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Old 04-22-2023, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
You do realize it was a prop gun on a movie set, right? Apparently there is some question whether he pulled the trigger and reason to believe the mechanism had been modified.

Movie set - make believe - perhaps not a real gun - certainly should not have had real ammunition - supposedly the safety expert on the set had certified that the gun was safe. Somewhat similar to playing cowboys and indians or cops and robbers as a kid in your backyard.
No, there is no question as to whether he pulled the trigger.

It has just been opined that because the gun had been worked on since it left the factory (a very common occurrence), that it would be difficult to prove in a court of law...

And even though it was a movie set, they still use REAL GUNS. They just use "blanks", which require a functioning gun in order to fire...

Nothing like playing "cops and robbers"...
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