Bryan W. Carpenter, who happens to be a well-renowned weapons expert, has given his take on Alec Baldwin’s comments surrounding the discharge of the gun on the set of ‘Rust’ in light of the latter’s tell-all interview on ABC News.
Weapons Expert Gives His Take On Alec Baldwin’s Tell-All ABC News Interview
Alec, for his part, controversially claimed that he did not fire the gun, which had ended up killing cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.
This disclosure left people with many more questions than answers, especially given that Alec failed to provide a plausible explanation as to what the alternative could have been.
In response, Alec had claimed the following: “I let go of the hammer of the gun. And the gun goes off.” These comments, however, do not absolve any liability. Well, that is how Bryan sees it anyway.
The expert spoke on how the hammer of the gun could only go off if somebody was in control of the weapon. Therefore, guns do not just manoeuvre this way by themselves.
In this way, Alec could still have something to answer for on the grounds that he may not have done it in the correct manner that would have been expected.
During an interview with Fox News, Bryan said: “You have to cock the hammer…which requires an operator to do it. And if an operator is doing it, then they’re in control of the weapon.
“And if they slip and let the hammer fall down, that’s still a negligent discharge.” As a consequence, the question of intention is irrelevant with regards to determining whether or not somebody should be held responsible.
As such, there is a possibility that the authorities could find somebody liable because they had failed to adequately assess the risk of what they were doing.
Bryan added: “You accidentally discharged that weapon, and it’s your fault.” This admission only goes on to show that Alec is not out of the woods just yet.
And if further experts continue to come out in a similar vein, then it shows that the actor failed to act in a way that was appropriate. Nevertheless, this is something that the authorities will ultimately have to judge on.
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The expert Mr. Carpenter does not explain if this was a single action pistol, or a double action pistol, wherein you have to “cock” the hammer than pull the trigger in order for the gun to discharge.
Baldwin states he pulled back the hammer and when it fell, it discharged, without him pulling the trigger.
Two issues:
One, Baldwin was also working under “Union” rules, wherein he asked the paid union worker in charge of inspecting and validating if the prop weapon was “clear” and good to be used in the filming. Why is this Union not receiving the bulk of the attack and talk of liability when some of the Union members are suing for “unsafe working conditions”?
And Two, Baldwin obviously did not realize that “dropping the hammer” would cause that weapon to fire without a trigger pull. Or, if he did know it was a single action gun, he pulled back the hammer on a weapon had no “live” ammo, and let the hammer fall after practicing the scene. Did a Union guy put the “live round” into the weapon to prove his lawsuit?
Now, I am no lawyer, and it is clear people have already sued Alex, but, How would you feel if you accidently killed one of your best colleagues on any job with a gun, cleared to be safe, when you did not even pull the trigger?! I feel his pain..
Alex first rule of gun safty is see if its loaded and with what, second never point a gun at anything you dont want to kill, a gun is always loaded no matter what, you might need or should have taken a gun course the NRA has them all the time