Alec Baldwin Calls for Police to Monitor Weapon Safety on Sets After ‘Rust’ Tragedy

Alec Baldwin is facing another lawsuit over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

“Alec has no blame in this at all” said Daniel Baldwin today about his brother Alec Baldwin, who discharged a prop gun on the set of the western film Rust on Oct. 21, killing DP Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.

Alec Baldwin is speaking out about gun safety on movie sets.

tweeted the statement from his Twitter account, which is now private, on Monday morning, and it’s his latest update in the wake of the tragedy on set of his film “Rust” in which the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed.

Alec Baldwin took to social media on Monday to share his idea to make film and TV sets that use firearms more safe — hire police officers.  The 63-year-old actor has been at the heart of an ongoing debate in Hollywood about the use of real guns during production after an on-set accident involving him left "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza wounded.

Alec Baldwin has stated that police officers should be employed on all film and TV sets that utilize guns.

Dwayne Johnson will no longer use real guns on his movie sets. In the wake of the fatal shooting — in which Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the film's set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza -- Johnson vowed that his production company will stop using real guns on its sets.«First of all, I was heartbroken,» Johnson told at the premiere of his latest flick, .

Dozens of Hollywood’s most prominent cinematographers banded together today to put a thoughtful argument behind a simple plea: “ban all functional firearms on set.”

CNN, “this was not an accident, this was negligence.” She’s among other filmmakers and creators like those on the cop drama “The Rookie” and “The Boys” who have said they would no longer use functional firearms on their sets. A California senator, Dave Cortese, has drafted a bill that he aims to present to the senate calling for the ban of firearms on film sets in the state of California.

Halyna Hutchins final words to the film crew have been revealed one week after she was shot by Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin in a tragic accident.

A controversial choice. While celebrating Halloween, Kelly Dodd and her husband, Rick Leventhal, shared their costumes — to less than enthusiastic responses.

Alec Baldwin has been criticised after his wife Hilaria shared Instagram snaps of their family celebrating Halloween, just days after he shot dead Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set.

Alec Baldwin ’s wife Hilaria has said she is ‘trying to limit his PTSD’ following the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins as she is concerned about his mental health.

Safety standards developed by film studios and entertainment industry labor unions are what’s protecting other sets from suffering a similar incident to that of the Alec Baldwin shooting on the set of "Rust."  Although the industry standard across the board seems to be to treat weapons, even those loaded with blanks, as lethal, shootings and deaths have nevertheless taken place.The most recent being the death of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when a gun held by Baldwin discharged on the set of

Alec Baldwin spoke out amid the ongoing "Rust" movie shooting investigation Saturday. Baldwin, 63, spoke to photographers in Vermont where he said he is cooperating with police and has been speaking to them every day.

VERMONT – Alec and Hilaria Baldwin stepped out for drinks at a Vermont bar Friday night as an investigation into a deadly on-set shooting involving the A-list star is underway in New Mexico.  Baldwin had an IPA and Hilaria ordered wine.The couple shared a kiss after a long day out with the kids. And they dug into plate after plate.

LOS ANGELES -- Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director, likely won’t be held criminally or civilly liable for the tragedy.But Alec Baldwin the producer might be, along with several others in leadership positions for the Western.Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout from the tragedy, definitely in civil lawsuits and potentially in criminal charges.

Alec Baldwin was reportedly very careful with firearms on the set of "Rust" prior to the accidental shooting incident that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza wounded.  Reid Russell, a camera operator who was working on the film's set that day, noted to detectives in a newly released affidavit that Baldwin was very careful when it came to the use of prop firearms while filming prior to the incident.  According to the warrant affidavit, which was obtained by Fox