Alec Baldwin is categorical: he did not fire the gun that killed the cinematographer and injured the director of his western,
Rust
.
He said so on
The Chris Cuomo Project
podcast , as the FBI's findings on the incident that claimed Halyna Hutchins' life were released.
According to firearms specialists from the federal office, the pistol that the actor was holding at the time of the tragedy could not have gone off on its own.
According to them, to shoot with this type of weapon, it is imperative to press the trigger.
another thesis
Alec Baldwin, for his part, offers another explanation.
“In old westerns, you see someone
fanning
the gun dog.
If the gun hammer doesn't lock and someone pushes it back far enough, the gun can fire without anyone pulling the trigger.
The thing is, we were told that everything was cool, that we could relax and that we were working with a weapon that it was safe to practice with,” he said.
For Alec Baldwin, “the only question here is who put a live bullet in the gun”.
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