Alec Baldwin SHOOTING

a reply to: TheRedneck

It was an interesting job. When they were at the trailer, I pretty much had nothing to do. Two of them were first rate gunsmiths. The one fixed a minor issue I had with my pistol. They explained what they did and why they did it. They prepped the weapons with blanks, took them to the set, went over with each actor what they were to do and then collected the weapon after the shot. The weapon never left their sight, until it was locked in the rack.

Baldwin's new statements make people wonder if he knows he's about to be indicted 😎

He and the MSM have been playing the violins ever since this started 🦃

a reply to: JIMC5499

I forgot. Blasting away a 30 round mag of blanks with an MP-5 was a trip. They were testing a feed problem.

a reply to: JIMC5499

The weapon never left their sight, until it was locked in the rack.

That's the way it is supposed to work.

Guns can be dangerous tools; I don't think anyone disputes that. The more dangerous the tool, the more important it becomes to ensure that there are people who understand the dangers and how to avoid them. I wouldn't just hand m chainsaw to anyone either without knowing beforehand that they could use it safely.

That's what gets me about this entire ordeal... the more we find out about what actually happened, the more obvious it becomes that no one on site had any inkling of what they were doing.

TheRedneck

a reply to: TheRedneck

It wasn't when I was working that job, but, I heard somebody saying that the most dangerous person is the person who thinks that they know what they are doing. That kind of fits.

The other is somebody who is an expert in one field tends to think that they are an expert in all of them.

a reply to: JIMC5499

That sounds about right.

I know I would much rather work on something that has simply been allowed to decay than something an amateur has tried to fix. Fixing the fixes usually is what takes so long.

TheRedneck

a reply to: TheRedneck

I'd rather work with someone who knows nothing about what I'm going to tell them to do, instead of someone with a little knowledge who will try to second guess me.

I occasionally work around high voltage, high amperage equipment that is under test. We occasionally have failures, that's why it's called "Research and Development". We have people who wear red shirts (yes I get the Star Trek bit) who are "Test techs". It is a firing offense to disobey a Test tech when a unit is under power. I'm an Engineer and I'll defer to a tech who doesn't even have a HS Diploma. We get some Engineers who won't.

If I was the Armorer on a movie set, I think I'd rather have someone with NO knowledge of weapons, who is willing to listen and do what I tell them, instead of someone who has "some knowledge". This would mean that I would be totally responsible for anything that happened. I'd have no problem with that IF I had the authority to overrule anybody on this subject or the authority to stop production and remove the weapons from the set.

a reply to: JIMC5499

I'd rather work with someone who knows nothing about what I'm going to tell them to do, instead of someone with a little knowledge who will try to second guess me.

That's a much better and more applicable way of saying what I was clumsily trying to say.

Many, many years ago, a guy who claimed to know electronics wanted to work with me to make something he thought might sell. It was actually a good idea, so I agreed (I had a fully-stocked shop and he didn't). At one point, I noticed he had placed a capacitor in the power supply that was, if memory serves, 15 volts for a 12-volt transformer. I told him he needed a higher value, but he didn't want the thing any bigger physically. I told him that the peak-to-peak voltage was almost 18 volts, and could go higher... use a 25 volt capacitor.

We actually got into this big argument about whether line voltage was RMS or peak-to-peak. Duh!

Anyway, when he soldered up the circuit board, he used the 15V capacitor (and these were HUGE capacitors, big electrolytics). I turned on the power and the thing exploded and set the whole project on fire. I found bits of gunk sprayed all over stuff for a few months afterward.

Since that day, any argument over something so obvious is an immediate removal from my shop, permanently. The idiot could have burned my shop down!

Wow, didn't mean to type that much... point is, I agree completely. One cannot fill a cup that is already full.

TheRedneck

a reply to: TheRedneck

I liked that. Try seeing a bank of 12 of those capacitors blow in rapid fire. My first time witnessing a high power test that happened. I grabbed a CO2 bottle and put out the fire. The red shirt with me said "You shouldn't have done that." I asked if I was in trouble and was told "No". I just shouldn't have used the extinguisher without being certified to use it. He asked where I learned to use it because I did everything right. I said 'The Navy." I was signed off that day.

What I hated was on my last job we built Point of Purchase displays. We would have an order that needed to go out quickly and we'd get the wrong part or couldn't get a part and I'd have to improvise something. The one store I loved went out of business so I had to go to Lowes. The hardware drawers were locked and you had to get somebody to open them for you. I'm trying to see what they have and what I can do with it. In the meantime I have this kid asking me what do I need? I say I don't know until I see it. I've got 38 years experience as a mechanic, fabricator and engineer and this kid is trying to tell me this won't work in a display that I designed.

a reply to: JIMC5499

Try seeing a bank of 12 of those capacitors blow in rapid fire.

Uh, no thanks! The electrolyte goes everywhere, and it's sorta... HOT AS HELL! I've blown quite a few when I was learning electronics... but I didn't have someone with experience telling me I was making a mistake either.

What burned me that time was that even after I demanded he put the right size in, he openly defied me. A higher voltage would not have compromised anything except cost, and I already had the thing. There was no cost issue. It was all about him trying to prove he was right.

I've been there with the kid before too... I am constantly designing new stuff for the place here, any time I can't find exactly what I want already made at a decent price. Home Depot is constantly trying to tell me what will and won't work when they don't even know what I am trying to do. Imagination and repurposing are apparently not a thing anymore.

ETA: wanna have some fun? Next time you get someone like that kid, go ahead and explain to him what you're doing. Use as many technical terms as you can. I promise you, after a couple of minutes, he'll slink off with his tail between his legs.

TheRedneck

a reply to: TheRedneck

Uhhh. No. The kid was doing what he was told. Assisting a customer. It just ticks me off, nothing against him. One time when the motor went out in my furnace a kid was very helpful.

originally posted by: TheRedneck
For once in your life, I urge you to take responsibility for your actions. Your father was a Marine, one of our elite in this country, and a man who deserved to be honored. I beg of you, do not continue to disgrace his memory with your cowardly actions. Be a man. Make him proud.

And there you have described the problem between the Haves and Have Nots.

Alec Baldwin will keep on keepin' on. It's not the cloth he was cut from, it's the cloth he's been adorned with.

Yes. We all have the right to not self-incriminate. But, when you're guilty (and everyone saw he was the guy holding the gun and pointing it when that girl died), denial is confirmation you have absolutely no remorse for what you've done.

Verdict: Life for a life.

originally posted by: JIMC5499
a reply to: TheRedneck

Uhhh. No. The kid was doing what he was told. Assisting a customer. It just ticks me off, nothing against him. One time when the motor went out in my furnace a kid was very helpful.

How much airflow did you get with a kid cranking the furnace motor?

Mine will need replacing soon.

a reply to: JIMC5499

I consider it a life lesson for him: you don't know everything, and neither does this company you work for. Who knows? Maybe one of the kids will start wondering about what you said and actually decide to learn more about it.

Like I think I already said: innovation and repurposing are becoming lost arts. It's up to us to teach them to the younger generation.

TheRedneck

a reply to: Ghostsdogood

Depends on what you feed him.

Ghost peppers are for high speed use only.



TheRedneck

a reply to: Ghostsdogood



Actually he told me exactly what motor I needed and how to hook it up. He also made me get a replacement drive belt. He had worked for a heating company before being laid off.