Alec Baldwin On Movie Guns: ‘Hire Police To Protect Set’

SANTA FE COUNTY, NM. (THECOUNT) — Actor Alec Baldwin said on Monday that film and TV sets should hire police officers to monitor weapon safety. The suggestion came after Baldwin allegedly fatally shot cinematographer Halyma Hutchins in late October while filming “Rust.”

Authorities in New Mexico have said Baldwin, 63, told investigators that he did not believe the gun was loaded when it was discharged.

“Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons safety,” Baldwin wrote Monday. Since the shooting, Baldwin has issued few comments on social media, although he gave an impromptu interview to reporters in rural Vermont last week, reports EpochTimes.

Baldwin and other film crew members have not been charged with a crime in the incident. “Rust” director Joel Souza was also injured in the shooting.

Several days before, the film crew member in charge of guns and ammunition on the set said that she inspected the gun before it was handed to Baldwin.

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