If he was pulling it back before hitting the half cocked position and let the hammer go, there wouldn't have been enough force the fire a round. If he was pulling it back beyond half cocked without pulling the trigger and let the hammer go, it would have stopped at half cocked. As you said, if he was trying to set the hammer down after cocking the gun, and he would had to have pulled the trigger.
First he victim blamed stating she told him where to point the gun which I believe she likely did. She just didn't tell him to shoot her. I don't believe he knew there was a live round in the gun though, but that's another can of worms. That is why I don't think there is a case for murder, but then again it isn't like I know everything the investigators know.
As I said, I'm trying to give him the absolute most charitable interpretation.
It strikes me as negligence causing death.
You're going to have to be more specific. I'm pretty sure there have been a lot of girls who shot their boyfriend.
www.bbc.com
I hadn't heard about that one.YouTube prankster jailed for shooting boyfriend dead
Monalisa Perez shot her boyfriend through a thick book, which failed to stop the bullet last June.
Boyfriend asks to be shot. Get shot, dies. Girlfriend goes to jail.
Eh, I dunno. In that case, she clearly intended to shot a gun in his direction. At least Baldwin could say, "I f'ed up, pulled the trigger and didn't have a good grip on the hammer while I was trying to set it down." He likely won't say that, but the door is at least open for him to do so.
Remember that news story years ago where the reporter put on a "stab proof vest" and let the owner of the company that makes it stab him in the back? It turned out the vest still needed some work.
With the gf/bf it was planned and consensual. Just went (predictably) wrong.
the weapon being loaded is not his responsibility. He's not guilty of any crime for the discharge of the weapon.
That seems a little more tidy than the situation probably is. Negligence still seems very reasonable.
he might be civilly responsible for the work conditions, but there's nothing criminal (or even negligent) about him pulling the trigger.
If the story is true about the producers (he's a producer) cutting corners that could definitely put negligence on him. There have also been multiple actors who have said that you're supposed to check guns yourself before using them.
Pulling the trigger of any gun when it is pointed at something that you don't want to shoot is always negligent whether it is loaded or not. That is a basic rule of gun safety.
In Canada it's a federal crime to point a gun at someone, loaded or not, regardless of intent.
not on a movie set.
not on a movie set.
We don’t have any laws on our movie sets
It is negligent anywhere, criminal or not.
After the Crow incident the rules changed and you aren't supposed to discharge blank guns at people either.
