 violates the cardinal rules of firearm safety, people's lives are endangered, and someone could be killed. But Alec Spiro, Baldwin's lawyer, said even if the actor had pulled the trigger, it wasn't an offence. This was an unspeakable tragedy, but Alec Baldwin committed no crime. He was an actor acting, playing the role of Harlan Rust. An actor playing a character can act in ways that are lethal,