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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If AB had put the gun to his head and shot himself, people would be asking why he did not check the gun?  Why did he take somebody's word for it? etc. [/quote]

I think this is a valid point.

My hope is that gun safety regulations are upgraded and enforced on all film sets going forward.[/quote]

NP. If by "upgraded and enforced," do you mean actors should be responsible for opening a gun and checking inside it? If so, you and all the other "actors are responsible!" people here still can't, or won't, comprehend how firearms are handled on film and TV sets.

[b]Armorers do not WANT actors opening and closing and inspecting firearms. The mere act of doing so could end up creating problems with the weapon which could be dangerous[/b]. It. Is. The. Armorer's. Responsibility. And in this specific case, it also is that AD's responsibility since he picked up a gun and clearly, verbally declared it "cold." It is not on actors to inspect every gun every time. They are not experienced in it. Their focus is elsewhre when they are working. The realities of filming a scene involving firearms don't allow for it. (Often the scene begins with a dummy gun in the actor's hand, then it's paused for the armorer to place a gun with a dummy round or blank into the actor's hand, and the film starts again -- it is rapid, and the actor can't just stop, alter positions, and take time to check a gun that multiple others would have checked already.)

The fact that countless shows and films have used firearms with zero accidents over many, many years fails to register with many PPs here. This incident is the exception, not the rule.

And those bringing up the Brandon Lee tragedy need to stop. That was nearly 30 years ago. Not diminishing how horrible it is for the victim and her family and not diminishing how VERY responsible the armorer, AD and possibly others are, in this specific case. But turning this into a call for all actors to inspect every gun is simply ridiculous and shows a complete failure to read the many articles in the past week where it's made clear that no one wants actors in the business of checking firearms. Does this bring up huge issues with set safety and the consequences of having criminally sloppy procedures that need serious fixes? Yes. Does that include making actors personally responsible for firearms? No. [/quote]

That's just not true. If opening a revolver to check the cylinders causes any problems with the gun, then whoever maintains it is beyond incompetent. [/quote]

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