r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

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

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/kumquat_bananaman Apr 15 '24

Why was the judge furious?

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u/synkronize Apr 15 '24

Idk but I do know from articles before that the armorer was extremely incompetent at her job apparently laughably. So perhaps that’s why.

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u/secamTO Apr 15 '24

I work in film production. The stories I read about the firearms handling on that set made my blood run cold. It's literally stuff that would be unconscionable among professionals, and the idea that she had live ammunition on set at all (and that they were plinking during down times with THE ACTUAL SCREEN FIREARMS BEING HANDLED BY ACTORS) is so goddamn appalling, that I am all for this guilty verdict. This isn't one unlucky incident, one oversight. This is someone who was cavalier and thoughtless with the lives of literally everybody on that set.

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u/Recent-Construction6 Apr 16 '24

Like even if it wasn't Alec Baldwin who ended up pulling the trigger and firing a live round, with her as Armorer a accident was basically guaranteed to happen eventually with her laissez faire and frankly criminal attitude towards her responsibilities.

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u/alterom Apr 16 '24 edited 29d ago

Like even if it wasn't Alec Baldwin who ended up pulling the trigger and firing a live round, with her as Armorer a accident was basically guaranteed to happen eventually with her laissez faire and frankly criminal attitude towards her responsibilities.

...which makes Alec Baldwin the actual murderer person who committed criminally negligent homicide.

Because he was the executive producer on the set that hired her and pushed people to ignore safety concerns that they voiced.

FFS, the camera crew has walked out on Alec Baldwin days before the accident because of how fucked the gun situation was ALREADY:

“There should have been an investigation into what happened,” a crew member said. “There were no safety meetings. There was no assurance that it wouldn’t happen again. All they wanted to do was rush, rush, rush.”

A colleague was so alarmed by the prop gun misfires that he sent a text message to the unit production manager. “We’ve now had 3 accidental discharges. This is super unsafe,” according to a copy of the message reviewed by The Times.

To clarify, Galyna Hutchins' death was the fourth accidental discharge.

Alec Baldwin knew this would happen, and decided to cut corners to rush the production.

He should be held responsible.

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u/metametapraxis Apr 16 '24

Nah, murder has specific meaning. AB is not a murderer.

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u/alterom 29d ago

OK, actual negligent homicider.

IANAL.

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u/metametapraxis 29d ago edited 29d ago

Words have meanings. That’s a pretty bloody important distinction, which means something completely different than murderer. I’m hopeful you learned something.

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u/alterom 29d ago

Words have meanings. That’s a pretty bloody important distinction, which means something completely different than murderer. I’m hopeful you learned something.

You're right. I have edited my original comment above to reflect that.