Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots woman dead on set

Hootsmon

Yeah i know, it's all speculation but something stinks about all this

bertie

Hootsmon said:

something stinks about all this

that'll be chillidog

yocky

Is this what he was getting at?

https://thereload.com/analysis-yes-alec-baldwins-gun-could-have-fired-without-him-pulling-the-trigger/

Haych

Hootsmon said:

If it were me and I did not pull the trigger I would have been shouting that from the rooftops from day one

It's possible he has been - the media only reports what it wants to.  

It's also possible he's been advised by his legal team previously not to comment on specifics of what happened.

ICBM

yocky said:

Is this what he was getting at?

https://thereload.com/analysis-yes-alec-baldwins-gun-could-have-fired-without-him-pulling-the-trigger/

Yes. Supposedly it was normal practice in the 'old west' to load only five cartridges and leave the chamber under the hammer empty, so if the hammer got snagged on your clothes you didn't shoot yourself in the leg.

Hootsmon

ICBM said:

yocky said:

Is this what he was getting at?

https://thereload.com/analysis-yes-alec-baldwins-gun-could-have-fired-without-him-pulling-the-trigger/

Yes. Supposedly it was normal practice in the 'old west' to load only five cartridges and leave the chamber under the hammer empty, so if the hammer got snagged on your clothes you didn't shoot yourself in the leg.

Or your nag in the bawls

Hootsmon

Ddigger

Depending on when the film is set and if the pistol was historically accurate, the pistol could be single or double action.

Hootsmon

Ddigger said:

Depending on when the film is set and if the pistol was historically accurate, the pistol could be single or double action.

I don't think they would have gone to all that bother with the video if it was not the correct pistol as used on set....not much point in that

Sassafras

That little demonstration was pointless. It wasn't the exact model involved, which could easily have been modified for fan firing.

Hootsmon

If it's not the exact model as you say then it is indeed pointless

Shrews

They have issued a warrant for AB's phone. What's their train of thought here? Maybe AB has been telling porkies? Or, there's clues there to somebody else who migh've set him up? 

bertie

Corry's not been the same since he left