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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Many involved more people. This was just a case of gross negligence on the part of the gun handler. No actor should be checking their weapon for live ammo on the set. It is not their job. What if the actor does not know duds from real bullets?
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There are rules in place for this. Union rules. The prop master/gun handler, 1st AD are the 2 people in charge. The correct protocol is to call a safety meeting, all the crew stands around as the 1st AD and prop person open the chamber, show it’s empty, the AD signs off on it being empty and yells, COLD GUN…. There actually should never be a real gun on set for rehearsal either. It should be a rubber gun or non working gun of some kind. These are standard rules. That prop person had just been fired off a Nick Cage film for her lack of safety. And on Rust, the entire camera crew quit due to lack of safety. They were working with non union inexperienced crew at this point.