45 Colt: Evaluating question about fatal round in “Rust” movie shooting

[RPSGuns]

From a safety perspective, is there any real reason in todays world to have an actual firing pin in a movie prop? Replace the firing pin with CGI and you still have an idiot pulling the trigger but, no one dies from a fake muzzle blast.

 

[mikecockcroft]

How do you make a western or any movie where two people are standing 10 ft apart and shooting at each other without pointing the gun at the other person?
Or how do you not point the gun at the camera person in a scene where the prospective is looking at someone shooting a gun at you?
The idea of "not pointing a gun at anyone anytime" does not work filming a movie. Thats why there is an armorer on set to be sure the guns are not loaded with real ammo and why real ammo is not supposed to be anywhere near the filming location.

 

[DGP4]

John Ford and other directors of his era made how many war and western movies with guns blazing in every other scene and not one accidental death as far as I know. The new generation that makes movies involving guns have never come within 10 yards of a gun off set and therefore know nothing about them. THAT is the problem. A person that has never used or trained on gun usage has no idea what is safe and unsafe. Hence, one actor placed a gun loaded with blanks against his temple thinking it was perfectly safe to pull the trigger.

 

[Colt 45]

IMHO it doesn't matter who checked what, Baldwin was @ fault as Baldwin had control of the weapon and pulled the trigger. Every time I am handed a weapon anywhere, I always clear the firearm unless I observe the firearm being cleared and then I recheck it myself.
Baldwin will get off easy due to the location used as a movie set and not to upset Hollywood. Money talks and people walk as the old saying goes.

 

[rebs]

With all of Baldwins money he will never see a jail cell

 

[Webster]

They were target shooting, off set, with the gun and live ammo.
Real ammo was brought in for this purpose.

Better dummy rounds wouldn't have helped here.

Someone said the rules prohibit live ammo anywhere near the set! In an interview they said that the Actors Guild requires a safety person in charge of anything to do with guns. The safety director did nothing about live ammo in guns used by the actors for target shooting. It wasn't clear if they could just grab any stage hand and designate them as a safety director to satisfy the requirement. Guns don't go off by accident. If you never shot a handgun a 5–6-pound trigger pull doesn't happen by accident. To injure someone you have to point the gun at someone and pull hard on the trigger.

 

[Rat Rifle]

They broke almost every Movie Industry safety rule related to firearms.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Hes in hampshire england right now and the locals are mistaking him for a hobo. Hes staying in a 90 pound per nite hotel moping around the streets learning his new movie role

 

[Bill Score]

Holy Molly....Jennifer O'Neil was married 9....yes 9 times to 8 different men. She married one, divorced him then re-married him. Do you suppose she was that bad a judge of male character or just lusted for something different 8 times? Wow!!

Saw the same thing...... just........ wow.

 

[mikecockcroft]

Latest rumor is the women that was killed was working on a documentary about Hollywood pedophiles

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Latest rumor is the women that was killed was working on a documentary about Hollywood pedophiles

That wont surprise me one bit