You know how gun rights activists are always saying that guns don’t kill people, people kill people? Well, it’s time to retire that line, because in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Alec Bladwin reveals that not only didn’t he pull the trigger on the gun that killed a cinematographer — the trigger wasn’t pulled at all. It just went off.
EXCLUSIVE: "The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger," Alec Baldwin tells @GStephanopoulos in first interview since fatal shooting on set of "Rust."
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— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2021
I can't believe any attorney would allow him to give this interview.
— Quinnessence 🏳️🌈☮️❤️🌊 (@OnceandfutureQF) December 1, 2021
People will actually believe this shit too
— Sniper (@vein_sniper) December 1, 2021
So the trigger pulled itself 🤔
— Young Margaret (@1YoungMargaret) December 1, 2021
Now he is saying he didn't pull the trigger? I am confused…?
— Bry7076 (@bry7076) December 1, 2021
This is so patently unbelievable. He didn't pull the trigger? And there was live ammunition on the set? Completely illogical. I don't think he meant to shoot anyone, but obviously he pulled the trigger. Guns typically don't shoot themselves at people.
— SyncSummit (@SyncSummit) December 1, 2021
Baldwin refuses to accept responsibility for his own recklessness. He ran the set as producer and he was top talent. The end. https://t.co/JrOKUfOPYH
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) December 1, 2021
The triggers on my guns magically pull themselves too
— Matt (@mfuchs28255) December 1, 2021
I wonder if he's really going with the gun shot itself or if there's more to it.
— Free Trading (@bigfreedomplace) December 1, 2021
“A red SUV pulled the trigger.”
— Leo Westminster (@LeoWestminster) December 1, 2021
Well; actors will act.
— The Truth Hurts You (@TheTruthHurtsY2) December 1, 2021
He might finally get that Oscar with this performance.
— Nate W. Ewing (@realNateWEwing) December 1, 2021
Same lie I would be telling
— allen sumner (@allensumner1) December 1, 2021
Assuming he’s being honest about not pulling the trigger, he’s still responsible for violating gun safety rules by A) pointing it at someone, and B) not treating it as a loaded weapon.
— Nunya Bees-Niss (@_2plus2makes4_) December 1, 2021
Exactly … he was still pointing it at someone even if the trigger magically pulled itself. And there was a live round in it.
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Maybe they should have NRA on all sets with guns.
Or maybe just a law, no live ammo on the set.
— James Letcher (@Jimslogic) December 1, 2021
That's the most stupid lie since "I didn't inhale"
— Michael Brennan (@MikeBrennan330) December 1, 2021
Honestly, had he jumped up and been a man at the very beginning by taking the responsibility he surely had, everything probably would have worked out for him in the end anyway. Now he just looks like the fool he is getting away with involuntary manslaughter.
— LivingInKaos (@LivingInKaos) December 1, 2021
Not to mention all the publicity he's profiting from here.
— LivingInKaos (@LivingInKaos) December 1, 2021
Does it surprise anyone that the douchebag won’t accept responsibility for his actions? It’s always someone else’s fault. 🤷🏻♀️
— © Amy Burnett 🇺🇸 (@AA_Burnett) December 1, 2021
The same people that lit into Rittenhouse as an actor will have their tongues tied when an actual actor is crying crocodile tears.
— Z (@exZACKly) December 1, 2021
I am waiting for Lebron to point out the crocodile tears.
— Jesse B. (@ItsMeJesseB) December 1, 2021
Baldwin used a Single Action Army Colt. The SAA has 4 position hammer, meaning that the hammer has to be pulled back past 3 detents on the hammer in order for it to the able to fire. It can’t simply go off, without pulling back the hammer and then pulling the trigger. pic.twitter.com/I7OfshrQeP
— Bruce Rex (@BruceRex3) December 1, 2021
I find it hard to believe he didn't pull the trigger, but if somehow the gun just went off as he pointed it at someone it still means he never checked the weapon out thoroughly which is a must. And you never aim a weapon at someone without doing so.
— Anthony (@Malev0lentt1) December 1, 2021
Is this what his attorney would tell a jury if that were the case instead of Stephanopoulos on a TV show?
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Alec Baldwin’s brother says he’s being made a scapegoat because of his ‘staunch’ political views https://t.co/AhlZplcAu4
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 17, 2021
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