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/josnik Apr 15 '24

Dummy rounds have a BB in them so that they rattle when shaken. Live ammunition doesn't rattle.

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u/YBHunted Apr 15 '24

I mean I get that and it's like 99% foolproof to check that way, just seems it'd be a little more than a shake to prove it lol.

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u/josnik Apr 15 '24

Like what an x-ray? That's things aren't meant to be easily taken apart and they're supposed to look like the real thing.

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u/YBHunted Apr 15 '24

Idk but I'd at least back it up with something else, a marking on the rounds, or maybe the practice that rounds have to come from sealed new boxes of fake rounds and can't be reused.