As I said before, normal safety practices were not followed.  These are safety practices that were taught to me in the 5th grade.

1.  The armorer should keep close track of firearms and ammunition.  Live ammunition should not have been used and if it was used it should have been closely supervised and tracked.  You don't "just place a loaded firearm on a cart" accessible to just anyone.  She was negligent.

2.  The "assistant director" that picked up the gun and handed it to Baldwin was negligent in assuming and telling him that the weapon was "cold" without checking it first.  You never hand a firearm to someone without checking and verifying it's status first.

3.  Baldwin was negligent in assuming the firearm was unloaded as well as pulling the trigger while he was "rehearsing".  Never ever place your finger on the trigger unless you intend to fire.

While this whole episode was an unfortunate tragedy, I think that all three of them should be brought up on some kind of charge(s).  Negligence, involuntary manslaughter or whatever it looks to me like the people involved in the chain-of-custody and handling of the firearm are responsible for this accident.

I am certainly no big fan of Baldwin.  He is a very good actor, I just don't care for his politics.  With that being said, I can't imagine the guilt and remorse that the guy has to live with.

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