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originally posted by: ClintonCide
Who funded the movie "Rust"?
Bondit Media Capital.
Who is distributor?
Buffalo 8 company.
And Buffalo 8 also distributing a documentary about Roderick Webber AKA Rod Webber who is the guy who wrote "Epstein Didnt Kill Himself" on the wall of that banana art show called Art Basel. It is called "2020 The Dumpster Fire." This is not a coincidence.
twitter.com...
Webber writes on his own blog about going to Epstein's mansion to tell everyone he did not kill himself by writing it in grafitti. Also I think they made him pretend to go against Trump with blackmail.
rodwebber.wordpress.com...
a reply to: elementalgrove
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
originally posted by: Justoneman
originally posted by: gb540
originally posted by: xuenchen
Has any credible official statement been made as to WHY a real hand gun was even where it was ????
And then handed to somebody with obviously no experience or qualification?
It doesn't take 13 weeks at Parris Island to master this, but if everyone who touched the firearm had the basics this would have been 100% preventable.
So either a tragic avoidable accident. Or someone saw cracks and an opportunity...
That is assuming it WAS an accident. Coincidences are adding up to it was on purpose 100% IMO. It is not easy to mess up common sense and point a loaded explosive device at someone and pull the trigger. It takes a real ass hole to do that. Ego or not he was a dumb ass at minimum and a murderer most likely it appears with each peace of data that is available.
Where is the motive? You think it was 100% on purpose? Based on stuff you read on the web?
I do hope you never get to sit on a jury!
So, how is Baldwin criminally liable? If this is true, it was Hall who was.
All I seem to hear on here is he is a leftie PoS so he is guilty and needs prison.
If he'd been a Trump supporter this thread would, I suspect, be a lot shorter.
I do not control thread length, but my position would be the exact same no matter who it was. This is not about politics, dammit! Not everything is about politics! Halyna Hutchins probably was a liberal, but I promise you, her blood was not blue when Baldwin spilled it. It was red, it was warm, and it drained from her as she faded away.
DAMN YOUR POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE!
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
So, how is Baldwin criminally liable? If this is true, it was Hall who was.
He who holds the gun has the responsibility. Period. Hall (and the armorer) are guilty of extreme negligence and abetting. All three need to be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Anyone else involved would likely be charged with a serious misdemeanor.
All I seem to hear on here is he is a leftie PoS so he is guilty and needs prison.
I believe I have been pretty consistent. Alec Baldwin, Dave Halls, and the armorer (cannot remember her name right off) should be charged with involuntary manslaughter. I guarantee you if this were someone not famous, they would be. I am looking for justice... that may be an outdated concept for some, but I still believe in it.
If he'd been a Trump supporter this thread would, I suspect, be a lot shorter.
I do not control thread length, but my position would be the exact same no matter who it was. This is not about politics, dammit! Not everything is about politics! Halyna Hutchins probably was a liberal, but I promise you, her blood was not blue when Baldwin spilled it. It was red, it was warm, and it drained from her as she faded away.
DAMN YOUR POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE!
TheRedneck
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
Yes, damn your political perspective.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: vonclod
We have to determine, how they discern live from dummy. If Baldwin was handed a revolver that was supposed to appear loaded..it appeared loaded. I'm completely guessing they might use a spent casing, and just crimp a slug on, so the primer remains, but struck. Even that might be sketchy, your armourer better know their stuff. I'm not giving him a complete pass, but we need more info.
I already have that information. I have been reloading for a long, long, long time.
The difference between a live round and a dummy round (not a blank) is the primer. The whole point of a dummy round is to look exactly like a live round. So it's not feasible to paint them a bright color or anything like that. The primer, however, is replaced by an inert substance (candle wax, a plastic plug, etc.; some individuals even use spent primers). That substance is usually brightly colored to distinguish a dummy round from a live round.
Now, I took some shots of a revolver belonging to an unnamed individual I may or may not know.It just happens to be a Taurus Judge, which fires .45 Colt (the shells which were apparently used in this case) and/or .410 shotshells. Please forgive my poor photography skills, but here's what the gun looks like fully loaded:
As you can see, the shooter cannot see the primers. Almost every revolver is built this way. That piece of metal blocking the view keeps the shells in their proper place. Now, it is possible on this model (as with most) to see the primers from the side:
But, as you can see, you cannot see ALL the primers! Only the ones on that side, and not the one in the chamber (the one in line with the barrel). But there is an easy way to see the primers:
Just open the cylinder. All the shells are there, and all the primers are in plain view. Since a dummy round can only be identified by the color/appearance of the primer, this is the only way to ensure the gun is actually loaded with what one expects it to be loaded with. the caliber of each round is even embossed on the casing surrounding the priimer, although it is small and can't really be made out in that pic. The operation to open and close the cylinder literally takes less than a second each. Even a newbie could easily open the cylinder, check the shells, and close it again in under ten seconds. It is literally that easy.
Now, some older models of revolver were built so the cylinder didn't open. These had a loading port that forced the user to load one shell at a time. I don't know for certain which type was used, but those single-load revolvers are pretty rare and collector's pieces. Unless someone can show me different, I am assuming that the cylinder opened.
This is why we have been talking about the necessity of checking the weapon personally before using it. If Alec Baldwin had opened the cylinder, verified that the primers looked like blank primers, closed it, and this had happened, he would be guiltless IMO. He did not do that. He refused to take 2 seconds to make sure he would not take a life. That is the very definition of negligence.
Even if the loader had used spent primers, I placed a spent shell at the top position in that last pic. See the dimple in the middle? That is a load which cannot fire. The primer has already fired once, and once is all they do.
Hopefully that will clear things up.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
Yes, damn your political perspective.
TheRedneck
Which one?