Say I go to a friend's house and his kids are riding bikes out in the street.... I'm gonna teach them a lesson so I drive up on them real fast intending to slam on my brakes just to scare them. My brakes fail and I hit and kill one. I didn't know the brakes would fail, but at the same time, I did what I did. That's involuntary manslaughter and I'd be charged. Sure I'd get no jail time, but still, that charge is there for a reason I would think. So pointing a real gun at someone and pulling the trigger... sure seems like involuntary manslaughter to me. But I'm no lawyer.
And as an aside to this, I love how the MSM all weekend posted the photo of Baldwin hugging the husband and kid of the victim. As if that makes everything ok. If that had been Charlton Heston, you can bet they'd be screaming for the electric chair.
You should keep in mind the family -- including the victim' father -- stated they don't blame Baldwin. They did point the blame to others on the set.
How many people was Alec planning to kill!! It could have been Las Vegas all over again!!! That there were live rounds around used for target practice shooting was already announced, how many boxes hardly matters. Blanks and live are impossible to mix up loading a gun and the gun was said to be cold/empty when handed over. Clearly negligence by the armourer and assistant director. I understand there were three identical guns and I expect this is where things were mixed up.
Still think this is a tragic accident. I’ve never worked in any type of TV/Picture production, so have no idea of the safety protocols that would be in place but the first lesson in gun safety is you always treat a firearm as if it’s loaded. It is why you always clear a weapon when handling it. One would assume, time restraints there are people in charge of this task i.e. armorer. But you’re really trusting that person if you don’t personally check or watch the firearm being loaded. If this turns out to be shrapnel from a blank, then they were in close proximity to Baldwin, the camera setup/angle, stage layout etc. would be to blame. If it turns out to be a live round, regardless of who accidentally loaded the firearm, some blame has to fall on the shooter imo. Sad.