Alec Baldwin in hot water from "Rust" says FBI

According to the findings of an FBI forensic report, the revolver that was held by actor Alec Baldwin that fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust" could not have fired without pulling the trigger. So Baldwin, who said the gun went off by itself was lying.

Baldwin also told law enforcement at the time that he thought he was handling a gun that was not loaded with live ammunition. What he was never taught, evidently, is that all guns need to be treated as if they were loaded with live ammunition.

The FBI report as per ABC News says the .45 Colt revolver  “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger” while in a quarter-cocked position, a half-cocked position, and a fully-cocked position.

So Baldwin may be in bigger trouble than former President Donald Trump, a person Baldwin often spoofed on SNL.

If the hammer on the gun was in the de-cocked position, the firearm could discharge a round by striking the hammer, which is a standard way that a revolver operates.

Late last year in an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin said that he pulled “the hammer as far back as I could without cocking” it and then he “let go of the hammer” and “bang, the gun goes off.”

Those damn violent guns. What are they going to do about them?

Baldwin said in the interview that “the trigger wasn’t pulled,” “I didn’t pull the trigger,” “I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them,” and “someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property.”

But he didn't check the gun himself, he did pull the trigger, and he pointed the gun at Hutchins and he shot and killed her due to his failure to ensure the gun wasn't loaded. By the way, you don't put a bullet in a gun, you put a round in a gun. The bullet is the thing on the business end of the round that is shot out of the gun.

The Washington Post published a fact-check article after Baldwin's interview that quoted various firearm experts who expressed skepticism over Baldwin’s claims because they sounded bogus.

Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwie effectively said in a statement earlier this month that nothing was being ruled out in terms of what prosecutors could do.

“Once the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office (‘FJDA’) receives the completed investigation from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office (‘SFSO’), the FJDA will begin the screening process and any necessary follow-up investigation,” she said in a statement. “To date, my office has received portions of the Rust investigation from SFSO but is still awaiting the balance of supplemental reports including, but not limited to, the following: FBI firearm and tool mark analyses, forensic testing on the firearm itself, the forensic download from Suffolk County PD of Mr. Baldwin’s phone, and the pathology report from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator.”

“Once SFSO receives those—and any other outstanding items—and completes its supplemental reports, the screening process will begin, and my team and I will make a charging decision,” she continued. “To expedite the FJDA review process, I have added retired Ninth Judicial District Attorney, Andrea Reeb to the team, as a special prosecutor for this case. To remain transparent to the local and national community, the FJDA will proactively disseminate information as it becomes available.”

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It's obvious Baldwin shot Hutchins, not out of anger or vengeance, but out of sheer ignorance of how to handle a firearm. But he needs to be held accountable for his ignorance and his vile temper. Perhaps he should be traded with the Russians for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. He can entertain the Russian jailers with his Trump impersonations.

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