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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
I do not see any actor checking weapons.
However, he would need to be questioned about what he had heard about gun safety or the lack of it on the set of this movie.
I am pretty sure that the lawyers will get into this.
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The issue is the 1st AD, who is in charge of safety on the set and also should never be handing out a gun, gave it to him and said cold gun. The armorer told him the guns were cold. He shouldn’t have taken her word but the actor has to be able to fully trust the first AD. That’s who dropped the ball here and whoever hired the inexperienced armorer. IF, it had been a hot weapon, they have what’s called a safety meeting and the entire crew has to be there to hear what to do in case anything happens. They make all the crew stand outside the danger zone, put plexiglass in front of the cameras and check all the gun chambers. Since this was a “cold” gun, none of this was done. Again, how can the 1st AD not be blamed. He did so many things wrong. I certainly am not defending Alec Baldwin. I hear he’s not the nicest to work with but I don’t know for sure. Regardless, he’s just not at fault. You can use 1/4 loads( which is always what I’ve used when shooting) 1/2 or full loads.