www.thewrap.com: A seasoned on-set firearms expert and witness for the prosecution of “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on Thursday picked apart several videos showing alleged gun-safety violations on the ill-fated set. The footage included actors swinging muzzles in all directions as well as producer/actor Alec Baldwin furiously rushing the crew to reload his revolver and using it as a “pointing stick.”
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This whole situation makes me so grateful for the way in which the prop guns are handled in Passage. I’m currently on crew for Passage and there are 2 prop guns that are quite realistic. Todd Kulik came in and showed the whole cast and crew the guns before we began using them and presented the best way to ensure safety on set. Learning that actors were playing around with the guns on Rust is quite scary and shocking. Todd taught us that it is very important to ask as though the guns are firing and to never play with them. It is unfortunate to hear that from the start, the guns were not being used properly and safely on set. It is the armorer or props person's job to make sure that the guns on set are being used properly. Therefore, it makes sense for Gutierrez-Reed to face charges of involuntary manslaughter.
I do not understand how this could have happened and I am glad more information is getting released. Even when I was in middle school and doing scenes with prop swords it was outlines that you treat the weapon as if it was real. No matter how fake it looks or if you know it is not real the rule is to treat it as if it is a real weapon. I learned that in middle school. Middle school. In every situation I have been with weapons that have been enforced. I do not understand that if it is possible for those boundaries and rules to be enforced in a middle school and other unprofessional settings, how is it possible there were performers and other professionals playing with a gun. I do not understand how that could have happened. When safety violations are ignored things like this happen and when weapons are involved it becomes deadly. I do not understand it.
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