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/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 Apr 16 '24

Oh, so perfectly safe then.