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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More bad news from the armourer. She had an actor new to the set firing blanks at a hill the first time they met.

“I’ve got a 6 a.m. call tomorrow to have a big shoot-out. They had me pick my gun … The armorer was like, ‘Do you have gun experience?’ I was like, ‘A little,’” Ackles told the crowd.

“She was like, ‘This is how you load it, check it’s safe. Do you want it hip-drawn or cross-drawn? I’ll just put some blanks in there and just fire a couple of rounds towards the hill.’

“I walk out and she’s like, ‘Just make sure you pull the hammer all the way back and aim at your target,’ I was like ‘All right, I got it.’”[/quote]

I don't know that I see the issue here.

I'm not saying the armorer gets off, but this situation, as described, doesn't seem like a problem. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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