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[quote=Anonymous]People, at least read the last few pages of posts before putting up questions that have been answered on the previous page.

A “live round” on a film set IS a blank. Blanks can hurt people (kill them even) so their use on sets is strictly governed.

No evidence an actual bullet was involved in this incident and odds are strongly against it.

We also don’t know if what came out of the gun was a blank (aka live round). Report is that the gun was identified as a “cold” (meaning empty) gun. Reports also say that as they were rehearsing the scene, Baldwin was practicing unholstering the gun, and that he did it at least once without incident. On a subsequent practice, something came out of the gun and hit the cinematographer and director.

Could have been a blank, in which case the question is who loaded it, why was it identified as an unloaded weapon, etc.

Could have been debris, in which case the question is why safety protocols which require multiple checks that the gun is cleaned and free of debris were not followed.

There are also reports that this specific gun had “misfired” multiple times on set. Misfire can mean a number of things and I don’t know what it means in this situation. But a gun that is not properly discharging ammo is a safety hazard because it means it’s internal workings are not functioning properly. Using a gun like this is very dangerous. It is shocking to me that they did do without clearly identifying and fixing the source of the prior misfires. This aspect of the story makes me suspect that the projectile was almost certainly debris from a prior misfire that got lodged somewhere in the gun and that the gun was improperly cleaned and checked before being given to Baldwin. A terrible, and preventable, tragedy. Anyone involved should be banned from working on sets with firearms in the future, maybe banned from sets altogether.

I don’t know enough about NM state law on manslaughter, or on the insurance coverages of this particular production, to say what the criminal or civil repercussions will be. The production will almost certainly have to payout for wrongful death, but whether anyone can or will be held personally (or criminally) liable is very hard to say at this point.[/quote]

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