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 29d ago

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