Prosecutor says Alec Baldwin ‘violated cardinal rules of firearm safety’

Actor Alec Baldwin listens during his hearing in Santa Fe County District Court (Ross D Franklin/AP)

A prosecutor told jurors that Alec Baldwin “violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety” in opening statements at his trial for involuntary manslaughter.

“The evidence will show that someone who played make believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety is the defendant, Alexander Baldwin,” special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson said.