Weapons expert in Alec Baldwin ‘Rust' case accused of being intoxicated when loading live bullets

The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are accusing, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver that the actor used.

The weapons prop master who has neither the fame nor the money of Baldwin, will still be burned at the stake.

I mean, it was that persons job to make sure bullets weren't in the gun or on set.

or maybe blame the producers who hired a 23 year old whose lone previous engagement in a similar role ended in unplanned on-set discharges and pissed off actors.

I'm surprised-not-surprised they are letting the adults in the room walk away without any criminal repercussions.

Tough thread for Rogue

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/nationa ... y/3160994/

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer in the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust,” has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

Expert witness in "Rust" shooting trial points firearm towards judge before being corrected by bailiff.

Prosecutor, who was a defense attorney working as a special prosecutor for this case (like in the Derek Chauvin case, iirc), brought in an experienced Hollywood armorer expert witness; a bit Bernie/Seth Galifianakis-ish witness well-qualified to be an expert in movie-film set armorer stuff put the blame all over Gutierrez-no-longer-Reed (she's dropping her step-dad armorer Thell Reed's name now)

Defense couldn't get any current or former Hollywood armorers to bite on taking a decent fee to testify in Hannah's favor.

So they ended up with the clown pictured; who in a case about a supposedly safe, supposedly not loaded (with live rounds) weapon being wrongly directed toward an alive woman and unaliving them proceeded to scare the bejesus out of everyone in the courtroom by practicing zero muzzle discipline--even before verifying himself or, as they eventually did, having the sheriff's deputy bailiff take the weapon and verify it wasn't loaded with any rounds:



Defense expert clown gave his credentials, starting with "my dad was in the war" and proceeded to lay out a lifetime of bullshit auxiliary collegiate cadet programs and other draft-dodger-ish CV items before explaining while he was never a cop or in the military much less war or ever been an armorer on a set or anything real firearm related--he still knows a lot about firearms and ammunition because...he's a regular Civil War and other conflicts reenactor. At that point I think Hannah knew her fate was sealed. She needed an experienced armorer to get up there and provide some cover for the shit-show on the Rust set.

I’m pretty sure the gun was unloaded so I don’t think it’s a big deal where he’s pointing it

yea gun safety class, noville wisconsin, $40 for the half day. First thing they teach you is where not to point it, loaded or not.

I’m pretty sure the gun was unloaded so I don’t think it’s a big deal where he’s pointing it

I’m pretty sure the gun was unloaded so I don’t think it’s a big deal where he’s pointing it

I’m pretty sure the gun was unloaded so I don’t think it’s a big deal where he’s pointing it

That's literally the point of the entire trial.

yea gun safety class, noville wisconsin, $40 for the half day. First thing they teach you is where not to point it, loaded or not.

You...are...allowed to handle firearms?

Guns seem pretty unsafe if you can't even trust what is almost certainly an unloaded gun to not kill someone.

Don't be an idiot.