When it comes to guns, there are no accidents or mistakes. Just negligence.

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28. Job sites may be a little bit different.

You have a union involved, and strict safety rules (and possibly even laws, I dunno) that people must abide by. We don't even know all of those.
Would you, were you the "target" of a gunshot on this set, be comfortable with a completely untrained individual determining if the prop gun is safe or not? I know I wouldn't. Maybe Baldwin is an expert with firearms, but we don't know that, and that's why professionals are on set to deal with this very dangerous aspect of production.
Obviously, something went horribly wrong in the process here. A strict rule almost had to be broken or overlooked in order for this to happen. But I'm not going to be so quick to blame Baldwin or anyone else until I understand all the variables in this incident.
On another note: I would have a difficult time shooting even a prop gun at someone no matter the case. It makes me feel really unsettled thinking about it. It's taboo, it's not something you are supposed to be doing at all no matter what as far as I have always been taught. That's hard to let go of.