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Old 10-23-2021, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Kelevision View Post
He was given, what he was told was a cold gun. The fault is with the prop person in charge of the gun. She was inexperienced, the movie was a poorly run production and the union crew walked out due to unsafe working conditions. A crew member that should never have touched the gun, much less handed it to and actor did told him it was cold. They were rehearsing and in all rehearsals you use a rubber gun. Never a real gun, loaded or not. He was shooting at the camera and the girl killed was the operator. He was shooting was he thought and was told was an empty gun.
As I intimated, he probably did not intend to kill anyone, but any time you are handed a gun and regardless of what you are told about that gun it is your responsibility to make sure that it is safe, or if not then you must treat it differently. The gun handler is always 100% responsible for what happens with any gun in their possession.