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For better or worse, actor Alec Baldwin has been in the news a lot lately. As you might have guessed, dear reader, it is not for any of the reasons he might have wished for. In fact there was a reported that was recently released courtesy of the FBI. The report states that Alec Baldwin, no question about it, did indeed fire a loaded weapon at now-deceased Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust”. At that time, Baldwin also injured director Joel Souza, back in October 2021.
It has recently been reported by the ConservativeBrief that:
The actor has insisted that he did not pull the trigger, but the report said that there was no way the bullet could have been fired if the trigger was not pulled.
With the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,” the report stated.
With the hammer fully cocked, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional,” the report stated.
With the hammer de-cocked on a loaded chamber, the gun was able to detonate a primer “without a pull of the trigger when the hammer was struck directly,” which is normal for this type of revolver, the report stated.
In December Baldwin, in his first interview after the fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust”, tearfully denied that he was the one who pulled the trigger.
EXCLUSIVE: "The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger," Alec Baldwin tells @GStephanopoulos in first interview since fatal shooting on set of "Rust."
— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2021
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“She was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with and admired. … I mean, even now, I find it hard to believe that. It just doesn’t seem to seem real to me,” Baldwin, crying, began in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos as he recalled the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, for which he had been blamed.
“You haven’t said much in public since that tragic accident. Why speak out now? I think the big question, and the one you must have asked yourself a thousand times, how could this have happened. You’ve described it as a one in a trillion shot, and the gun was in your hand. How do you come to terms with that?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“It didn’t seem real to me,” Baldwin said after being asked “how this happened” and saying that the script did not call for him to pull the trigger.
“Well, the trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” said the actor. After being asked to clarify, he added, “No, no, I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them.”
“What did you think happened? How did a real bullet get on that set?” the interviewer pressed in a teaser video.
“I have no idea. Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property,” Baldwin answered.
“How do you respond to actors like George Clooney who say that every time they were handed a gun, they checked it themselves,” Stephanopoulos asks.
It was further reported by the Daily Wire that:
“Your emotions are so clearly so right there on the surface. You felt shock, you felt anger, you felt sadness. Do you feel guilt? You said you’re not a victim, but is this the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?” Stephanopoulos continues asking.
“Yes!” Baldwin quickly responded. “Yep, yeah, I think back I think of what could I have done.”
As to Baldwin’s denial that he pulled the trigger, that claim was backed up by ‘Rust’ assistant director Dave Halls, as the Washington Examiner reports:
Lisa Torraco, Halls’s lawyer, said Halls always maintained that Baldwin did not have his finger on the trigger when the gun went off. The assistant director was just feet away from Baldwin when the gun went off in October, fatally striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
“[Halls said] the entire time, Baldwin had his finger outside the trigger guard parallel to the barrel and that he told me since day one he thought it was a misfire,” Torraco told ABC News Thursday. “Until Alec said that, it was really hard to believe.”
So, the embattled actor has been in hot water surrounding the controversy for some time. In fact we reported at the beginning of last month that Baldwin was the subject of a defamation lawsuit to the tune of twenty-five million dollars. This was a case where Baldwin falsely accused a fallen Marine whose life was lost in Afghanistan of being an insurrectionist and playing a role in the January 6th events. So, it just seems to be getting worse and worse for the famously hot tempered actor. Be sure to follow The Raging Patriot for more on this story as it develops!
First you never point a gun at someone loaded or unloaded.