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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve worked on many movie sets and several things went wrong to culminate in an accident like this.  Several people f-ed up.  Alec Baldwin, as the actor, is completely blameless.  No actor can or should ever examine the firearm.

Alec’s Baldwin, a producer on this film, may well bear liability however.  [/quote]

Thank you. The actor never inspects the fire arm. That’s crazy talk.
- IA member from unthread [/quote]

Then an actor should never touch a firearm. [/quote]

PP, it may be that in the future there are better gun safety protocols and less gun use on set.  I hope so.

But that is a different thing than stating what the rules/protocols are currently.  If it is not the norm for actors to have anything to do with checking safety, and to rely on those that are hired to do so, then there is no culpabiltiy here for AB.  What you think SHOULD be, is very different from what actually is.[/quote]

Exactly, why would they rely on actors to know enough about a gun to check it?  [/quote]

What people with “navy seal” training aren’t understanding is that there is a very specific protocol put in place for firearms on set. I’m the person currently filming in the Midwest. Our film has a gun being fired in one scene and it’s definitely different on those days of the shoot. There is a way it’s handled and professionals are in charge of doing it. It’s not my department, so I won’t speak to the specifics. But people have been following these protocols for years without incident. When seasoned professionals are employed, and when work rules are followed, these things are much less likely.
Everyone on set has their job and in no scenario is it an actor’s job to inspect firearms. I sure as hell don’t want to be on set where an actor is messing around with a gun ( prop or no). [/quote]

We understand it. We just think it’s stupid because protocol can fail. And did. I was taught that once a weapon is in your hands, YOU have to responsibility. Would you personally trust being handed a weapon that’s been cleared via protocol, aim it at your child, and shoot without checking it yourself? If the answer is yes, you need a basic course.  [/quote]

But an actor would be the least qualified person to handle the gun. The armorer, etc., would all be professionally trained to do so. The actor is an actor.

And in what other professional situation is someone not specifically trained to handle a gun actually handling a gun? I can't think of any. A film set is not analogous to any other situation involving guns.[/quote]

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