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Yeesh - Alec Baldwin just plopped into a world of hurt
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Discharged a 'prop' weapon that resulted in a death and another severe injury. https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ne...c47b69ce5.html Last edited by Baby Lee; 10-21-2021 at 09:36 PM.. |
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10-22-2021, 05:43 PM | #228 |
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‘Rust’ crew members detail on-set gun safety issues, decision to walk off before fatal shooting
Safety protocols standard in the industry, including gun inspections, were not strictly followed on the “Rust” set near Santa Fe, the sources said. They said at least one of the camera operators complained last weekend to a production manager about gun safety on the set. Three crew members who were present at the Bonanza Creek Ranch set that day said they were particularly concerned about two accidental prop gun discharges on Saturday. Baldwin’s stunt-double accidentally fired two rounds Saturday after being told that the gun was “cold” — lingo for a weapon that doesn’t have any ammunition, including blanks, two crew members who witnessed the episode told the Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...walked-off-set |
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At least not yet Alec the actor had every right to expect that his crew took the basic precautions of making sure there were no obstructions in the barrel or chamber... and most certainly that no actual rounds were somehow being used The only caveat is to what extent did his decisions as one of several producers, create an unsafe environment? Thats a legal question that we'll see play out... but as an actor he has the right to expect that what he's been handed is safe to point in ANY direction |
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10-22-2021, 06:28 PM | #231 | |
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At least the basics, like checking what's in the chamber when picking a gun up. Simple stuff I was taught when I was 5. |
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10-22-2021, 06:56 PM | #232 |
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Actually in one of those articles posted they do require safety training on set which includes safe handling of prop firearms. That was the actors union who of course wasn't on the set and one of the reasons for the walkout.
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10-22-2021, 07:04 PM | #233 |
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They should require actors using prop guns to pass a course in safe gun handling safety given by the NRA. This is something they do very well regardless of your political views. Noone does safety better than the NRA including the military.
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10-22-2021, 07:05 PM | #234 |
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Don't take the course you don't get to be in movies that gun props are used.
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10-22-2021, 07:12 PM | #235 |
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In one of the posts gifs above show a picture ad of a movie Alec was in. In it he is holding a fully cocked 45 up near his temple with his finger resting on the trigger. You never rest your finger on the trigger unless you intend to pull it.
Perhaps this young Director of Photography would still be alive today if Alec had an accidental discharge into his temple. |
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10-22-2021, 07:24 PM | #236 |
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10-22-2021, 07:26 PM | #237 |
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Seems like hiring scabs to look over the safety of the entire production was not the best idea.
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That's where it comes to brass tacks, when you specifically are pointing an instrument that is CAPABLE of deadly force in the direction of other people, where does your duty to verify the specifics of the nullification of that capability first fall. |
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OTOH, how in the world do you successfully set up safeguards that remove the standard duty of someone handling a firearm to exercise first-person care in said handling. I get the exigencies of having actors rely on the protocols of professionals around them, but when a dangerous instrumentality is in your hands, and you are POINTING IT AT PEOPLE, is it even possible to delegate that first-person duty of care away? |
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