Absent a catastrophic malfunction, like a broken sear, there is no way drawing a SAA and pointing it would cause it to fire. A "jolt" discharge requires something to strike the hammer and dropping the hammer before reaching half-cock is unlikely to cause a discharge.
There is obviously plenty of negligence here to go around, beginning with the propmaster and armorer and ending with Baldwin. This a negligent homicide (AKA- involuntary manslaughter or homicide by misadventure) and no amount of deflection will change that.
Apparently, The Gun Writer does not know much about single action revolvers. Pulling the hammer back enough to line up a round with the hammer/barrel without clicking it locked back and then releasing the hammer will fire the gun without ever touching the trigger. The gunfighters of the old West used this very same technique, called "fanning" to rapid fire their revolvers. In the actual interview, Baldwin describes pulling the hammer back as he unholstered the gun and then letting go of the hammer and that is when the gun fired, exactly as in the technique of fanning. He would have had absolutely no basis for knowing that the gun be fired that way. Apparently, The Gun Writer has no basis for knowing it either.
Absent a catastrophic malfunction, like a broken sear, there is no way drawing a SAA and pointing it would cause it to fire. A "jolt" discharge requires something to strike the hammer and dropping the hammer before reaching half-cock is unlikely to cause a discharge.
There is obviously plenty of negligence here to go around, beginning with the propmaster and armorer and ending with Baldwin. This a negligent homicide (AKA- involuntary manslaughter or homicide by misadventure) and no amount of deflection will change that.
Put me on that jury! Guess where I would land!
Even before this avoidable tragedy, this guys words were never to be believed.
NOW, he's got a huge interest in how people perceive him.
Saying he's slimier than the belly of a snake is a dis-service to snakes.
Pre-emptive strike. Blame the gun. What a narcissist.
Apparently, The Gun Writer does not know much about single action revolvers. Pulling the hammer back enough to line up a round with the hammer/barrel without clicking it locked back and then releasing the hammer will fire the gun without ever touching the trigger. The gunfighters of the old West used this very same technique, called "fanning" to rapid fire their revolvers. In the actual interview, Baldwin describes pulling the hammer back as he unholstered the gun and then letting go of the hammer and that is when the gun fired, exactly as in the technique of fanning. He would have had absolutely no basis for knowing that the gun be fired that way. Apparently, The Gun Writer has no basis for knowing it either.