{"id":925011,"date":"2021-10-26T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=925011"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:59:25","slug":"report-alec-baldwins-prop-gun-used-in-live-ammunition-target-practice-hours-before-fatal-rust-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-alec-baldwins-prop-gun-used-in-live-ammunition-target-practice-hours-before-fatal-rust-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Alec Baldwin\u2019s Prop Gun Used In \u2018Live-Ammunition Target Practice\u2019 Hours Before Fatal \u2018Rust\u2019 Shooting"},"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%2Freport-alec-baldwins-prop-gun-used-in-live-ammunition-target-practice-hours-before-fatal-rust-shooting%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=925011&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--><p>The gun used in an apparently accidental shooting at the \u201cRust\u201d film set in New Mexico was used hours before for live ammunition target practice, according to a source with knowledge of the set.<\/p>\n<p>The source told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/halyna-hutchins-live-ammo-target-practice\/\">The Wrap<\/a> that crew members bored on the set of the western \u201cRust\u201d would take stage guns to go \u201cplinking,\u201d or loading the guns with live ammunition to take shots beer cans in the New Mexico desert. One of the guns used in such a pastime eventually ended up in the hands of actor Alec Baldwin, who is staring in and producing \u201cRust,\u201d before he fatally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-actor-alec-baldwin-discharges-prop-gun-on-movie-set-killing-one-injuring-another-authorities-say\">shot<\/a> cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. According to The Wrap:<\/p>\n<p><em>The gun that killed \u201cRust\u201d cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last Thursday was used by crew members that morning for live-ammunition target practice, an individual with knowledge of the set told TheWrap.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western \u2014 including the gun that killed Hutchins \u2014 to go \u201cplinking,\u201d a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The shooting happened just a few hours later, when lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a revolver after first assistant director David Halls confirmed that it was a \u201ccold gun,\u201d meaning that the gun did not have any live ammunition in it.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Baldwin and other members of the crew are facing potential legal trouble ahead in Hutchins\u2019 death. How much each person is liable is up for debate and may rely on facts yet to be uncovered, however.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin, who has been interviewed by authorities over the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alec-baldwin-releases-statement-after-fatal-prop-gun-incident-my-heart-is-broken\">released<\/a> a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I\u2019m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\u201d Baldwin said in a pair of tweets sent out from the account of his and his wife\u2019s nonprofit, the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/crew-member-yelled-cold-gun-while-handing-prop-weapon-to-alec-baldwin-report\">reportedly<\/a> did not know the gun was loaded with live ammunition as he was rehearsing a scene in which he points the gun at a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gun used in an apparently accidental shooting at the \u201cRust\u201d film set in New Mexico was used hours before for live ammunition target practice, according to a source with knowledge of the set.The source told The Wrap that crew members bored on the set of the western \u201cRust\u201d would take stage guns to go \u201cplinking,\u201d or loading the guns with live ammunition to take shots beer cans in the New Mexico desert. One of the guns used in such a pastime eventually ended up in the hands of actor Alec Baldwin, who is staring in and producing \u201cRust,\u201d before he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. According to The Wrap:The gun that killed \u201cRust\u201d cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last Thursday was used by crew members that morning for live-ammunition target practice, an individual with knowledge of the set told TheWrap.A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western \u2014 including the gun that killed Hutchins \u2014 to go \u201cplinking,\u201d a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said.The shooting happened just a few hours later, when lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a revolver after first assistant director David Halls confirmed that it was a \u201ccold gun,\u201d meaning that the gun did not have any live ammunition in it.\u00a0Baldwin and other members of the crew are facing potential legal trouble ahead in Hutchins\u2019 death. How much each person is liable is up for debate and may rely on facts yet to be uncovered, however.Baldwin, who has been interviewed by authorities over the incident, released a statement on Friday.\u201cThere are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I\u2019m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,\u201d Baldwin said in a pair of tweets sent out from the account of his and his wife\u2019s nonprofit, the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation.Baldwin reportedly did not know the gun was loaded with live ammunition as he was rehearsing a scene in which he points the gun at a camera. An assistant director reportedly told the actor it was a \u201ccold gun,\u201d meaning it did not contain live rounds, before handing it to Baldwin. During the rehearsal, Baldwin accidentally fired the weapon, hitting Hutchins and one other crew member. The other victim survived and has been released from the hospital.Firearms consultant Bryan Carpenter of Dark Thirty Film Services said, regardless of whether Baldwin knew the weapon was loaded, the actor broke a cardinal rule of gun safety.\u201cLoaded or unloaded, a weapon never gets pointed at another human being,\u201d Carpenter said. \u201cYou never let the muzzle of a weapon cover something you don\u2019t intend to destroy.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-925011","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\/925011","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925011\/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=925011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}