Alec Baldwin, who officials say accidentally killed his cinematographer during the filming of the movie “Rust,” should have never pointed a gun at another person even if he thought it was safe, said a Hollywood safety expert. According to an affidavit for a search warrant, Baldwin did not know the prop gun he fired was loaded with live ammunition. The assistant director who handed the firearm to Baldwin also did not know it was loaded, either, the warrant said. Before the gun was discharged, the assistant director shouted, “Cold gun,” before Baldwin allegedly killed Halyna Hutchins, 42, and wounded director Joel Souza, 48, reported KOB-TV. But one firearms expert, Bryan Carpenter of Dark Thirty Film Services, told the New York Post that “loaded or unloaded, a weapon never gets pointed at another human being.” He noted that all guns used in film and TV productions are usually fired at a dummy point, …
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