Alec Baldwin fatally shot someone on movie set with gun mishap
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Anonymous
There’s a bunch of instances of her being unsafe on set. That’s just one of them. The most troubling incident occurred when Gutierrez-Reed allegedly loaded a gun on the ground where the area was filled with pebbles, then without properly checking the weapon, handed it to child actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong, both sources told The Daily Beast. Concerned crew members intervened, demanding filming be stopped until Gutierrez-Reed had properly checked the firearm, the two sources said. |
Anonymous
I disagree on the age. There’s different levels of armourers. I guarantee her father wasn’t HEAD armourer at 24. He worked his way up with skills and experience. |
Anonymous
Someone who claims to have little gun experience was given a few minutes of instruction, shown how to load and check the gun one time, and then was handed a loaded gun (with blanks - although we’ve learned that blanks can kill) and then told to go practice shooting it. That seems problematic. More than one person (who knows how to check a gun) should have checked it. The use of a live gun should have been loudly announced. Gun safety should have been discussed. Anyone in the vicinity should have been behind plexiglass. |
Anonymous
There are cops and soldiers who are in charge of ranges. You also have instructors who are used to working with recruits who don't know how to use firearms. The utter disregard for firearms safety on this set is just astounding. |
Anonymous
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The crew wanted her fired before this happened.
The production source said crew members had complained directly to Halls about the previous accidental gun discharges over the weekend, demanding to make sure they were documented. “All of us yelled at him, ‘That better be on the production report, these guys are irresponsible and shouldn’t be here,’” the source explained. “That should be automatic grounds for termination on a union film set, you should be gone. The first time that gun went off without telling anybody, that whole department should have been replaced, immediately. Clearly production thought better of it, decided to roll the dice and pay the ultimate price.” |
Anonymous
There should be an instructor standing behind them to make sure they don't do something stupid. Anyone who has learned how to shoot at a range learned with someone behind them making sure they aren't an idiot. |
Anonymous
There is NO excuse for this. None. If you're not familiar with guns and ammunition google pictures of a live round and a blank. The difference is easy to see. Whoever put the live round in this fire arm should be held responsible along with anyone else who was negligent. |
Anonymous
A high performing soldier could be a Staff Sergeant by age 24, in charge of much more than an armorer on a movie set. |
Anonymous
We don't really know (it could have been name recognition),but imagine how he feels today. On some level this seems to even taint his reputation (though that is not fair). |
Anonymous
Yes after years of formal training. She had none. |
Anonymous
I hope he already had his retirement party because no ones coming to one if she’s there after this. |
Anonymous
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If the movie is a western, presumably there will be lots of guns involved, so I would think the armorer should be an experienced one.
I've seen several references to Rust Movie Productions, LLC. Is it common for each movie production to become a company? |
Anonymous
| it really limits liability I expect |
Anonymous
That's my point exactly. The age isn't the problem. The training and experience (or lack thereof) is the issue. |
Anonymous
Not exactly. She was head armorer on a Nicolas Cage movie prior to Rust. |