Baldwin and armor get charge with involuntary manslaughter

Interesting Baldwin and the armor Reed get charged with involuntary manslaughter and the Assistant Director Hall agrees to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon. To bad they didn’t have hidden camera footage, of the cold gun placed on prop table by the armor Reed, being picked up by the Assistant Director Hall and eventually handed to Baldwin, who was coached to draw the gun and the hammer, which he released without being fully cocked, and the hammer, slid past the half position and the gun went off. Baldwin having no recourse to pulling the trigger as the gun was not fully cocked. Would a live round have rotated into the firing position if the gun was not fully cocked ? If not would that mean the live round was already in the chamber that was under the hammer before the gun was partially cocked ?

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Interesting Baldwin and the armor Reed get charged with involuntary manslaughter and the Assistant Director Hall agrees to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon. To bad they didn’t have hidden camera footage, of the cold gun placed on prop table by the armor Reed, being picked up by the Assistant Director Hall and eventually handed to Baldwin, who was coached to draw the gun and the hammer, which he released without being fully cocked, and the hammer, slid past the half position and the gun went off. Baldwin having no recourse to pulling the trigger as the gun was not fully cocked. Would a live round have rotated into the firing position if the gun was not fully cocked ? If not would that mean the live round was already in the chamber that was under the hammer before the gun was partially cocked ?

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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All of those questions have been answered by the FBI lab and Sheriff's Department. That's why charges have been laid. Now,it's up to a jury......as it should be.

[QUOTE=trimmer21;1208741]All of those questions have been answered by the FBI lab and Sheriff's Department. That's why charges have been laid. Now,it's up to a jury......as it should be.[/QUOTE


I see, does that mean that they have dismissed the fact that the armor was suppose to be the last one to touch the firearm, she being responsible for giving instruction on handling it to Baldwin before passing the gun over to him ? In stead it was the Assistant Director that hand the gun over to him so he could practice drawing it, and when Baldwin failed to cocked it, on the first draw attempt, telling him to do so on his second draw attempt, it was then it went off. Quite a breach in protocol, that really appears that Baldwin may well have been set up. Plus moving between the prop tray and the scene it the church would provide ample time to open the loading gate of the firearm and slip in a live round. I can't imagine why the FBI and the SD would turn a blind eye to those details.
As well Hall appeared to know quite a bit about guns, and most likely knew that the Colt's cylinder rotates counterclockwise, so any round place in the chamber in front of the loading gate would rotate to the position under the hammer if the gun was cocked.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

Now,it's up to a jury......as it should be.

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In my personal observation, trail by jury is picked by the guilty, the innocent choose trail by judge. Judges are less easily swayed by the antics of smooth talking defence lawyers.

I am sure the defence will revolve their case around the fact Baldwin relied on the expert advice on location to handle the safety aspects of the firearm, no different than any other actor doing a firearm shooting scene in the course of their job. Although, Baldwin's own words create confusion and may be his undoing.