Why did Baldwin point a gun whose status he didn’t verify at another person and pull the trigger?

Ian Underwood writes,

Note that, unlike the journalists reporting this story, I used the word negligent instead of the word accidental. An accident is something that happens to you. Negligence is something you do.

The death of Halyna Hutchins and the wounding of Joel Souza were not accidental. They were negligent. The distinction is crucial, and a discussion of Baldwin’s negligence ought to become a standard part of any gun safety course — and his enduring legacy on the issue of gun control.

Read more here: https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/10/the-alec-baldwin-school-of-gun-safety