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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]"It’s the responsibility of the person holding the gun to make sure it is not loaded. Period."

Says who? In a normal situation when a person voluntarily shoots a gun without supervision, sure. [/quote]

I'm not the PP, but I concur with the sentiment. I am sure actors and other staff assume and trust the armorers all the time. I just know that no one is ever going to be as concerned about my safety as I am.

I am curious to hear from people who know more about movie sets than I do why they still use weapons that can shoot anything.[/quote]

I just don’t see actors stopping and checking a prop gun every time it’s handed to them and the assistant director and armorer say cold gun.[/quote]

I would be terrified to point a gun to someone's head or chest without first checking if it was loaded.  It takes 2 seconds.  Assuming cold gun means unloaded.  [/quote]

No, see there's your problem. Movie set guns ARE LOADED with blanks. Blanks look like bullets. The prop person makes sure everything is safe. The actor would not be expected to check the gun every time, because it is assumed the prop person already did it. Alec Baldwin should not be held liable for this. This is a workplace accident. Just like at a factory or a construction site. [/quote]

No. Just no.

Blanks don’t “look like bullets”  :roll:

Blanks look like rounds of ammunition with a case crimp where the bullet would normally be seated in an actual round of live ammunition. The two look nothing alike when viewed from any angle other than directly from the bottom of the case. In a revolver, where only the bottom of the case is visible, this has to be verified by looking at the front of the cylinder and rotating the cylinder to examine all the chambers. That might take 5-6 whole seconds. I think they probably have enough time for that. [/quote]

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