{"id":938065,"date":"2021-10-29T15:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938065"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:58:56","slug":"newsweek-nra-safety-protocals-could-have-made-rust-movie-set-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsweek-nra-safety-protocals-could-have-made-rust-movie-set-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsweek: NRA Safety Protocals Could Have Made &#039;Rust&#039; Movie Set Safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fnewsweek-nra-safety-protocals-could-have-made-rust-movie-set-safer%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=938065&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 class=\"subheading\">Newsweek has published an essay which argues NRA safety protocols could have made the movie set of Alec Baldwin\u2019s <em>Rust<\/em> Safer.&nbsp;The author of the Newsweek essay, Sean Spoonts, is a former Navy anti-submarine warfare operator.<\/p>\n<p>Spoonts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/nra-nemesis-woke-hollywood-could-have-made-alec-baldwins-set-safer-1643418\">pointed to<\/a>&nbsp;the earliest establish media reports on Baldwin\u2019s on-set discharge of a \u201cprop gun\u201d on October 21, 2021. That discharge resulted in the death of 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the wounding of 48-year-old director Joel Souza.<\/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>Spoonts wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>They reported that a \u201cprop\u201d gun, held by Baldwin while rehearsing a scene, \u201cmisfired\u201d and \u201caccidentally\u201d killed Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza\u2014as if it were a weird, freak accident that no one could have predicted.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the term \u201cmisfire\u201d refers to a defect in the primer at the back of the bullet casing that generally prevents the detonation of the powder charge that expels the bullet from the barrel. A \u201cmisfire\u201d does not result in a gun firing but the opposite: it doesn\u2019t fire at all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spoonts added, \u201cSecondly, it isn\u2019t an \u201caccident\u201d when you point a loaded handgun at someone and pull the trigger. In real life, it\u2019s assault with a deadly weapon to intentionally point a firearm at someone, loaded or not. In the context of a movie, it\u2019s irresponsible and negligent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He transitioned to Hollywood\u2019s woke-ness, noting that Baldwin has been generally anti-gun and specifically anti-NRA in recent times:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>Alec Baldwin is a long-time opponent of gun possession by the average citizen. Most recently he signed his name to an open letter by an organization calling itself the \u201cNo Rifle Association\u201d or \u201cNoRA.\u201d Its stated purpose is to end the National Rifle Association as an organization. The letter states: \u201cWe\u2019re for moving culture into a less violent place by counteracting the influence of&nbsp;NRA&nbsp;money in the American political system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spoonts suggests the irony is that the NRA\u2019s safety protocols could have made the \u2018Rust\u2019 set safer.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed, \u201cHollywood stars and producers need gun control as badly as they claim the rest of us do. In fact, though they politically can\u2019t or won\u2019t admit it, they need the NRA.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4342105263158\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NRA, nemesis of &#8220;woke&#8221; Hollywood, could have made Alec Baldwin&#8217;s set safer | Essay<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z63Kp4EWQc\">https:\/\/t.co\/z63Kp4EWQc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newsweek (@Newsweek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek\/status\/1453697566667907072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On October 24, 2021, Breitbart News noted&nbsp;Hollywood weapons expert Bryan Carpenter told the <em>New York&nbsp;Post<\/em>&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/23\/baldwin-ignored-no-1-rule-of-gun-safety-hollywood-weapons-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">and stressed<\/a>&nbsp;that the No. 1 rule for prop firearms is: \u201cLoaded or unloaded, a weapon never gets pointed at another human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that rules of gun safety apply even on a movie set, where \u201cyou never let the muzzle of a weapon cover something you don\u2019t intend to destroy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18517234\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-27-at-4.40.25-PM-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18517234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-27-at-4.40.25-PM-1-1.png\" alt width=\"1080\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Actors and crew members on set on of the movie \u201cRust.\u201d Insider Edition\/Serge Svetnoy\/YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/23\/hollywood-weapons-expert-alec-baldwin-ignored-no-1-rule-of-gun-safety\/\">pointed out<\/a>&nbsp;that an overarching gun safety rule is that individuals are to treat every gun as if is loaded. This rule goes hand-in-hand with the one on which Carpenter focused and also negates pointing a gun at anyone, as the person holding a gun must always presume it is loaded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.96017699115\">\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek has published an essay which argues NRA safety protocols could have made the movie set of Alec Baldwin\u2019s Rust Safer.\u00a0The author of the Newsweek essay, Sean Spoonts, is a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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-938065","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\/938065","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938065\/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=938065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}