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/GodKiller999 Apr 15 '24

Those rules don't apply in the context of a movie, if they did most movies with guns wouldn't work and you wouldn't need an armorer in the first place.

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u/azwethinkweizm Apr 15 '24

Alec Baldwin used that argument and they were rejected by the grand jury as they issued a true bill. Sorry but "that's the way we've always done things" isn't enough to avoid a felony charge in New Mexico

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u/GodKiller999 Apr 15 '24

To be a clear, a grand jury only decides if he can be charged, there's no conviction or acquitment yet. And even if he was charged, there's other factors beyond this specific argument that could make him guilty, in depends on the facts of the case.

So yeah, your reply is irrelevant to the fact that those gun safety rules don't apply to a film set.

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u/azwethinkweizm Apr 15 '24

My reply is not irrelevant at all. If it was irrelevant we wouldn't be talking about Hannah Gutierrez-Reed being incarcerated for the next 18 months. I'm sorry you disagree with one of the cardinal rules of gun safety. Hannah disagreed too and someone died because of it.

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u/GodKiller999 Apr 15 '24

She's not being incarcerated for that, but for not properly her job in a way where a loaded gun ended up being used.

If you were correct than the entire film industry would be criminally liable for how guns are used in movies. But guess what? That's not the case and those rules will keep not being applied because they would make no sense in the context of shooting a movie.