Baldwin Shooting Elicits a Familiar—and Flawed—Response

(Left) Halyna Hutchins in Park City, Utah on Jan. 28, 2019. (Right) Alec Baldwin in East Hampton, New York on Oct. 7, 2021. Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindie; Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for National Geographic

Commentary

If one terrible thing happens with a gun, gun control activists reflexively call for bans or other new regulations. There is rarely a consideration of costs and benefits. Actor Alec Baldwin has demonstrated this thinking again after the accidental fatal shooting on the set of his movie in New Mexico.