re: "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez was given the maximum sentence of 18 months in prison

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Baldwin’s PR team has done a masterful job convincing the masses that there is some sort of special actor’s court that absolves them from responsibility when they commit a crime.

That is 100% false. All activities on a movie set must comply with the laws of the jurisdiction they operate in. It’s just like any other job site.

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The case against Baldwin one is one for “negligent homicide.“ It is not a matter of having a “special rule“ for actors, but rather an examination of the definition of “negligence.”

From time immemorial, reasonable reliance has been a de facto defense to negligence. the argument is that it is entirely “reasonable“ for an actor to rely upon the expertise of someone who has been retained and paid to assure the safe use of firearms on the set, just like it is entirely reasonable for you to trust your auto mechanic to properly change your brake pads (without crawling under the car yourself, to check his work).

Whether that reliance was indeed “reasonable” is the matter that will be assessed at trial.