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Well, thank you for tuning
into commonalities. I'm Matt
Dowling, your host, and,
uh,
today my guests will actually be members
of the community that will be calling
in to discuss a topic that we've
been previewing for several days now
on, uh, on my Facebook page. And
since we're talking about Facebook,
I know a lot of you, uh, listen to the
program through wmb S'S Facebook page.
But, uh, you can also look
up my Facebook page, uh,
that's facebook.com/matthew
dowling public.
And, uh, there's a variety of information.
I repo post news stories and ask questions
that are relevant to the program.
So, uh, make sure you look that up. Again,
that's facebook.com/matthew
dowling public.
And, uh, and so I'm gonna start out, um,
with just a brief intro of, of
what we're gonna talk about today.
We're talking about Alec
Baldwin and should Baldwin be
charged for the fatal shooting that
took place on the set of rust. And, uh,
I'm gonna get to what the results on my
Facebook page were from members of the
community. But before I do that, I
want to give you that call in line,
(724) 438-4593.
Again, we're talking about
Alec Baldwin and, uh,
and should he be charged, he
is going to be charged. Um,
but do you think it's right or
wrong that he be charged? Um,
but before we do that, I was able
to find a clip, uh, with the,
um, with the great
journalist George Stephanus.
This is an exclusive
interview that a b did, uh,
within the last year with Alec
Baldwin about this situation.
I think it lays a good, uh,
groundwork and substance for
our conversation today. So, uh,
we will be, uh,
we'll be playing that as soon as my
producer Bill here can bring it on.
It was the 12th day of their 21 day shoot.
That day. I did exactly what I've
done every day on that movie.
Set the scene right before that happened.
You're sitting in a pew in the church,
right? What's the scene.
Supposed to be? The scene is the two,
two guys are there who have got me, uh,
uh, you know, cornered, and
they think I'm shot pretty bad,
and I'm kind of wilting. And
they are, they have a gun,
and then the sound outside distracts them.
And I will draw the gun at a
cross drawer outta my holster,
pull the gun up like that, and
start to cock the pistol cut.
I'm handed a gun and someone declares,
they said, this is a cold gun.
Dave Halls, the, the, the, the first,
first ad in my years on the sets of film,
hot Gun, meant that there
was a charge in there,
and cold gun meant there was nothing
in there. When he's saying this,
this is a cold gun. What he's saying to
everybody on the set is, you can relax.
The gun is empty.
That's what cold gun.
Means. Well, cold gun means
there's no charge in there.
There could be dummy rounds.
A dummy round looks like a real
bullet, but is completely inert.
It contains no explosive charge.
And she says to me, hold the gun lower.
Go to your right, okay, right there,
right? Do that. I've
showed a little bit lower,
and she's getting me to position the
gun. Everything is in her direction.
She's guiding me through how she wants
me to hold the gun for this angle. And I,
I draw the gun out and I find a mark.
I draw the gun out, I find a cut.
And what's really urgent is the gun
wasn't meant to be fired in that angle.
So if you're shooting directly
into the camera lens, you're.
Not aiming, I'm not shooting into the
camera lens. I'm shooting just off,
just off right in her direction.
I'm holding the gun where
she told me to hold it,
which ended up being aimed right in
below her armpit, is what I was told.
I don't know. This was a
completely incidental shot,
an angle that may not have
ended up in the film at all.
But we kept doing this news. So then
I said to her, now in this scene,
I'm gonna cock the gun. And I said, do
you wanna see that? And she said, yes.
So I take the gun and I start to cock
the gun. I'm not gonna pull the trigger.
I, I said, do you see that? She goes,
well just cheat it down and tilt
it down a little bit like that.
And I cocked the gun and go, can
you see that? Can you see that?
Can you see that? And she says, and
then I let go of the hammer of the gun,
and the gun goes off.
And he let go, and the gun
went off. So, uh, Alec, Bob,
when there was saying that, uh, that
he didn't even pull the trigger,
that it was an accidental discharge
from that firearm, but the question is,
you know, was it his responsibility?
He had other, uh, individuals on set.
Um, reading further in, uh,
I do understand he had an ownership
role role in the production company.
So those were his employees.
I would think that he would
be responsible for them. Uh,
not to mention just as,
uh, as a firearm user,
um, you know, I, I would think you
would want to check that firearm, um,
for what was loaded, uh,
be regardless of what the professional
handlers had told you. Now,
we do want to get your feedback
today here on the program.
So we're hoping you'll call in Wmb S at
(724) 438-4593.
We're talking about Alec Baldwin and, uh,
and what your thoughts are on should
he have been charged in the fatal sh
shooting that took place on that set
of rust. Now on my, uh, Facebook page,
facebook.com/matthew Dowling public, uh,
we had 326 people, uh, that actually,
uh, took part in a poll that I ran
over the last couple days. And, uh,
and we had you give a thumbs up if you
felt that he should be charged and,
uh, the care emoji if, uh, if
you didn't think that he should.
And, uh, the respondents online,
again, that was wasn't a huge,
uh, group of people, but
326 people, presumably,
most of which are from the
Fayette County area here, 88.9%,
uh, felt that he should be charged
and prosecuted for the crime. So, uh,
that is a extremely large number, uh,
I believe for the sample size. There.
Again, we're taking calls here today,
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
And, uh, while we wait for your call,
I think we're gonna go to our
first commercial break of the day.
Hello, Uniontown Mayor, bill Gerkey here.
There's nothing quite like the feeling
of home. That's sense of belonging.
Those fall Friday nights under the
lights, those winter nights in the gym,
watching our red Raiders, those refreshing
spring afternoons at Bailey Park,
rooting on our Red Raider,
softball and baseball teams.
I am grateful for those memories and
hope our community's children and
grandchildren can enjoy those
memories too. But to do that,
we have to plan for the future.
During my first term in office,
the city has got Bailey Park back
to a place where we can be proud of.
Begun our city's first
comprehensive plan in over 20 years.
Started work on the city's
section of the Sheep Skin Trail,
worked on eliminating blighted
properties and are rebuilding the city's
neighborhoods. We've updated the faulty
equipment in the parking garages,
and we're bringing a more
competitive, reliable, faster,
and less expensive internet
service to our city residents.
We have done a lot, but there's
still more to do. So, I Bill Gerkey.
I'm running for a second term. We're
Uniontown proud. We're Uniontown strong,
and together we can continue to rebuild
Uniontown for the next generation.
Paid for by Mayor Erky.
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You're listening to commonalities.
And today we're discussing the, uh,
the charges that have been filed
against Alec Baldwin in that fatal
shooting that happened on
the set of rust. And, uh,
we want to have a open
telephone line to, uh,
to discuss that topic again,
that number 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 93.
And while we're waiting for
your calls, uh, you know,
bill and I can get this conversation
started. Not to mention, uh,
I have several hundred comments
here on the Facebook page that, uh,
I think we could discuss
a little bit as well.
Speaking of Facebook, we
are live streaming this on
our W Nmb s Facebook page.
And if someone would like to make
a comment or ask a question, uh,
we will be able to take a
look at that as well. So, uh,
feel free to either call
us at (724) 438-4593,
or again live on our W
MBS Facebook pages. Now,
weeding out some of the more outrageous
comments, cuz they always seem to come,
uh, with Facebook comments. Uh, what,
what seemed to be the general
tenor of the comments?
Well, you know, like I said, 88.9%
of the people just by hitting,
uh, one button to vote, um,
said that he should be
charged and he's responsible.
So I was going through the comments and
was actually looking for one that was
in favor of Baldwin. So we kind
of heard his side since, uh,
the court of public opinion seemed to
be heavily in favor of charging him.
Uh, and this one was from, from Pat.
Pat said he was an actor
who wasn't expected to be an
experienced gun owner.
The props gun was handed to him
by an expert that assured him
that it was a cold gun.
The person who handed him the gun
was solely and ultimately responsible
for the accident. And then they
say in all capital letters,
that's why they hire prop
Masters. And Armors <laugh>,
the actor has no expectation of
determining the safety of any prop.
The ability to determine
poisons, rig explosives,
stage car accidents, were train animals.
This will be laughed out of court.
And the DA prosecuting this case
is politically biased beyond the
realms of common sense. And, you know,
my mind goes to that as
well. I wonder, uh, you know,
as I always remind people, uh,
I took public votes. So there's,
there's no question that I sit
on the right side of the owl. Uh,
and I was the chairman of the Second
Amendment Caucus here in Pennsylvania, um,
for a while. Um, so that
being said, you know,
I'm in favor of responsible gun
ownership and think that people
absolutely have that right. Um, you know,
but I wonder how many people that
would generally say, you know,
this was a, a preventable accident,
but an accent all the same. And,
and they're in favor of gun ownership.
How many of them are holding
past liberal opinions of,
uh, Mr. Baldwin in their mindset
when they're determining, uh,
if he should be prosecuted or not? Uh, I
don't know if you have any thoughts on,
on that bill.
Well, we had, uh, for instance,
joy Behar on the View, who,
who proclaimed that Alex
Baldwin is a target of the, uh,
of the right wing, uh, because of his,
his imitation of Donald Trump on Saturday
Night Live and other positions that
he's taken. But that being said,
he's the producer of the movie.
As I say, many times,
you sit in the big chair,
you've gotta take responsibility
for what happens under your watch.
And so what is he criminally liable?
That's for the court to decide, uh,
sh should he def Is he
definitely responsible? Yeah,
when it boils down to
it, I, I would think so.
Absolutely. And again, if
you have any interest in, uh,
letting us know your
thoughts, give us a call.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Karens Gates, uh, Ms.
Scvi on Facebook says, uh,
exactly what you were pointing out, bill.
It is my understanding that Baldwin
owned the movie production and set,
he hired the gun handler and the director,
the production was also having financial
issues the day before the shooting.
They were having, uh, a good time
with live rounds. Uh, I don't,
I didn't see that. Um, I
could substantiate that. Uh,
although I've heard that rumor, uh,
out in public comments in different places
that they were firing live rounds on
the set. What are live rounds even doing
on a movie set? I think that would be,
uh, a good question, uh, that
Karen asks. And then, uh,
Bob would not only pulled the
trigger and killed this lady,
but he's also responsible for his
employees, the director and the handler.
So yes, I think he should be charged,
found guilty and served time.
And, uh, Karen's comment got
over 26 likes or thumbs up.
So, uh, I think people touched
in their, in general, uh, were,
were reacting to, uh,
to her thoughts there.
I also heard somebody say that
the ultimate irony is if the
NRA had been on set, which they
have done in the past, uh, teaching,
uh, making sure that the
guns are safely handled,
this probably wouldn't have
happened. Uh, but these people,
they're supposed to know how to handle
guns. Uh, you're, that's a good question.
Unless they had armed guards on the set,
there shouldn't be any
live ammunition at all.
Well, in, in, in,
if you are shooting on set or nearby set,
I would think it would be
an arrange setting. Um,
I would understand why if you
were acting with a firearm,
you would wanna know what the
recoil so forth was on the gun.
But I would think that you would just
set up a range that is completely
separate. Um, you know, and I
wouldn't even do that on set.
I would, uh, you know, employ
the use of, uh, a shooting range,
whether that be indoor or outdoor.
I'm sure there's a facility Yeah,
not far from there where it
could have been done and, uh,
and keep the live rounds completely
off the set of the movie.
Yeah, it's just not a good
idea because things like,
things like this can happen. Movie
sets are very chaotic places.
Uh, they, they have a lot of people
running around trying to do a lot of jobs.
But, uh, like the old
saying goes, you have,
if you're the gun
handler, you have one job,
and that is to make sure that the
gun is handled safely. And again,
Alex Baldwin is the
producer he is in. He is,
has the hiring over these people.
He has, uh, the responsibility.
So at some point in time, he is
going to have to answer this. Now,
I understand there has been a
civil settlement in this case.
So what we're talking about here
is an actual criminal indictment.
Yeah. And, and I think as far as, uh,
you know, the civil claims go, um,
that should have been settled
and, and taken care of. And,
and from my understanding, it
has been. Um, but you know,
now we are looking at, at the
criminal side of this, and, uh,
and we are again looking for your
thoughts. If you want to call in,
you're welcome. (724) 438-4593.
Uh, like I said, this topic got a
lot of attention on Facebook. Uh,
perhaps people are just tied
up at this hour, but, uh,
but you are invited to call in. Uh,
and before we go to our
next commercial break,
I'm just gonna promo for a moment, uh,
what Thursday's show will
be about Bill, uh, Thursday,
we're gonna have someone who regularly
sits, uh, here on this side of the desk.
Kendall Siler will be
my guest for the show.
And we are going to be
talking about, um, uh,
what some people refer to
as cancel culture and also
woke corporate actions and
how that's affecting, uh,
the business place. So
that should be a, uh,
a fun topic that we play
around with. And, uh,
and we actually brought that up
because if you just recently saw m and
m's decided that they are no
longer going to be using their,
um, their, uh.
Well, the cartoon.
Characters. Yeah, the cartoon characters.
I, I believe they call 'em, uh,
spokes. Candies, yeah. Uh, they're not
gonna use the spokes candies anymore, uh,
because they've become divisive. My
question is, how do you hire a human, uh,
no matter human, how human that
person is, let alone, uh, uh,
the actress that they hired and expect
them to not be divisive at all. Um,
but, you know, I,
those are some of the things we're gonna
be discussing on Thursday's episode,
and we will be taking calls
as well. Then again, uh,
on the Alec Baldwin topic,
today's 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
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Hello, Uniontown Mayor, bill Gerkey. Here,
there's nothing quite like the feeling
of home. That's sense of belonging.
Those fall Friday nights under the
lights, those winter nights in the gym,
watching our red Raiders, those refreshing
spring afternoons at Bailey Park,
rooting on our Red Raider,
softball and baseball teams.
I am grateful for those memories and
hope our community's children and
grandchildren can enjoy those
memories too. But to do that,
we have to plan for the future.
During my first term in office,
the city has got Bailey Park back
to a place where we can be proud of.
Begun our city's first
comprehensive plan in over 20 years.
Started work on the city's
section of the Sheep Skin Trail,
worked on eliminating blighted
properties and are rebuilding the city's
neighborhoods. We've updated the faulty
equipment in the parking garages,
and we're bringing a more
competitive, reliable, faster,
and less expensive internet
service to our city residents.
We have done a lot, but there's
still more to do. So, I Bill Gerkey,
I'm running for a second term. We're
Uniontown proud, Uniontown strong,
and together we can continue to rebuild
Uniontown for the next generation.
Paid for by Mayor Erky.
When it comes to buying a home,
what you see isn't exactly what you get.
That's why home buyers should
call Dave Dowling At Grandview
Inspections at 7 2 4 2 0 8 4 1 0 8.
You'll see colorful flowers, freshly
painted walls, granite countertops,
gleaming hardwood floors,
and other touches.
What you can't see is the
cracks, ancient plumbing,
dangerous wiring,
or broken appliances that might
be revealed when you hire a
home inspector. And when it
comes to home inspectors,
knowing yours has the qualifications
and experience needed,
should be your number one concern.
Dave Dowling with Grand View
Inspections is an architectural engineer
with over 30 years of commercial
construction experience and hundreds of
inspections under his belt.
A home inspection is an opportunity
for you to hire an expert to
walk through the home and prepare
a report outlining the home's major
components.
What needs immediate attention and
what will require maintenance after you
move in your home is one of
your biggest investments.
So make sure your investment is
everything you hoped it to be.
Call Dave Dowling at
Grandview Inspections at
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Well, you are listening to commonalities.
I'm your host, Matt Dowling,
and today we are discussing, uh,
the criminal case and the liabilities
against Alec Baldwin for that
shooting that happened
on the set of Rust. Uh,
bill and I have weighed in a little bit.
We've read some of the comments
that we have on Facebook. Uh, we,
you know, on this program
don't normally take calls,
but we are willing to take your calls at
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3 today. And,
uh, because we are kind of on the
topic of, of taking calls and,
and interacting with you, uh,
I wanted to make sure that you knew all
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Um, we released this show not
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I just became a contributor
with baby boomer.org. Uh,
they are a national group that, uh,
that deals with the issues that baby
boomers are facing at this stage of life.
And, uh, while I am not
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I have provided services and, uh,
and opinions and so forth
for that generation. Uh,
so you can find some of my
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well. Also, uh,
www.matthewdasindaviddowling.com,
you can find, um, a a lot of
information about commonalities,
including all of the video
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versions as well as transcripts.
And I also have a blog there.
Uh, and I started writing last night and,
and have to finish up
today a blog post, uh,
that I'm writing about
Thursday's show. Again,
we are promoing that today, uh,
Kendall's sister's gonna be on with me.
We're going to be taking some
calls, uh, if we have time, uh,
here in the w Nmb s studios. And,
uh, it's at the same time, uh,
after the news at 11:00 AM
And, uh, and what we're,
we're kind of basing the goal
of Thursday's Show, uh, or the,
the theme of Thursday's show
on is, uh, is the question,
are American corporations too woke?
Or are they being held
hostage by consumers,
either by choice or by force? Um,
corporate wokeness is, uh, is beca,
uh, becoming larger and larger
here in the United States,
and this mindset only continues
to grow as the largest comp
corporations are now weighing
in on almost every policy issue
that's out there. Um, you know, the,
the problem with this is that some
people say that it's increasingly landing
in the left side, um,
and then there's kind of counter
woke protests of companies.
Uh, one thing I know for sure is, you
know, if we're living in a world where,
uh, we're subject to cancel culture, um,
that can cancel things like can
coated cartoon spokes, candies, uh,
then I, you know, I think we're getting
into a problematic area. So again,
that's gonna be Thursday. Uh, bill, I,
you'll probably weigh in on Thursday,
but any thoughts on that topic from you.
Today? But, you know, we, we just
had the example too, of the, uh,
Philadelphia flyer, uh,
who re did did not wear the pride
jersey for the morning skate,
which was something the entire
league is sponsoring. And, uh,
he, he didn't make a big deal out of
it, he just didn't skate that day,
<laugh>. Uh, but eventually it
came out that he had decided not,
and it goes against his Russian Orthodox
and it goes against his religious
beliefs. But you had a lot of the
canceled culture there, you know,
people calling from him to be cut
from the team and to, you know,
just lose his job, basically.
Yeah. And I,
one of the things I want to get to on
Thursday during that episode is that,
you know, cancer culture, or
excuse me, cancel culture.
Yeah. When they came up with it,
they didn't realize we'd have
to say it out loud. Yeah.
<Laugh>. So, cancel culture, uh, you
know, it, it, it cancels both directions.
Um, you know, and, and I think that is,
uh, something that we have to remember.
Um, again, today's program we've been
talking about Alec Baldwin again,
we're gonna give that number
one more time and go to, uh,
what I believe is our last
break for today's program.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Uh,
final thoughts about Alec Baldwin here
in our last few minutes of the show.
You can call in and, and share
those with us after these messages.
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Hello, Uniontown Mayor, bill Gerkey. Here.
There's nothing quite like the feeling
of home, that sense of belonging,
those fall Friday nights under the
lights, those winter nights in the gym,
watching our red Raiders, those refreshing
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And our topic today, uh, has been,
uh, regarding the Alec Baldwin situation,
that fatal shooting that happened
on the set of the movie Rust. Um,
like I said, bill and I have weighed in.
If you have any final
thoughts on that topic, uh,
I know you guys have been extremely
interactive through, uh, social media,
leaving us your thoughts and, and voting
in the polls that have been put up. Uh,
but if you want to give us
final thoughts on the radio,
which will also be on the podcast,
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Again, we're talking about Alec Baldwin
and, uh, you know, over the break,
uh, for those of you that are
watching the livestream, uh,
we were talking about Insulated
thermos. And, uh, I just,
I just got a, a new one. I think
my wife picked this up at, uh,
TJ Max or someplace for
under 10 bucks. Uh, but or.
Every dime. Yeah.
But Bill, bill has a, has a nice
name brand one. Uh, but, uh,
I, you know, I just have
to comment on this. I'm,
I'm drinking water from mine
and it's ice water, uh, and, uh,
and I have a nice filtration,
uh, system in my refrigerator,
so I can just refill that. Um,
but story of the day that
kind of amazes me, uh,
because I'm a Disney fanatic,
most people may not know that, uh,
was the fact that Splash Mountain
closed down. Yeah. And, uh,
people were kind of,
from what I understand,
looting and trying to
take whatever they could.
And now they are selling Splash
Mountain Water on the internet
for, uh, upwards of, of
hundreds of dollars, uh,
for little bottles of commemorative water.
So what did they take? Like a bottle.
Of I don't water, you empty
your cup and Yeah, dip it in as,
as you going through, I would think cast
members would, would probably stop you.
Uh, but, uh, well.
How do they know it's got Splash Mountain
Water? Then again, how do we know? Uh.
I don't know. But you know, there
are televangelist that have made, uh,
millions Oh, yeah, oh yeah.
From selling water over, uh,
the television stations, uh, that are
supposed to cure all kind of ailments.
And, and I think it came.
Through. I got the water and
I got a check for $32,000.
You know, and, and I'm sure that's been
City Tap water out of the city of, uh,
New York or something, uh, and,
and their, uh, their sites.
So again, if you have any final thoughts,
we, we do have, uh, maybe about,
uh, six or eight minutes left
in the program here today.
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Bill, I don't want to beat it with
a dead horse. Uh, but, you know,
any final thoughts you have on, uh,
on the Baldwin this situation? I.
I was, and again, is this
something people should pay for?
You know what it's like,
let's say you own a lawnmower,
lawnmowers are dangerous
if they're mishandled,
but we get so comfortable
using our lawnmower
that do we get, we get
careless and you know, we,
maybe we don't watch how our, how close
our feet get to it, and, you know,
is that what happened here?
Is it they get so comfortable
because these are dangerous
items? Uh, you know, uh,
blanks are explosives
and these are, you know,
these guns do fire. Uh,
they may be plugged, they,
but I talked about this on, uh,
with Kendall the other day. Um,
there was a case of a actor,
gosh, 30 years ago now,
named John Eric Hexham, who was
playing around the prop, a prop gun,
and stuck it to his, um,
to his temple and pulled the
trigger thinking that it,
it said, well, this has blanks
in it. It can't hurt it,
it killed him because the
concussion from the blank,
from the explosion of the blank
crushed in the side of his head.
And so these are inherently
dangerous. And so, again,
what is the penalty for carelessness?
Is it involuntary manslaughter?
You know, I, I,
and I don't know what charges have
been preferred against him yet. Uh,
so I, I think there are, the,
the DA I think has announced
there will be criminal charges,
but hasn't technically filed them yet.
Or, uh, I, I haven't really followed the.
Story. Yeah. I, I've been unable to
read through, uh, the exact charges as,
as of this time, uh, on Facebook.
That was something that a lot of people
were giving us feedback that, uh,
they thought invol
involuntary manslaughter, um,
would probably be correct. Uh,
and, and then, you know, Facebook,
the nature as it will be. Yeah. Um,
I got some real conspiracy theories
out there, <laugh>, that, uh, you know,
were trying to tie, uh,
the, the female director,
uh, that was killed to a
documentary about Epstein. And, uh,
and that's the reason why it all happened.
And Baldwin is the
linchpin in a major, uh,
conspiracy that, uh,
that was trying to silence her
before she revealed the truth about
Epstein. So I.
Hope, I, I hope they have a very
good time on the grassy knoll.
That's all I can say. <laugh>.
Yeah. A a absolutely.
Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, uh,
it was a horrible accident.
I do believe it was an
accident, obviously. I, I,
you know, I cannot imagine,
and I,
I would hope that he is
feeling remorseful for,
that's another problem is that his
demeanor after this thing has been
so arrogant. And so.
Yeah, it was actually an uncomfortable
full interview to watch. You know, I,
I know we, uh, used an
audio clip from, uh,
that a b ABC interview. Uh,
you can find that on YouTube in two
different parts. They're about, uh,
seven minutes or so each. Um,
but you can watch that full interview.
And, and from a legal perspective,
I wonder if that interview was even
right for him to have done at that.
There's period time that's.
Problematic. Cause it was.
Testimony, you know. Yeah. He's, he's
entered something into the public record.
We do have someone on the
line, I believe. Yeah.
Yes, we do. Hi, you're on
commonalities. Who are we speaking with?
This is Arthur.
Arthur. Welcome.
I have one question. Yeah. Why
did he point the gun at her?
Why not five feet to the left,
five feet to the right. Yeah.
Well, all.
That over.
Yep. All right. Thank you, Arthur. Thank
you for the call. Yeah, I mean, that's,
again, I think it's Carol
since he probably was just,
he didn't realize he was.
In range. Well, and from
the a b ABC interview, uh,
Baldwin goes into that and said that
he was aiming actually just to her
left, uh, under her arm,
and that she had instructed
him because of the shot,
she was standing right next to the
camera. So he was aiming just off camera,
and she had instructed on where
to point. Um, now, you know,
regardless of that, uh, I,
I think as the person who
has the firearm in hand,
you do have some responsibility,
uh, for, for safety. Again,
any final thoughts on this issue?
We thank Arthur for his cause.
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We're talking about Alec Baldwin
and the charges that he is facing.
Yeah, you do get comfortable as an actor,
uh, because you are firing a people.
Uh, what is it? The old saying, you
can't make a Western without a gun fight?
Uh, so, you know, maybe
again, it was just, uh,
some carelessness, uh, or too
much comfort with this thing. Uh,
one thing I guarantee is that they are
gonna be ratcheting up the gun safety on
the, and they would be behooved
to get the NRA involved.
You know, and, and as a
responsible gun owner, you know, I,
I would say that this was
completely preventable. Uh,
you know how the chips
may fall. Now legally,
they've already settled
financially in the civil case. Um,
there's question as to should he have
made statements publicly should he
not have? Um, but regardless
of where any of that ends up,
um, I think what we need to remember
is that it is a completely, um,
preventable tragedy that happened.
And so we should be looking at ways, uh,
to make those sets even
safer. Um, you know,
not just for the actors and directors
and the big people there, but you know,
there's craft service people and everyone
else in the background that you have
to watch. Um,
so we're coming just to the
conclusion of our program here today.
I wanna remind everyone we'll
have Kendall on, uh, with me,
Kendall Siler. Um, on Thursday
during the 11 o'clock hour,
we're gonna be talking about the
woke culture of some corporations.
Are they there by choice,
choice or by force? Um,
and that will be our topic of discussion.
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