Was she supposed to get shot in the movie or was he playing a joke?
17 pages of info and dribble, and that's what you surmised ?...the incident is explained in detail, along with the parties involved.
The dribble being "prop gun misfires" ! Funny. Interesting Baldwins movie is described thusly." In ‘Rust,’ Alec Baldwin stars as Harland Rust, an outlaw who helps his estranged grandson get out of prison in Kansas after the 13-year-old is 'convicted of an accidental murder and sentenced to hang.'" We can hope they hang the bastard.