COLUMNISTS_ The First Rule of Gun Safety Is That You Don't Point a Gun Directly at Someone Unless You Intend to Shoot Them

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The First Rule of Gun Safety Is That You Don't Point a Gun Directly at Someone Unless You Intend to Shoot Them

Jr. John R. Lott, Jr. | Posted: Oct 25, 2021 12:01 AM

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The first rule of gun safety is you don’t point a gun a something unless you intend to shoot it. Even if you believe the gun is unloaded, you don’t point it directly at others.

Alec Baldwin didn’t follow basic gun safety when he accidentally shot his cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, 42. Anyone who has been to a shooting range would have that drilled into them. And Baldwin, an actor who has been in many movies using guns, must surely have had this explained to him many times.

Since the killing, numerous news stories have come out blaming others on the set for unsafe practices. Headlines read: “Armorer on Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ set once admitted to being ‘nervous’ about abilities,” “Alec Baldwin assistant director had history of unsafe practices, prop maker says,” “‘Rust’ crew describes on-set gun safety issues and misfires days before fatal shooting,” or “Assistant Director Declared Gun Safe Before Alec Baldwin Fatally Fired It, Affidavit Says.”

But these are lame attempts to protect Baldwin from criminal charges. And that is true despite there being no doubt that Baldwin is genuinely sorry about this tragedy. Indeed, as news reports indicate, he was undoubtedly “inconsolable.” but that doesn’t help him either.

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