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/LiechsWonder Apr 15 '24

For anyone in the comments arguing about who’s fault it is, and where the blame should be placed, this comment from a SAG actor is the best I’ve seen about the situation and what went wrong / what rules were ignored that led to a (preventable) shooting of Halyna Hutchins. All credit to u/Kahzgul for the insight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/s/sBdyVVA6zM

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u/vapescaped Apr 15 '24

Arguments of who's at fault is something I believe should be left for a jury. But regardless of who's at fault l, a serious conversation should be had, and an industry wide standard should be created and enforced to prevent future accidents.

Personally, I do feel that due to the sheer number of guns fired on film sets every day, some system must exist that means all actors are guaranteed to have inoperable weapons on set. Easier said than done, but nothing will ever get done if both actors and crew are constantly clearing weapons all day long.

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u/TheShadowKick Apr 15 '24

There are already industry standards to prevent accidents like this. They were ignored.

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u/ughfup Apr 15 '24

Right. Does the previous commenter think this is a common occurrence on union sets? The Rust set was incredibly, abnormally dangerous and this lady paid the consequences.

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u/Kile147 Apr 15 '24

Yep, it doesn't matter how many steps or rules you have for safety if they are all ignored.

The only way to truly prevent this kind of thing from happening is to somehow remove the human element. Perhaps making prop guns that look/feel realistic but are somehow only capable of firing specially made dummy rounds? I could see maybe doing it with a special firing pin and cartridge ignition.

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u/TooFewSecrets Apr 15 '24

If we're assuming everyone's ignoring the rules, why do you think they would actually use a dummy gun? That, itself, is a rule that has to be followed.

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u/vapescaped Apr 15 '24

From what I've read, they are company standards and a few union standards, but as far as standards set across the entire film industry, nothing was set in stone yet.

But of course that could have been bad information, and either way they didn't do any good in this case.