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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Having said all that, the first question that I think needs to be asked is; Why were there live rounds on the set of this movie to begin with? Then I would ask why are the firing pins in these guns not removed? Can they not dub the sound of the gun firing later on?
Now I'm reading that Baldwin is stating that he pulled the hammer back as instructed. It might be possible that he didn't pull it back far enough and it slipped and the pin hit the round. But the fact that he says that he didn't realize that the gun went off is absurd. When a Colt .45 goes off in your hand to know it. And it's very different when it goes off with a live round as opposed to a blank. Even if Baldwin is not familiar with guns and hasn't fired live rounds, he's fired plenty of blanks in his career. He certainly would have felt a big difference.
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To your first question, apparently they were goofing around, having target practice when shooting was done for the day...
To your second question, the firing pins weren't removed because they wanted the guns to fire blanks.
To your third question, it's because they want the muzzle flash and the gunpowder smoke...
The rest of Baldwin's statement is hogwash...