Dwayne Johnson says that after Alec Baldwin’s fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, his production company “will not use real guns ever again” on its TV and film sets. pic.twitter.com/3EBQNjY8fw — AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) November 4, 2021 Here’s hoping, per Variety: … Seven Bucks Productions, founded by Johnson and his longtime business partner Dany …
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How The Rich Stay Rich, part ∞
The obvious lesson from the pointless, utterly unnecessary death of Haylna Hutchins, shot on the set of the movie, Rust: don’t cheap out on your armorer (or any other part of your crew). Nothing that’s come out of the investigation of that accidental shooting has changed my view that, while there’s responsibility to go around, …
It Was Baldwin…And End-Stage Capitalism’s Violence…
That forged and then finished the chain that led to Haylna Hutchin’s death. There’s already been a fair amount of discussion here about the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, the director of photography on the set of a western being shot on the Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico. Some facts have been established: Alec Baldwin, …
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Late Night: Former NRA President Tricked Into Speaking At Fake High School Graduation
Kattails just sent me this, and wondered whether the release of this video might have been timed to correspond with Biden’s speech today. Interesting thought! It was certainly timed to coincide with the graduation ceremonies that more than 3,000 class of 2021 graduates will not be able to attend because they died from gun violence. Well …
President Biden and AG Garland Speaking on Gun Violence (5:00 ET)
You can watch the speech here: From the Washington Post: Biden’s plan to tackle rising homicides: Tighten gun regulations, bolster police President Biden will announce measures Wednesday to crack down on gun stores that don’t follow federal rules, step up programs for recently released convicts and provide more support for police departments across the country …
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I Will Never Understand Gun Nuts
This came across my twitter feed this morning: extremely psycho shit thanks pic.twitter.com/E6Lfbe9lE6 — LB™️ “???? ?????” ? (@LydiaBurrell) April 3, 2021 WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? I do not understand it. I do not understand the need to have a gun everywhere you go, I do not understand how they look at them …
Not Everything Is Terrorism: Boulder, Colorado Mass Shooting Edition
While it is early in regards to the investigation into yesterday’s mass shooting in Boulder, it is important to remember that not everything is terrorism. Even if it winds up terrorizing people. Terrorism in general and both domestic and what we call foreign terrorism (also doing business as just terrorism) have very specific definitions. And …
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