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...Clooney, 60, suggested that Baldwin, 63, should have checked the Colt .45 himself after he was given the gun to use to rehearse a gunfight scene.
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Clooney said he wouldn’t have just taken someone else’s word that the gun was safe.
“Maybe Alec did that (checked the gun himself) — hopefully he did do that,” Clooney added. “But the problem is dummies are tricky because they look like real (rounds). They got a little tiny hole in the back (from which) somebody’s (removed) the gunpowder.”
Clooney said he would have taken yet another step to ensure the gun was safe. “I mean every time I get handed a six-gun,” or a gun that holds six cartridges, “you point it at the ground and you squeeze it six times,” he said. Clooney noted that “it’s just insane” not to.
Clooney also said he has never heard the term “cold gun,” which is what Baldwin reportedly heard from Halls to indicate the gun was safe.
“I’ve never heard the term ‘cold gun,'” Clooney said. “I’ve never heard that term. Literally. They’re just talking about stuff I’ve never heard of. It’s just infuriating.”
Clooney’s experience with using guns on film sets was echoed by another veteran star, Matthew McConaughey, last month.
Like Clooney, McConaughey didn’t want to sound like he was criticizing Baldwin, but in an interview with AFP, the Texas-based Oscar winner said he “personally would try to always take even more steps” as an actor using a gun, including checking the weapon himself.
“You can’t over-confirm it,” McConaughey said.
McConaughey also argued that real guns can safely be used on movie sets so long as protocols are followed. His comments come as calls have grown to ban real firearms from film and TV sets.
Let's get to the major head-scratcher here:
I didn't pull the trigger.... I would never point a gun at anybody and pull the trigger at them.
That's an interestingly-worded statement.
Okay, now for my questions.
DID HE POINT THE GUN AT SOMEONE? If my gun kills someone that I pointed it at, no judge is going to take "I didn't pull the trigger" as a defense. Baldwin must have pointed it at Hutchens (by all accounts unintentionally), since bullets don't defy the laws of physics (nice try, Wanted).
How did the gun fire? Guns aren't magic items that act of their own volition. Baldwin was using an antique revolver on the set of his new Western film. Such revolvers use a single or double-action of the trigger to fire. Single action can only fire if someone pulls the hammer back. Double action uses the trigger to set and release the hammer.
Did Baldwin graze the trigger by accident while he was pointing the gun carelessly in Hutchins' direction? Did he hit it against something that caused it to discharge (older revolvers are often lacking a transfer bar that prevents the gun from firing if it's dropped or jolted)?
Did Baldwin cock the weapon, or if not, might it have been handed to him that way? If the latter, what kind of armorer would do that??
I have zero clue. I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, but denying pulling the trigger just seems like a copout.
Alec Baldwin is a lying sack of shit.
The gun in question is a single action revolver, not a fucking Glock. It would not fire even if you simply press the trigger w/o cocking it first. So it requires not one but two deliberate actions in order for the gun to fire.
I predict he's gonna see a short jail stint.
He's a fucking actor: he can play whatever he wants, including "coming off as sincere".He's a fucking actor... he's been taught to "act" . when you act, you can say anything with a straight face... including lying... and display any emotion at the snap of a finger...Does anyone know if he was at the bottom of his class when he deciced to consider acting as a profession? Does anyone ask him why he didnt leave the country when political figures he hates were elected... I recall that happening to him... and oh... I forgot... he was "Acting".. this gives him a "Front" to say whatever the fuck he wants.. He needs to spend some time time behind bars, and he gets to meet Bubba from behind..... long overdue...
Yep, celebrity privilege.
Some other takeaways from having seen most of the interview:
1. While he does come off as sincere, I am find myself disbelieving him, because while it is possible that he is just that stupid, I don’t believe he is that stupid. He knows better than to point a gun at someone before making sure there are no live rounds in it. In other words he is lying about the fact that he does not feel guilt for his role in the shooting.
2. George Stephanothonest was only slightly harder on Alec than he would have been interviewing a Girl Scout, in other words he was not doing journalism he was doing propaganda, just like he did for Biden during the election “Town Hall.”
3. Alec has kids the same age and younger than the son of the woman he shot, so he can relate quite well to what he took from the boy and his father.
4. This gets into hypotheticals, but let’s say I’m Alec Baldwin and I want to get away with murder, this interview would be the perfect cover for my true inten...
No just post bail and go about business as usual.
Why experts say Alec Baldwin hasn’t handed over his phone
Alec Baldwin, who has yet to turn over his cellphone to law enforcement in connection with the law enforcement investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust, may be holding onto the device for a number of reasons, legal experts told The Post on Friday.
The lawyers theorized that the 63-year old actor may be concerned about the possibility of “incriminating” evidence on the phone— including deleted texts or photos that could hold him in criminal contempt–or may simply want to keep his private conversations out of the public eye.
“There could be incriminating evidence on the phone, or it might be for privacy reasons,” said Kevin Kearon, a former Nassau District Attorney’s Office who’s now a criminal defense lawyer.
“If he deleted text messages or call records then he would face the possibility of criminal contempt,” said Kearon, who works at the Long Island firm Barket Epstein Kearon. “Or if there are personal messages, for example, between he and his wife, it’s not shocking that he wouldn’t want them in the public domain.”
Investigators previously asked Baldwin for his cellphone because they believe it contains key conversations related to the prop-gun death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October.
Baldwin responded by telling them they would have to get a warrant, and they did so last month — though the phone has yet to be handed over to New Mexico cops.
Kearon said the move flies in the face of the actor’s previous vow to fully cooperate with police.
“It’s not consistent with his pledge early on to cooperate with law enforcement,” he said. “It certainly looks suspicious to the average person.”
Contrary to his lies, his finger WAS on the trigger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lu5GIxryOA&source=patrick.net
LOCK HIM UP!
It's hard to believe that a multi-millionaire Hollywood actor could be that dumb
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