It has been reported on the https://www.thegatewayfcuktard.com/ that it was a rabid Trump supporter who planted the live round so that Baldwin would be disgraced and Trump could get his revenge.

"If someone tells you you can take a particular corner at 90mph and you try it and crash Who is responsible ?  You of course because you are the person in charge.  Guns are no different  Mr Baldwin should be in real trouble it will be interesting to see if he is."

 Sort of.  The unsafe handling of firearms is normal on movie sets.  Holding a gun to someone's head is not allowed on an actual gun range.

 The unsafe handling of motor vehicles is normal on movie sets.  Driving 90mph turning a corner crashing through a fruit-stand and jumping a ramp is not something we should do in public.


 So if a stunt driver has to round a blind corner at speed he does have to trust that the safety team cleared that corner.  Even if he looks first, he still has to lose visual returning to the car.  This doesn't excuse Baldwin, as verifying a revolver of all things is really easy and it's not like he has to walk away from the area like a driver does.  

 I'm just saying standard safety doesn't not apply on film sets so comparisons to normal life aren't as applicable.

It's not difficult to set up a table and have an armorer stand there and walk the people who will be handling weapons through the safe handling of the weapon they will be handling. Checking a weapon to prove it is safe doesn't take much time.
The chain of custody in this case appears to have been lax. If someone handed me a gun and announced it is Cold doesn't mean I would aim it at someone and pull the trigger.

It's my understanding that on a set, a Hot gun is loaded with anything that goes bang. It COULD be blanks, but it goes bang. A Cold gun may have things in the cylinder that Look like bullets, but are completely inert,and don't go bang.
It's been reported that the gun that killed her had been being used for target practice out on the perimeter of the set.
Plenty of blame to go around. Baldwin, according to my understanding of the Rules, should not have been handed a weapon that would kill someone.
It's also my understanding that ANYONE who has a gun in their hand is responsible for the events they cause because they pulled the trigger.
If it's too complicated for an actor to check their weapon to prove it is safe, they have no business holding it. There is no reason why they can't sit next to someone who checks and SHOWS them, right in front of their eyes, it is indeed safe.
That it's too time consuming, too costly,, might not be something the friends and loved ones of the Currently and Permanently DEAD would agree with.

It looks to me that a simple safety procedure should be implemented.
All guns should be presented to the actor empty, any rounds expected to be used should be loaded by the actor or with him witnessing the fact when they are unable to.

When is SNL,
going to do a Parody/Skit,
On a DFI.

Who hates guns,
then KILLS someone,
though pure arrogance's.

Perhaps Tucker Carlson
could due a guest spot !

Eegore wrote on 11/14/21 at 13:53:06:


And yet another,
'swing and a miss'

Pointing out,
  a possible,
Parody of a Parody,
would be a funny,
     Parody.

Is now;
"...an expectation ...
(to)
... provide the exact equal amount of on-air content ..."