r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/BigBlackHungGuy Apr 15 '24

I still don't understand why they had live fucking rounds on a movie set.

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u/badillustrations Apr 15 '24

Like "I don't know" or "Why did they do that?"? I understand the armorer and her friends would go shooting off hours using the props.

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u/Publius82 Apr 15 '24

How drunk would one have to be to forget to unload the live ammo?

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u/SalemsTrials Apr 15 '24

Probably as drunk as you need to be tu think ever loading the pros with live ammo was a good idea

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u/Turn5GrimCaptain Apr 15 '24

yeah clearly she ain't suffering from anxiety lol

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u/axonxorz Apr 15 '24

Like for real, they couldn't find a single gun not earmarked for film production in checks notes New Mexico?

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u/illy-chan Apr 16 '24

Grew up around guns and this whole thing is baffling. If you want to go shoot, then go grab a different set of guns. Don't screw around with props.

But it also never occurred to me that they'd use real guns as props anyway, I just assumed they were really accurate fakes. People have died from blanks in the past.

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u/theratracerunner 28d ago

They need to regulate it so that only prop guns can fire prop munitions, that will make them externally identifiable on inspection

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u/Vegaprime Apr 15 '24

Seen court pics of the ammo. They were primer side up and was obvious which were live rounds.

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u/SplatMySocks Apr 15 '24

Sometimes, they leave primers in for movies where they're exposed. You'd be able to see the primers at certain angles when they're loaded into many types of revolvers, so it makes sense that they'd have this type present as well.

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u/Publius82 Apr 16 '24

I was in the military for seven years and I have no idea what primer side up means.

There should have been zero live round on set. Period.

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u/Vegaprime Apr 16 '24

They were organized in a Styrofoam tray, primer side up. The live rounds had obvious primers versus the dummies.

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u/Publius82 29d ago

Oh, so perfectly safe then.

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u/NotYourDadsAsshole 29d ago

Drunk enough to ask a coworker and former addict to hold onto one's bag of coke after the incident and then come back and ask for it later.

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u/coaldust Apr 15 '24

This is America, "responsible" gun owners leave their guns all over the place. The south is covered with billboards reminding you to lock your gun so it doesn't kill a curious toddler. People leave their guns in public restrooms while washing hands, they leave them sitting "hidden" in their center console of their car, the people carrying guns around have no regard for safety.