Pretty sure the law doesn't give a shit what conventions Hollywood has developed and followed over the years. You have a gun in your hand, you pull the trigger, you are responsible for the outcome. Don't like it? Learn gun safety, ignore what the person handing you the gun claims, check that it's unloaded yourself. Hollywood conventions need to change to align with reality.

Edit: I've been out of the loop. I wasn't aware they dropped charges against Baldwin. That's really fucked up in my opinion, as per the above.

Bro really looks like a call of duty character

Disingenuous post. Actor not being responsible ≠ blindly trust the guy in charge to not make any mistake ever and not even checking your own weapon. This is common fucking sense and you would think they learned that after Brandon Lee.

There’s a few reasons why he was charged, both as an actor and producer. Gun safety just can’t be fucked around with.

In the document, prosecutors accused Baldwin of “many instances of extremely reckless acts” during the film’s production.

They wrote that Baldwin “was not present” for mandatory firearms training before filming began. He was instead provided on-set guidance but prosecutors allege he was “distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family.” The training session was scheduled for an hour but was only 30 minutes long due to Baldwin’s “distraction” on the phone.

… The prosecutor’s statement described several “acts or omissions of recklessness” on the set of Rust. This included foregoing the use of a prop gun during unscheduled rehearsals, willful ignorance toward on-set safety complaints and a lack of armourer-performed safety checks.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9451182/alec-baldwin-rust-manslaughter-charge-phone/amp/

Whatever happened was horrible but also, and my brain can't stop thinking about this, will the movie ever come out? I don't think it did

He didn't answer the question...

I'm not super up to date with the situation—Why is it that it happened in 2021 (from what I can find) and there's a bunch of people talking about it right now?

If you handle a firearm, it is your responsibility to know whether that firearm is loaded, simple as that. Hollywood shouldn't get a pass just because Hollywood has been irresponsibly handling firearms for its entire existence. The responsibility lies both on the armorer and Baldwin, they both failed in this moment.

So I get that the armored is chiefly responsible but I have to wonder... why was he pointing the gun in that direction at all? When I heard that someone was shot, my first thought was, why wasn't it another actor? You know, like the person he was shooting at in the movie? The media never seems to answer the questions I have.