It's a mindblowing f*ckup. The person in charge of the firearms(the armorer) is a 24 year old female and this was her very first gig. The experienced armorer they tried to hire turned the job down because of budget and safety concerns. It's a low budget movie, the schedule was hurried and this new armorer was just in over her head. There was also a walkout by some of the crew the week before because of working conditions.
In addition to being the trigger man, Baldwin is the producer so he has an enormous amount of exposure. I hope he gets ass plowed, since that's his M.O.
All that said I can't imagine pulling the trigger in that situation without personally verifying the status of the gun.
