No real gun experts were used on the set of Alex Baldwin’s film “Rust”; however, the cart that held the gun which killed Halyna Hutchins was left outside and unattended because of the Covid virus.

Matthew Hutchins (Halyna’s husband) is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the production.  Alec Baldwin states that allegations of an unsafe set are “bullshit”.

Armorer Hannah Reed admits to loading the gun, but doesn’t know how a live round got inside.  Her lawyer is blaming sabotage from one of the workers who left because of safety concerns.

Assistant director Dave Halls was fired two years earlier from a set for injuring someone with a gun on a film set.  In regards to “Rust”, Halls said that he hopes the movie industry will re-evaluate itself.

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