Originally Posted by NoWhErE

As the producer, Alec was in charge of hiring the crew AND was in charge of safety during the shoot.

It was a low-budget shoot. The armourer he hired was a known nepo-baby who had a history of having complaints lodged against her on other shoots for unsafely discharging LIVE rounds on set. She was also previously fired from other shoots when people got hurt from accidentally discharged weapons on set.

TLDR; She has a history of incompetence.




On top of that, she was also hired as a props assistant.

Her last day of working as an armourer was on Oct 17th. The shooting happened on Oct 21st. On that day, she was only on set as a prop assistant.

So, the producer (Alec Baldwin) decided that he didn't need an armor on set for a day where a gun would be used.

TLDR; The person in charge of guns wasn't even doing her duty that day for budget reasons




Lastly, the production crew of the movie had threatened multiple times to leave the set if Alec wouldn't beef up security measures. He refused to and neglected his duties.

When you look at the context and all the facts, I'd say manslaughter is 100% justified considering all the times Alec made the wrong decision INCLUDING pulling the trigger without an armoured on set AND without checking the safety of the weapon himself.