If it hasn't already been said, some support for Alec Baldwin as we know

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49. You don't have to absolve him of all guilt to feel compassionate towards him.

And anyone who works on a complex project with health or safety or significant financial risks knows that no one individual can be expected to be all over every aspect of it. That's why people work in teams and you need to be able to trust that the other people in your team are competent and on the ball. And even then, shit happens. That's why insurance was invented.

He hired someone whose job it was to ensure gun safety on set. Something, somewhere went wrong. When we have the facts, we can make an informed assessment of what portion of blame falls where.

They were rehearsing a shot, probably with the gun pointed at the camera where the director of photography and director were hunched over monitors lining up the shot. He pulled the trigger because he had every reason to believe it was a "cold" prop gun that was not capable of hurting anyone.

It seems pretty clear from what we do know that he didn't intend to hurt anyone and neither did anyone else on that set. They must be going through life-shattering levels of guilt right now.

Given that, I just can't find the motivation to pile on with the gun safety finger-wagging especially when we still don't know a lot of key facts.