{"id":1129398,"date":"2021-12-17T19:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T00:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129398"},"modified":"2021-12-17T19:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T00:13:54","slug":"alec-baldwin-calls-claims-he-wanted-a-larger-gun-ahead-of-rust-shooting-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-calls-claims-he-wanted-a-larger-gun-ahead-of-rust-shooting-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin Calls Claims He Wanted a Larger Gun Ahead of &#039;Rust&#039; Shooting &#039;a Lie&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falec-baldwin-calls-claims-he-wanted-a-larger-gun-ahead-of-rust-shooting-a-lie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alec-baldwin-finger-gun-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Actor Alec Baldwin is denying claims that he asked for a larger gun just ahead of the fatal shooting on the set of his film <i>Rust<\/i> as authorities have issued a warrant for the contents of his cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/16\/search-warrant-requests-alec-baldwin-turn-over-cell-phone\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued<\/a> a warrant for Baldwin\u2019s phone on Dec. 16, but had asked Baldwin to turn the device in voluntarily before that. Through his attorney, Baldwin reportedly refused the request and told investigators they needed to get a warrant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Officials believe there may be information on the phone that might pertain to the investigation into the October 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/21\/alec-baldwin-accidentally-shot-and-killed-female-cinematographer-injured-director-on-movie-set\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shooting death<\/a> of <i>Rust<\/i> cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died of a gunshot wound to the chest as Baldwin wielded a single action .45 Colt during filming.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin is also fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10319107\/Search-warrant-issued-Alec-Baldwins-phone-weeks-fatal-shooting-Rust-set.html\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denying<\/a> a report he had asked to use a larger gun in the scene he and the crew were blocking out for cinematographer Hutchins, according to the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to an article published by <i>Newsweek<\/i> which put forth the claim, Baldwin wrote, \u201cThis, in fact, is a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0327868852459\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;This is a lie&#8217;: Alec Baldwin DENIES that he requested a larger Colt gun before the fatal shooting on Rust set <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x6YwsPlU0e\">https:\/\/t.co\/x6YwsPlU0e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMail\/status\/1471855860074823689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe choices regarding any props by me for the film RUST were made weeks before production began. To suggest that any changes were made \u2018before fatal shooting\u2019 is false,\u201d the 63-year-old actor insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Whether investigators are seeking answers to that particular question is unknown, but Santa Fe Police Detective Alexandria Hancock filed for a warrant for Baldwin\u2019s phone, saying, \u201cSuch information, if it exists, may be material and relevant to this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police also said they have been \u201cmade aware there were several emails and text messages sent and received regarding the movie production <i>Rust<\/i> in the course of interviews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In particular, investigators want any emails or texts exchanged between Baldwin and film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/03\/alec-baldwin-admits-he-cocked-the-gun-before-fatal-rust-set-shooting\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> that he cocked the gun before the gun went off, but he claims he did not put his finger on the trigger. Still, unless its mainspring is defective, a single action pistol cannot be fired without depressing the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>No charges have been filed in the shooting, but the Santa Fe District Attorney has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/04\/santa-fe-da-warns-criminally-culpable-charge-still-possible-in-rust-shooting-after-alec-baldwin-abc-interview\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> that \u201ccriminally culpable\u201d charges are still possible depending on what the investigators find.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Alec Baldwin is denying claims that he asked for a larger gun just ahead of the fatal shooting on the set of his film Rust as authorities have issued &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}