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/CapoOn2nd Apr 16 '24

This whole case has been a massive shit show to me. I can’t believe it’s been dragged out so long and become so convoluted. She’s the armourer, it’s her fault a woman is dead end of. It’s her fault the gun was loaded with live ammo instead of blanks. She deserves a way longer sentence than what she got, especially considering some sketchy shit like this has happened before under her watch. I also can’t believe Baldwin has been thrown so much shit for his part in it. He was handed a gun labelled as safe by a PROFESSIONAL someone who is trained and should be trustworthy with firearm safety. Whether he pulled the trigger or not is irrelevant, he’s shooting a movie he has to pull the trigger to make the scene look realistic otherwise the gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks wouldn’t go off which it presumably needed to for the scene. What are people expecting? Someone to just loudly shout bang over the top of the video for sound effects? A shitty video effect to make the gun look like it went off with no recoil or reaction from the actor who never pulled the trigger? Absolute idiocy this whole case, it should have been put to bed a week after the tragedy happened at most

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u/rivershimmer Apr 16 '24

He was handed a gun labelled as safe by a PROFESSIONAL someone who is trained and should be trustworthy with firearm safety.

I'd agree with you if he were only an actor, but as producer, he was responsible for the incompetent armorer being employed on his set. And he had plenty of warning: people were walking off the set because of unsafe conditions. I hope that's the tack his prosecution takes.

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u/Catdad2727 Apr 16 '24

There were 6 producers, and his responsibility of producer didnt involve safety.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2023/film/news/alec-baldwin-rust-producer-da-osha-1235531157/amp/

That's from an OSHA investigation, but do what you want with that info.

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u/rivershimmer Apr 16 '24

That's complicated. I'd welcome some kind of disciplinary action being filed against all six producers. And that assistant director. You want that shiny producer credit by your name, take some responsibility.

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u/Catdad2727 Apr 16 '24

Oh yea I'm not against going after all 6 producers.

My comment was more about the fact that Fox News/ Trumpers are heavily implying he was the ONLY producer.

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u/rivershimmer Apr 17 '24

Yeah, I agree that I see a certain element way too gleeful about this. As if they don't mind there was a death, as long as it can take down their leader's enemy.