Alec Baldwin 'Rust' shooting charges could be difficult to prove

Now we will let the jury decide. I doubt they will convict a handsome megastar of anything.

So you think that the prosecution would allow 12 people in a jury who weren't willing to convict a "handsome megastar"?

And you really think your supposition works in the real world?

As I've been mentioning in past articles, it'd be a difficult case for prosecutors to prove

Because they have to prove that he knowingly knew that it's not a fake gun

Baldwin is flat out lying when he says that he did not pull the trigger.

Does it matter since it's supposed to be a fake gun?

That's the crux of the matter - not about the trigger, but that it's supposed to be fake

Clint Eastwood pulled the triggers of many fake guns!

Fake is the key word

The worst punishment is already there. He has to live with what happened, re-running the memory of that gun firing and his cast member dying before his eyes. Nothing a court can mete out could be worse.

Baldwin is flat out lying when he says that he did not pull the trigger. He is guilty, guilty, guilty and deserves a long prison sentence.

They were using a single action revolver replica from the time frame of the movie.

With double action revolvers, you simply pull the trigger, the hammer cocks and the cylinder revolves to align the next round with the chamber. A fairly high pressure is needed to pull the trigger.

A single action revolver is different. You must cock the hammer with your thumb, which revolves the cylinder to the align the round with the chamber and the trigger sets to a position that requires much less pressure to fire. You must cock the hammer again with your thumb to fire again.

The actor would certainly cock the hammer to add realism and tension to the scene. It is understandable that someone could say and believe that they did not pull the trigger, since it requires very little pressure.

The armourer and assistant director were negligent. The protocol in movies is that they are the responsible parties to ensure safety. That’s their only job. One job. Blanks are easily discernible from live rounds. Neither of them looked at the rounds in the weapon. It would be impossible to not know the difference.

The fact that other crew members were firing live rounds with the weapon for “fun” is directly the fault and negligence of the armourer. She should never have allowed the weapon to be used, or even touched by anyone.

I believe she should be charged with 3rd degree murder or voluntary manslaughter as the term applies per the state definition.