It’s a 1960s replica of an 1880 Colt SAA (the Peacemaker).
Aside from what Baldwin is ridiculously claiming, that the gun went off without him pulling the trigger, Pietta built these in the 1960s with trigger bars. You very much can not get that gun to fire without pressing the trigger. So unless the gun was modified or somehow broken, he had to pull the trigger.
FWIW, I didn’t blame actor Alec Baldwin until he started lying about the incident, but still blame Producer Alec Baldwin who is ultimately responsible.
I heard somewhere--I think from claims in one of the lawsuits that was filed--that he might've been playing with the hammer. If he had the trigger already depressed, he might've fired it by releasing the hammer without technically pulling the trigger (because it was already pulled). Or at least that's one theory. We will have to see what goes on in court and hear what they say after examining the actual gun.
I'm surprised he didn't offer to settle before this was even filed. From everything I've heard from lawyers discussing this, there's almost no question that he's civilly liable for this.
Yeah, the only question is whether Alec knows that or not. He doesn't seem very clued in about gun safety and has said some very odd things to the press, which is also horribly inadvisable from a legal perspective.
I wonder what he'll do if he ends up having to take the stand in a civil trial.
