For most of us, we remember when the news about the tragic killing on the set of “Rust” hit.
The movie was a low-budget Western with leftist firebrand Alec Baldwin acting as the producer and lead actor. But while in rehearsal, Baldwin, without checking to see if the weapon in his hand was loaded, pointed that loaded weapon at another human. The weapon had a live round in the chamber. The gun discharged the live round and killed and injured.
These facts are not in dispute.
Baldwin has claimed that he didn’t “pull the trigger”. FBI forensics have determined that the weapon Baldwin pointed at could not fire without the hammer back and the trigger being pulled. The state of New Mexico first charged Baldwin criminally then dropped the charges, then reinstated the charges. Baldwin remains charged with involuntary manslaughter.
There was a whirlwind of media coverage…
