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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've read a lot on different platforms and the general consensus is that while AB may not be criminally charged he could still face a wrongful death lawsuit.[/quote]

Of course he will. And he will have to settle for an undisclosed significant amount of money. It was an accident with a gun. The caution used should have been elevated and wasn’t. It wasn’t a freak accident with feathers from a pillow that caught in her throat. It was a gun, pointed at her and he pulled the trigger. [/quote]

The producers will, but I don’t know why he’d bear any responsibility as an actor.  And there’s a workers compensation question they’ll have to get around first.[/quote]

Because a reasonable person would verify that a gun is not loaded before pulling the trigger. That should take all of 5 seconds. Workers comp is probably the exclusive remedy which means no civil judgments, hopefully the local DA is unimpressed enough with Hollywood to at least charge everyone involved with something [/quote]

It's a little weird that even if he didn't check the chamber, that the person handing him the gun didn't open the chamber. I don't think I have ever handed someone a gun in which I left the chamber closed. You need to know what you're handing someone.  [/quote]

Is it weird, when you consider that the person handing him the gun has currently been fired from this production and had been fired from previous productions for being cavalier about safety?  Is that somehow also AB's fault?  [/quote]

Not checking the chamber should be his fault. Part of gun safety is not trusting people who tell you a gun isn't loaded. It not hard open the gun, look at the cylinder, see that it is empty and close the gun. [/quote]
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There's a reason that actors are NOT supposed to do that.  [/b]

When you become an actor, then you can argue about whether you are allowed to do that before handling a prop gun.  [/quote]

I'd love to know why actors are assumed to be less competent and capable than a child being shown how to use a gun[/quote]

No, you wouldn't.  It's been stated on this thread and elsewhere.  Anyone can think about why it is the rule.

You don't like it.  So you've ignored it every time it's been stated.  [/quote]

Again, so would AB have put that gun to his own head without checking? Yes or No?

It can be the "hollywood" rule that he is not "supposed" to check it, but it's the 1st rule of handling a gun. You check it.[/quote]

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