Alec Baldwin

You don't point a gun at me and pull the trigger.

This is a replica model.

It's virtually identical, but it's a non-firing replica of the gun that they used on that set.

If you don't pull the trigger, the design of this gun will not let the hammer go forward.

It's designed to stop at the halfway point.

If I pull the hammer back most of the way and let go, as Alec Baldwin said, it's designed to not drop on a round.

If this gun had been in service for many, many, many years and had worn parts, maybe that's a factor.

A worn-out gun or a broken gun may be a factor in this.

The FBI is currently examining that gun.

There were several things that went wrong.

Two people accidentally shot.

We need help immediately.

It wasn't just one accident.

It was a series of perhaps just accidents all put together caused this really catastrophic breakdown on the set of Rust.

Are you prepared to press criminal charges once this investigation is in your hands?

Of course.

If the investigation shows that criminal acts occurred.

For many in the film community, the Rust incident brought back memories of another tragedy that ended in a fatality and also raised concerns about safety on sets.

The first thing I thought when I heard about the tragedy on the set of Rust was the terrible tragedy on the set of Midnight Rider.

Sarah Jones was killed by a train while shooting the film Midnight Rider in Georgia.