Alec Baldwin formally charged with Manslaughter in 'Rust’ shooting of Halyna Hutchins

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Originally Posted by les green01

Baldwin said he had pulled the hammer of the gun back as far as he could and released it but did not pull the trigger which is bs only way to lower the hammer is to squeeze the trigger and lower the hammer with your thumb so let take this a little farther a true replica of 1873 the firing pin is on the hammer so even if he had managed to lower the hammer without going off the pin is sitting on a round not going take much to set that round off

You are correct the trigger must be pulled to lower the hammer. Not meaning to get side tracked, a real or true replica 1873 Colt single action allows the hammer to be lowered and locked just before touching the primer. Back in the Wild West days when people may have loaded all six rounds it was considered the safe position. But it was soon found not to be very reliable, these days most if not all carry only five bullets and lower the hammer on an empty cylinder.

Anyone in their right mind with an ounce of common sense would not have tried to operate it if they didn’t know what the hell they were doing. My opinion of him would be different too if he admitted responsibility for his actions which lead to an accidental shooting. Instead he‘s going down the road of the anti-gun crowd of blaming the gun and everyone else. He’s just an arrogant S.O.B. trying to weasel his way out of it.