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The more you know. Going to buy another shotgun today than. 1/2 price sales on black aces

I've seen that in other sources as well. Doesn't change my opinion. One person pointed a gun at other people and pulled the trigger. I have not seen anything contradicting that.

The OGAM (one gun a month) applies to handguns only. You could buy as many long guns as you want at once. That doesn't mean it wouldn't raise some eyebrows if you bought 10 at once, but it is legal. There is a OGAM exemption that allows for the transfer of multiple handguns at once. You need to have all serial numbers in advance and apply for permission and pay more fees.

I am retired from IATSE local 21 newark. worked 34 years. We used Real firearms on the shows that require firearms. Most were donated, Papermill theater before fire in 82 or so. Had colt pythons, 03a3s, some levers. Who knew who owned them. Used blanks, But REAL firearms. ATF only got involved with a license when there was explosives used. Pyros for concerts was NUTS!!!

If the allegations in this article are true, it further reduces the "accident" theory. Negligence all around. Some people were concerned enough over the lack of safety and proper equipment they walked away hours before. This article also has the most information I've seen so far, too much to copy & paste here. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-10-22/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-set

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It depends. If he were just the dumb actor, unqualified to be responsible for safety, then no, not really. If he were the producer and effectively responsible for not having a proper armorer on set and fostering a on atmosphere where corners are being cut? Quite possibly. Baldwin was the producer and the set had problems.

If it is a freak accident, it can happen to anyone. Better question: If this happened to Keanu Reeves would we be so happy to celebrate this tragedy at his expense and so eager to see him headed to the gallows?

Manslaughter. Homicide is a cause of death (as compared to natural causes, etc…) Manslaughter or murder are when it is caused by another. Manslaughter is negligent, murder is purposeful. Both have degrees based on aggravating or mitigating factors. Who knows? Tantrum - he bears full responsibility. Doing his job - as directed - is a different story, IMO.

No. That’s like blaming a NASCAR driver for a crash during a race that kills someone or a boxer the kills someone in the ring. The actors are being instructed by a director where to point and when to shoot. Everyone is on board: it’s in the script the insurance riders it’s been rehearsed and practiced reviews by safety and stunt people agrees to by contract lawyers it is possibly even a second or third take The actor is trusting that the prop-masters/armorers/safety people have all done their job correctly. He didn’t just pick a gun off the table at someone’s home and point it and shoot it at someone. He didn’t swap the armorers load out with live ammo, or use his own gun. This was a professional action agreed upon by all parties involved. Hell, the victims were behind a camera placed and designed to catch the gun firing for crying out loud. They knew he was firing a gun and stayed there because it was supposed to be safe. *** Granted - these are assumptions based in what has been reported so far. This could be totally wrong if this was an unscripted independent act.

Just buy VOO or VTI. That's as close as a sure fire "safe" bet as you're going to get but still has great growth. VTI is includes small and mid caps, so if one of those segments performs strongly either direction, it shows up in the overall. VTI tends to outperform VOO in the long run but when there is a correction, it tends to eat it harder. As long as you can hold for at least 18 months, either will recover any potential correction. I have a lot in Voog(the growth version of Voo) and a lot more in VTI. VOOV has been a dog lately, so don't buy it. I sold my position when it finally made it green.

OK, so seriously. Baldwin is a rich, big-mouth, pompous ass who's reveled for years and used his fame haranguing gun owners because he has virtuously decided they're evil. But that didn't dissuade him from making a bunch of money waving guns around in movies. That's why he gets no sympathy from me. If he was serious about 'gun safety', and knew he'd be handling firearms whether props or not, he would have taken safety courses. Then he would have known that the last hand on the firearm is the one responsible for it's discharge, and checked it himself. His latest online remark is something to the effect that 'I've never been handed a live gun on set'. From here on in Alec, you'll probably never be handed a firearm. On set or off.

I’m joking about it but in reality it’s horrible. Schadenfreude aside, this will help no one. Two innocent people that didn’t deserve to be shot were. One has now died and one is seriously injured - this is what we all train to avoid - and this does nothing to further our cause of gun rights. This will win us no allies it won’t sway a single person towards our cause. This incident is dark comedy materiel for some, but mostly it is fuel that the Anti 2A crowd can use against us. One more tragedy on their list that they can put their finger on as they scream that guns are killing people.

Wow, lots of facts missing and many questions. For starters, since when is a movie “prop” gun able to fire live rounds?

*IF* they should be banned, this may afford us an option after removing the brace. This is a "pistol storage device", not a brace. https://pistolmountedsolutions.com/shop/pistol-mounted-solution/ I learned about it here-->

Speaking of shortage, so I'm buying paint for our 2nd villa and they not only have very few cans of paint at Sherwin Williams, they have the NERVE to charge a 4% "Supply chain" fee. I've never been a fan of Sherwin Williams, it's just that all the approved colors are Sherwin Williams coded. Yes, I know homodepot can match it, but we just wanted to go grab the color and leave, not deal with some moron in the paint department out on work-release. I could understand the FEE if you actually had the store stocked up. Apparently, you let the stock go, didn't pay any extra to get more in, and just decided empty shelves was a good excuse to charge extra. At least the new windows are supposed to be in soon. We only ordered those at the end of April. The supply chain was better during WWII when they were running around collecting pots from housewives to melt down for scrap.