Most who are commenting about the Alec Baldwin incident have very poor reading comprehension. Reciting gun handling rules when commenting on what happens on a movie set are totally wrong. Hollywood gun movies are like playing cowboys when you are 10 years old. From the silent movie days to Hopalong Cassity to Matt Dillon, to today, they have been shooting at each other and at the camera, and all of the time, they have depended on someone to insure that the pistols were clear or loaded with blanks. Out of the tens of thousands of movies and TV shows, there have only been a half dozen incidents. As most of you know, or have guessed, actors do not have the responsibility, or most, the knowledge, to check and clear a firearm before doing whatever they are supposed to do for the scene. It is the responsibility of the production company to make sure that the pistol, or automobile, or motorcycle or Fleshlight (or whatever instrumentality is being utilized) is safe for the intended purpose. This movie was using single action pistols and it is difficult to have everyone involved unload the pistol, check the ammunition and reload it every time, even presuming that they would know the difference between a blank and a wad-cutter. In this instance, according to the news report, the pistol had been declared "cold" meaning it had no ordinance of any kind. Someone, not the actor or director, seriously screwed up, or there was deliberate sabotage, considering the reported problems with the union workers, this is not out of the question. I'm curious as to what the projectile will turn out to be. I'm guessing the poor woman took a round to the sub-clavian artery and the guy got it a little higher in the collarbone. Just my $0.02...