The featured image for this article is of deceased director of photography, Halyna Hutchins. This image is used respectfully as a reminder to readers that an innocent, vibrant woman’s life was tragically ended due to some sort of avoidable, human error.
In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Alec Baldwin flat out states that he did not pull the trigger on the gun which he held when Halyna Hutchins was killed on set. The attorney for Assistant Director Dave Halls is stating the same, although it seems nearly impossible for someone to have seen such a thing when a gun was pointed in their direction. That does beg the question… is there footage?
It is almost certain that Alec Baldwin is being painted in a sympathetic light in this trailer. Why someone should receive such treatment when they shot a woman and killed her (even if by accident) is beyond me. Why Alec Baldwin isn’t yet arrested is also confusing. Law enforcement in New Mexico has much more information that I do, but how do you get to point a gun at someone, fire the gun at someone, be in charge of the production that is in control of the gun, and still be going around free and doing interviews? You want to talk about privilege, there’s privilege!
Alec Baldwin says he didn’t even pull the trigger, though. There’s just one problem…
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Baldwin was wielding a colt revolver, which is a firearm that requires significant pressure applied to the trigger in order to pull the hammer back into a firing position. The only other conceivable way for the colt revolver to fire is if the hammer was already in the cocked position… which would mean the gun could fire at any moment and the operator is nuts. So how did the gun fire? There’s mechanical logic to this, there’s physics… magic doesn’t just occur that makes the gun suddenly fire without the hammer being released via the trigger or having been manually cocked. Did Baldwin have his finger in the trigger guard? Did he have his finger on the trigger?
All of these things have to be asked. Prosecutors need answers. Again, someone died as a result of this action.
For a rundown of more issues that are present with just what we’ve seen so far in this interview, take a look at the commentary from Jazz Shaw:
Perhaps he’s implying that he didn’t intentionally pull the trigger? But even then, proper firearms handling rules would dictate that his finger should never have been inside the trigger guard. The idea that the trigger accidentally caught on his clothing or some other obstacle while drawing it seems like a non-starter because then it wouldn’t have been pointed at the crew yet.
In a civil society where justice is fairly applied, Alec Baldwin is in big trouble. Did he do this act intentionally? That’s not something that this author believes is likely or would insinuate. Does the current story about not pulling the trigger add up? No.
And at the very least, Baldwin should have checked the chamber, known the difference in dummy rounds and live ammo, as well as never pointing directly a real gun at real human beings. Now the question is whether or not New Mexico is a place where justice will be fairly applied.
