to make sure the expert is correct. If that were the case no one could every be justified on relying on the expertise of others regarding safety issues. Did your mechanic tell you your brakes were in working order? Sorry, you should have checked them yourself.