We have in mind those among us who don’t take firearms seriously enough. What happened on a New Mexico movie set also should prompt serious soul-searching far beyond the movie industry. Ongoing police investigations are asking how a gun that was declared “cold” - that is, safe to fire - as it was handed to Baldwin could have killed someone. The tragic incident prompted understandable anguish on the part of all who knew the 42-year-old Hutchins, a highly regarded cinematographer, as well as a wife and mother. A projectile from the revolver struck and killed Halyna Hutchins, director of photography on the movie, a Western called “Rust.” Joel Souza, the director, was standing beside Hutchins and was injured. 45 discharged as it was being used as a prop by actor Alec Baldwin during rehearsal of a scene. 21 on the set of a movie being made near Santa Fe, N.M., when an antique Colt. Vexing questions remain about what actually happened Oct. Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout after Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director. 21, 2015, file photo, actor Alec Baldwin attends a news conference at United Nations headquarters.

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