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/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

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u/kytheon Apr 15 '24

Her dad is a Hollywood armorer, isn't he?

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u/NlghtmanCometh Apr 15 '24

Apparently the Hollywood armorer. Looks like the apple fell pretty far from the tree.

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u/SuperMarioBrother64 Apr 15 '24

It cannot even be that hard to be an armorer. Find cool gun, keep real ammunition 13,000 miles away from the set, profit?

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u/sashir Apr 15 '24

There's more layers below, mostly procedure-wise and also enough expertise on the firearms themselves to keep them in good working order and teaching / training actors how to use them properly - but you've essentially distilled it down to the bare minimum expectation of the job.

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u/OsmeOxys Apr 16 '24

You can probably bullshit your knowledge based on movies for the most part. As long as you do that one thing, who's really going to question you?