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It's not the dog, it's the owner. There are plenty of docile pits in the world.

I really wanted to start Shrub here but that new pit crew made me swap him out.

I don't have to have personal feelings for someone in order to want justice to be served. The industry provides the "expert", in part, to train the actors on the safe handling of firearms. Baldwin didn't follow his training and a woman ended up dead as a result. He bears some responsibility for that. Whether it amounts to jail time or not remains to be seen, but I doubt it will. People don't always go to jail for negligent homicide, which is what I think this was. My guess is he gets probation.

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It makes no sense.

Speaking of illogical and unnecessary, CA now requires a BGC to purchase ammo. Yeah, ammo.

It's state law. Mandatory 10 day waiting period on all firearm purchases. I might be able to understand that for first time purchasers but what logical reason is there to make a guy who has legally purchased 12 guns, and never committed a crime, wait 10 days before taking possession of his 13th? It's illogical and unnecessary.

No sh!t? I know that's the case in many states but MA is supposed to be CA East when it comes to gun laws. It's like paying full price to put something on layaway here.

Like you said, we'll see. He isn't entirely guilty but he isn't completely innocent either.

Hopefully the I in "NICS" works in SC. Here in CA it takes 10 days.

True.

Agreed. I'll take it one step further. There shouldn't have been live rounds on the set. I'm no fan of Alec Baldwin. I think he's a focking doosh. That said, I don't think the guy should be found solely responsible for this woman's death. However, I think he was negligent with regards to his handling of the firearm in his possession. Whether or not he believed the gun was loaded with blanks is irrelevant. He knew, or should've known, that even guns loaded with blanks can be deadly and handled that gun accordingly. He clearly did not.

I haven't read the whole bill either but this clause would indicate that mentally ill people would not be legally allowed to own or carry. "allows eligible citizens 18 and older to.." Mentally defective people are precluded by federal law from purchasing firearms.

A visual inspection of the loaded weapon might not have been enough. He would've had to have been able to feel the weight of the blank vs a live round and known the difference. His responsibility lies in pointing the gun at her and pulling the trigger. Which he had to have done, whether he meant to or not.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known as common sense gun law.

He could've not "aimed" but merely pointed the gun in her direction and got "lucky." He had to have pulled the trigger though. Revolvers don't fire without the hammer being pulled back, which rotates the cylinder to align the next round, so when the hammer is released (trigger is pulled), the primer is struck, which ignites the powder, that causes the projectile to exit the barrel. If he'd dropped the gun and it landed on the hammer, that could've discharged the round. But that's not what is being claimed. He's claiming he simply pointed the gun towards her and it went off. That just isn't possible. He may escape justice in this case but he definitely bears some culpability. I'm not saying it was intentional. But, based on the limited training he received, he should've known better than to do what he did.

Thanks! After the multiple double bogeys the last couple of weeks I thought it was about to start over before I reached 365. Which would've been at that point.

One more reason why South Cackalacky is on my short list of relocation destinations.

What? My streak has lasted a year without missing a day or not solving the wordle. It was a goal I set after my first streak ended at 323 or something.

I was responding to this post. Actors are trained specifically to not aim directly at other people when firing weapons on set. The fact that he hit her would indicate that he was pointing the gun at her when he pulled the trigger. The fact that he didn't take precautions to ensure he wasn't aiming directly at her when pulling the trigger should result in a finding of some responsibility for her death.

You can traffic some Ukrainian women to my house. I have room.

Blanks, from my understanding, use the same brass and primers as "live" rounds. They just use a much smaller powder charge and a paper or wax "wad" to hold the charge in place. But when the trigger is pulled, that paper or wax wad can act as a projectile. So they are usually only "deadly" from close range, as occurred in the Brandon Lee incident. But, accidents do happen. Which is why actors are trained not to aim directly at each other when shooting.