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‘I Didn’t Pull the Trigger’
Really? That seems unlikely. I mean, that’s how guns work: it’s amazing how unlikely they are to fire if someone’s finger isn’t on the trigger. So, while it’s possible that Mr. Baldwin didn’t pull the trigger, there is about a zero percent probability that he didn’t pull the trigger.
Of course, he didn’t pull the trigger.
(Interesting note: There is such a thing as a possible event that has a zero probability of occurring. Math is an endless buffet.)
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, DA John Chisolm didn’t pull the trigger when his soft-on-crime bail policies let serial felon Darrell Edward Brooks Jr. out on $1,000 bail less than a month ago when he assaulted and then drove his vehicle into his girlfriend. His mobility restored, Mr. Brooks then committed mass murder and put another few dozen folks into the hospital when he plowed into a Christmas parade last week in Waukesha. (The SUV, of course, receives top billing, since Mr. Brooks is, by virtue of his hue, not useful as an example of America’s purported White Supremacist problem. For what it’s worth, the SUV wasn’t white either.)
Meanwhile, in the City of Brotherly Love and record-breaking homicide, DA Larry Krasner didn’t pull the trigger when he knocked the bail down from $200,000 to zero and then dropped all charges against (alleged) violent serial criminal Latif Williams. Mr. Williams wasted no time in making good on his inexplicable freedom by (allegedly) murdering Tulane Temple University student Samuel Collington three days ago, while attempting to steal the young man’s SUV and shooting him twice because Mr. Collington was reluctant to surrender the vehicle (which belonged to his mother).
Unlike Kyle Rittenhouse, neither Mr. Brooks nor Mr. Williams is a nerdy little white kid carrying a scary gun. They’re just a couple of guys who can’t stay out of trouble, but who manage to stay out of jail thanks to the generosity of prominent Democratic DAs who are more concerned about being woke than doing their jobs.
2022 is coming.
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Philistine.
The movie ranks, with 2001 and Alien,as one of the handful of truly great science fiction movies.
Naw. The movie doesn’t do a very good job of telling the story, asking the questions, etc, vs the original story. Although I’m not a big fan of Philip K Dick to start with, but I still recognize that what he wrote is superior to the movie.
Looking for that ignore button….
Here’s some more help:
I’d rather see “Silent Running” again before “Blade Runner.”
Aw. Cute movie, though horribly dated. But Blade Runner kind of made sense, whereas there’s no plausible scenario that would have us putting Earth’s last forests on orbital platforms armed with nuclear destruct systems. I liked the little robots and the budget effects, but it was a fundamentally dumb movie.
Plausible? You want to use plausible in a paragraph mentioning “Blade Runner?”
“Silent Running” dealt with environment, over-use of technology (albeit remotely, I suppose, in that case, since we never actually saw their Earth it was only described), personal relationships and friendships crossed with… hate?… plus guilt and personal sacrifice… Whereas “Blade Runner” was just college-freshman navel-gazing, with some pretty pictures and hot actresses. (And actors I suppose, allowing for Rutger Hauer to charm the ladies…)
If you haven’t read the original story actually called “The Bladerunner,” you should.
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$1500 is a bit steep though. Here’s a copy for $35 plus shipping.
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Whatever. You’re wrong.
I just figured you had a penchant for Dick.
I’ve read some Alan E. Norse, but never Blade Runner. Didn’t he write the Star Surgeon books?
I don’t remember those other Nourse titles, but James White wrote “Star Surgeon” and “Ambulance Ship” and “Hospital Station”, I read all of those. And some other White books too, he was good.
The one-season UPN show “Mercy Point” was about that too.
Well, the memory’s faulty.
No revolver sold in the US is sold without significant safety mechinisms unknown in the Colt Peacemaker. For example, the old Colt was flat unsafe to carry with the hammer down on a loaded cylinder as a sharp blow to the hammer (like you could get of the firearm was dropped) could cause it to discharge. All currently (and since the 1980s or so) are “drop safe”. I cannot say how the revolver we are discussing meets the safety criteria without knowing which manafacturer, but, to my knowledge, there is no such thing as a new exact replica of a Colt Peacemaker sold in the US today.
Disagree. Note the discription says “No safety is visible in the hammer.” Which indicates there IS a safety involved.
Thanks. Do you know if the modern Cold Peacemaker (I don’t even know if that’s what was used) has a half-cock position?
There is a lot to be said in favor of a ‘single-double’ gun like the S&W 59 and 69 series (and many others of the same era). Once you understand that the de-cocker works as advertised, it’s about as safe as any semi-auto pistol can be.
I have not been paying that much attention to the AB shooting so really know with this level of detail what sort of gun he was using. I have a couple of versions of these. The only way AB could do what he is saying is with a altered gun which would not be the case coming out of the hands of a armorer unless they had a very specific reason to make it that way and then they would require it to be handled differently.
I have a couple of Uberti 45’s and a 22. It would be difficult to set them off accidentally.
I inherited mine from my father and grandfather. They have been in the family for decades. Not once did they ever go off on their own but it seems that AB ones do that all the time.
Wait a minute? Where were Jussie Smollet’s Nigerians?
I’m thinking the AB story is most likely BS.
But if you read Colt’s manual for the Single Action Army, it goes on at length about the risks of pulling the trigger too hard in half-cocked position, which may break the sear indents and later, allow the gun to fire when it shouldn’t.
That may speak more to Colt’s lawyers’ concerns about liability than the likelihood of actually doing that. But it’s in there as a risk.
Have you read my lawnmower instructions. I am pretty sure there is warning about using it around water on the moon. They cover about everything.
Shades of Wonko the Sane.
It’s pretty specific. I’d expect the lawyers for all parties in the AB matter are at least looking at it.
LOL!
But that will be provable if that’s what happen. I’m sure the authorities have the gun in hand. If it’s broken, then AB may have an alibi. But I doubt it.
Again, if this were so, it would be shown in a 15-minute inspection.
He said he never pulled the trigger. Is it possible that he meant he never pulled the trigger after cocking the gun? And what he’s saying is that he did pulled the trigger before and was pulling the trigger while cocking he gun?
How many ways can we reinterpret his clear description of what he did so that it makes any sense?
It’s also possible that he’s just plain lying.