Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger

[Creeker, SASS #43022]

1 hour ago, Dusty Devil Dale said:

How about a well trained police officer with a flawless 13+ year record who reaches for her taser, but in the confusion of a confrontational arrest, she accidentally pulls her sidearm and fires it at the combatant dirtbag, killing him. 

 

It clearly was an unintended accident, but she is serving a 3 year prison sentence now for Negligent Manslaughter. 

 

Accidental or not, in any of these examples, the death still occurred because of negligent  actions of another person. 

It is not a "no call" situation.

 

Sorry, but I'm a hard-liner.  Had Baldwin been careful and diligent, his friend would be alive today. 

You are conflating two VERY different issues.

 

The officer made an ERROR IN JUDGEMENT - with an item that THEY were in SOLE control and operation of.  AND that they possessed sole responsibility for.

 

The ACTOR had, at worse, a NEGLIGENT action involving an item that they were not solely responsible for.

 

If YOU rent a car and then have an accident because the lug nuts were not tight - do you have responsibility because YOU failed to check the mechanical safety before you drove into traffic? 

Afterall YOU chose to drive at highway speeds without knowing if it was safe.

[Muggle]

Insanity plea loading. 

[Rye Miles #13621]

On 8/15/2022 at 7:25 PM, Bart Slade said:

What I want to know is - what's the story with the movie?   Did they just shut down production and are now not making it?

 

 

I wouldn't have watched it anyway, I hate Baldwin that much!

[Utah Bob #35998]

If it comes down to a trial, which I kinda doubt, Baldwin’s actions will be judged based on the Reasonable Person doctrine. Would a reasonable man be expected to act as he did? 

 

https://www.triallaw1.com/what-is-considered-a-reasonable-person-when-it-comes-to-negligence/

 

 

[Cypress Sun]

3 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

If it comes down to a trial, which I kinda doubt, Baldwin’s actions will be judged based on the Reasonable Person doctrine. Would a reasonable man be expected to act as he did? 

 

https://www.triallaw1.com/what-is-considered-a-reasonable-person-when-it-comes-to-negligence/

 

 

 

In my world, a "reasonable" person would have not pointed a gun at another person. Being that I am a reasonable person, if I was an actor that was handed a real gun...I would have personally checked it to make sure that it was unloaded. 

 

Alec Baldwin has made his fortune from movies involving the extensive use of firearms for well over 30 years, just a little under 1/2 of his life. During this time, a "reasonable" person would have learned about firearm safety and the basic rules of firearm safety. An argument that "I didn't know it was loaded" or "I didn't know that pointing a firearm of unknown disposition at a person and manually operating the firearm could result in injury" is baseless when based upon his experience with firearms.

 

I think that any person with Alec Balwin's intellect and experience, any "accident" involving firearms is obviously negligence based upon the example provided.