[WaveGuy]

Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust' death (nbcnews.com)

Some of the "legal analyst" types are predicting that he will be acquitted because it was a "prop gun". That is not true, it was a real gun being used as a prop.

 

[Oklahomabound]

...the judge needs to max out the penalty...

 

[bad ninja]

He should get time in prison.
He knew it was a real gun.
The responsibility of safe gun handling lies in the person holding the gun.
Baldwin held the gun, aimed it, and fired the shot.

He will argue he thought it was safe due to the safety of the gun being the responsibility of the armorer.

The armorer was in fact negligent, and shares responsibility for the accident, but the burden of safe gun handling ultimately lies with Baldwin.

Depending on the judge/jury it could honestly go either way.

If he's found guilty, it's unlikely he will get time, though of it were you or I, we would be jailed and sued into bankruptcy.

 

[WaveGuy]

Agree completely. It is also being reported that the armorer will be charged.

 

[bad ninja]

Agree completely. It is also being reported that the armorer will be charged.

Guilty of negligence at best.
No different than a safety man on a job site failing to inspect equipment that cause a fatal accident.
Probably a fine and loss of professional license.

Baldwin broke every rule of safe gun handling, and shot a firearm at an individual, causing death.

If actors aren't going to use basic, simple safe gun handling procedures, they shouldn't touch real guns.
Period.
If you cant safely drive the backhoe, don't sit your ass in the driver's seat. Someone might get hurt.

 

[Stodd4]

It's about time.

 

[PaulR]

He should get time in prison.
He knew it was a real gun.
The responsibility of safe gun handling lies in the person holding the gun.
Baldwin held the gun, aimed it, and fired the shot.

He will argue he thought it was safe due to the safety of the gun being the responsibility of the armorer.

The armorer was in fact negligent, and shares responsibility for the accident, but the burden of safe gun handling ultimately lies with Baldwin.

Depending on the judge/jury it could honestly go either way.

If he's found guilty, it's unlikely he will get time, though of it were you or I, we would be jailed and sued into bankruptcy.

My uncle who was a LEO in NY years ago told me with enough money you can buy your way out of a murder rap.

 

[bad ninja]

My uncle who was a LEO in NY years ago told me with enough money you can buy your way out of a murder rap.

He wasn't wrong.
Baldwin's case will have more to do with politics, as his net worth isn't "enough money" these days ($70m) to buy a judge in a high profile case like this.
Baldwin is a staunch democrat and Biden supporter.

 

[PaulR]

He wasn't wrong.
Baldwin's case will have more to do with politics, as his net worth isn't "enough money" these days ($70m) to buy a judge in a high profile case like this.
Baldwin is a staunch democrat and Biden supporter.

although he is a good actor, I can’t stand the mother fucker

 

[Islander]

Hang him!!

 

[bad ninja]

although he is a good actor, I can’t stand the mother fucker

Neither can I.
Washed up actor who thinks he's still relevant.
Arrogant Democrat, obviously a dumbass.

 

[PaulR]

Neither can I.
Washed up actor who thinks he's still relevant.
Arrogant Democrat, obviously a dumbass.

The only thing big about him is his ego.

 

[PaulR]

Neither can I.
Washed up actor who thinks he's still relevant.
Arrogant Democrat, obviously a dumbass.

Another Kevin Spacy, just a different crime. Put the fork in him he’s done.

 

[bad ninja]

Another Kevin Spacy, just a different crime. Put the fork in him he’s done.

Spacey could act.
I'm still torn, as the woke mob went after him during the MeToo movement. They were hell bent on destroying his career.
Funny thing about his issues:
Out of all the accusations that went to court (5), all were either dismissed or Spacey was found not guilty.
🤔

 

[Glenn54]

Unfortunately, if he's found guilty and gets prison time, old Joe will pardon him in a heartbeat. Guess we can't get lucky enough to see them both in prison at the same time?

 

[PaulR]

Unfortunately, if he's found guilty and gets prison time, old Joe will pardon him in a heartbeat. Guess we can't get lucky enough to see them both in prison at the same time?

If old Joe pardons him he would be making a mockery out of our legal system.

 

[bad ninja]

If old Joe pardons him he would be making a mockery out of our legal system.

The left has been doing that for quite some time now.
From arrests over masks and the summer of BLM love to the Jan 6 kangaroo court and define the police, the left has been destroying any faith in the justice system.

However, I don't think he will get a pardon of convicted. Just a light sentence of community service and fines.

 

[DHR Darren]

although he is a good actor, I can’t stand the mother fucker

And that is precisely what he is doing through this whole fucking procedure, nothing but an actor!

 

[PaulR]

The left has been doing that for quite some time now.
From arrests over masks and the summer of BLM love to the Jan 6 kangaroo court and define the police, the left has been destroying any faith in the justice system.

However, I don't think he will get a pardon of convicted. Just a light sentence of community service and fines.

You are probably right

 

[PaulR]

And that is precisely what he is doing through this whole fucking procedure, nothing but an actor!

He’s been acting his entire life. That’s his profession. He definitely didn’t make his money being a marksman