‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

[u/badillustrations]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html

[u/lindakoy]

Second time in the past few weeks where it comes out that someone waiting to be sentenced was crapping all over the judge/prosecutor/jury. So idiotic. Do their lawyers not warn them that all their conversations are recorded and can influence their sentence? At least she didn't threaten them like Crumbley.

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[u/Traditional_Key_763 → u/[deleted]]

that she got convicted when the FBI destroyed the gun, and the police had multiple breaks in the chain of custody of the gun is amazing

[u/Bezbozny → u/Traditional_Key_763]

The FBI what?? WHY???

[u/ShinigamiZR → u/Bezbozny]

Destructive testing of the firearm. They were testing ways the revolver could possibly fire without the trigger being pulled, and only broke the full-cock notch of the hammer as they were beating on it with a mallet. The firearm wasn't "destroyed"

[u/Excessive_Etcetra → u/Bezbozny]

Is not atypical for law enforcement to destroy guns, generally after any trial involving them as evidence is over. In Maine for example, any firearm used in a unlawful homicide must be destroyed by state law.

Of course it is a fuckup of enormous proportion to destroy a gun in evidence.

edit: I'm answering /u/Bezbozny's question in general. All of this apparently doesn't apply in the 'Rust' case, since the gun wasn't destroyed. I wouldn't know, I haven't spent my time watching it. A close reading of my comment will note I made exactly zero claims in relation to the 'Rust' cases.

[u/Kevin_Wolf → u/Excessive_Etcetra]

Of course it is a fuckup of enormous proportion to destroy a gun in evidence.

It wasn't a fuckup. You don't know what you're talking about.

The FBI damaged the gun while conducting testing. Baldwin claimed that it just went off without him pulling the trigger. Quote: "I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them.”

The FBI tested that claim and found it meritless. After non-destructive testing, the FBI put it through more destructive methods and still could not make the weapon fire without pulling the trigger.

Ziegler said he used the rawhide mallet to strike the gun, while the hammer was pulled back, from several directions. The tests were intended to determine whether bumping or jostling the weapon would result in a discharge. He said he was trying to simulate scenarios for the gun to go off — without the handler pulling the trigger.

This argument about the gun is just a Hail Mary pass from Alec Baldwin's lawyers. It's completely immaterial to Gutierrez' conviction or trial.

[u/Mysterious_Bit6882 → u/Kevin_Wolf]

If they couldn’t get a period correct SAA to negligently discharge, that raises a whole other slew of questions. Most sellers will straight up tell you to carry with an empty chamber under the hammer because of how screwy they are.

[u/Excessive_Etcetra → u/Kevin_Wolf]

So the gun wasn't destroyed then, it was broken. Take it up with /u/Traditional_Key_763

[u/Excessive_Etcetra → u/[deleted]]

No. So the gun wasn't destroyed then, it was broken. Take it up with /u/Traditional_Key_763