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Shaka Brah said:
No matter how bad production fucked up, Alec Baldwin is a drooling, mouthbreathing, crosseyed mongoloid for pointing a gun he had no idea what was inside of at a person and pulling the trigger. He is completely culpable for negligent homicide because he didn't follow a single rule of standard gun safety.
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indeed, however irresponsible Baldwin is, the set supervisor, safety supervisor, prop master, armorer and armorer's assistant all had hands involved in this incident. i'm not even going to comment on the armorer's background, but her professional background is a bit limited in scope, could be lack of experience and wanting to make a big impression and allow more leeway than what is safe, especially if Baldwin was the producer that had budget approval powers. where the heck are the other people normally involved in film armory? every time i've worked on-set there's been like a half dozen people in the department.

edit: the new TMZ rumor is that the "prop" gun was being used with live ammo off-set for recreational shooting. wtf. assistant director Dave Halls was supposedly the one that handed Baldwin the "cold gun" prior to Baldwin starting to point it at people, accessed without the armorer (who is nominally in charge of weapons on-set). what a complete shitshow.

www.tmz.com

Gun in Alec Baldwin Accident Was Also Used Off-Set, Recreationally

The gun was supposedly being used for target practice, with real bullets.
www.tmz.com www.tmz.com

in anycase, this isn't really guntuber stuff, so i'll refrain from posting about it here.
 
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ForgottenUserName said:
Here's the armorer that thought having live rounds on a movie set was a cool idea.
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If this is true, Baldwin and company got what was coming to them. Hell, I keep a watchful eye on anyone under 30 with a firearm regardless of context (at least until they've demonstrated they're safe users), and that's on a square range. No way I'd trust a 24 year old to manage safety for a bunch of guns and a bunch of noobs in a busy/chaotic environment.
 
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WhatInTheActualFuck said:
If this is true, Baldwin and company got what was coming to them. Hell, I keep a watchful eye on anyone under 30 with a firearm regardless of context (at least until they've demonstrated they're safe users), and that's on a square range. No way I'd trust a 24 year old to manage safety for a bunch of guns and a bunch of noobs in a busy/chaotic environment.
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What's even better was that she was shooting the same gun with live ammo after they were done shooting for the day. How the fuck did she even get hired? Should I move to New Mexico and work as a film armorer? I know better than to have fucking live ammo near movie prop guns.
 
Shaka Brah said:
No matter how bad production fucked up, Alec Baldwin is a drooling, mouthbreathing, crosseyed mongoloid for pointing a gun he had no idea what was inside of at a person and pulling the trigger. He is completely culpable for negligent homicide because he didn't follow a single rule of standard gun safety.
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As previously mentioned and despite negligence on/off set, the actor in the position of acting is specifically not responsible for the condition of the gun because of assumed ignorance. Everyone has their own job and the actor is expected to work with what they've been handed - his failure was accepting the gun from the assistant director rather than the armorer. Comfort and complacency kills.
Everything that could have gone wrong happened to have gone wrong and now Alec has to live with having experienced accidentally killing someone.
 
ForgottenUserName said:
What's even better was that she was shooting the same gun with live ammo after they were done shooting for the day. How the fuck did she even get hired? Should I move to New Mexico and work as a film armorer? I know better than to have fucking live ammo near movie prop guns.
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From what I understand it started with a disagreement between Baldwin and the crew union. Which led to a walk off and Baldwin replacing the entire crew with non union workers over night.
 
Meanwhile, another video in our long-running series: Seriously, How Many Pockets Does This Man Have?!, with Paul Harrell.


Also featuring the werewolf meat target and tips on the use of silver bullets.
 
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Pour one out for Taofledermaus Danny:

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Danny's Last Video

Danny requested to make a video explaining to our viewers his current state. He put this off for a long time and finally let me know when he was ready to d...
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Cancer still sucks.
 
WhatInTheActualFuck said:
Pour one out for Taofledermaus Danny:

youtu.be

Danny's Last Video

Danny requested to make a video explaining to our viewers his current state. He put this off for a long time and finally let me know when he was ready to d...
youtu.be youtu.be

Cancer still sucks.
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Aww, fucking hell, man.

Jeff may be a lolcow sometimes but his videos with Danny were always fun to watch. Rest in peace, old man. You will be missed.
 
TerminalTryHard said:
PSA owns DPMS
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JJE Capital owns DPMS, same with AAC, PSA, and other companies. JJE was started as a private venture capital equity firm for real estate and construction with manufacturing for pre-fab apartments/housing and when that took a downturn they reinvested and sold off properties to liquidate debt.

putting the DPMS Anvil and PSAK side by side, they are mostly the same other than small parts and the receiver, probably the same source for those, barrel is extremely similar but also seems different (maybe because the PSAK i have is the gen 2, there is a gen 3 that i don't have that could have changed many things). a lot of Russian/Bulgarian parts for seemingly random bits in the two samples i have. at some point i think a container of foreign made small parts were imported and used.

last December when DPMS warehouses were being liquidated i stocked up on spare parts since DPMS small parts were great for replacement springs, screws, and things like grips or stocks from their standard carbine line. i'm hoping the DPMS LR-308 will get a refresh since that became more or less the standard pattern through the industry with only a few going the Armalite AR-10 pattern, and fewer copying the scattered other variations. standardization is a cost benefit for everyone involved.
 
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