REPORT: Crew Member Responsible For Biden Gun Had Prior Safety Complaints

According to a new report the crew member responsible for giving Alec Baldwin the accidentally loaded gun he used to kill cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has had previous safety complaints filed against them.

As The Daily Wire reports:

The prop gun that actor/producer Alec Baldwin fired when he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” was reportedly given to him by a crew member who had been the target of a safety complaint in 2019.

“Maggie Goll, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnician, said in a statement that she filed an internal complaint with the executive producers of Hulu’s ‘Into the Dark’ series in 2019 over concerns about assistant director Dave Halls’ behavior on set. Goll said in a phone interview Sunday that Halls disregarded safety protocols for weapons and pyrotechnics and tried to continue filming after the supervising pyrotechnician lost consciousness on set,” The Associated Press reported. Goll asserted that Hall eschewed holding safety meetings, repeatedly did not tell the crew there was a firearm on the set, and dismissed the actors numerous times before they had returned some weapons to the props table.

Maggie Goll told NBC News, “He did not maintain a safe working environment. Sets were almost always allowed to become increasingly claustrophobic, no established fire lanes, exits blocked … safety meetings were nonexistent.” She added, “The only reason the crew was made aware of a weapon’s presence was because the assistant prop master demanded Dave acknowledge and announce the situation each day.”

NBC News noted, “The gun Baldwin used that was supposed to contain blanks had misfired before on the New Mexico set, sources familiar with the situation said, prompting several crew members to walk off the set just hours before the incident that killed Hutchins.”

Many commentators have remarked on the lax safety standards for firearms which were apparently present on the set of the film before the shooting.

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