# Alec Baldwin \[accidentally\] Kills Crew Member with Prop Gun {2021-10-21}

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** breaking-news\
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960 "2021-10-22T02:38:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960/2735 "2024-04-12T11:16:55Z")

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> [@Safety, industry standards, law, and regulation (hijack from baldwin thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-industry-standards-law-and-regulation-hijack-from-baldwin-thread/1000191):
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> Wow. Thanks. But,… you know what, I’m gonna keep on saying it: if yours is the attitude typical of the layperson, there is so much more at stake here than just whether Alec Baldwin is guilty of manslaughter. What is at stake, it seems, is whether Americans believe that laws are made by legislatures and judges accountable to We the People, or whether industry makes its own laws, which we mere humans must simply abide by. That thought frankly scares me. I don’t know why it doesn’t scare you. I…

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