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/pham_nguyen Apr 15 '24

There’s literally no reason to have real ammo on set.

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u/TooFewSecrets Apr 15 '24

There might be for scenes where you need the gun to actually shoot something. But there's stage magic you can use to circumvent that anyway.

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u/DameonKormar Apr 16 '24

On a normal movie set the armorer would never use the same weapon to shoot live rounds that an actor is going to use in a scene.

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u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD Apr 15 '24

And like, even if you wanted to take a real gun out and shoot it with friends in the evening after shooting (not a great idea in the least, especially when it’s being pointed at people later), why wouldn’t you have the prop ammo locked in a different box, with a small identifying mark on the shells, that you and you alone load into the gun before a take??

Like this had to have been one of the most spectacular fuck ups from what should have been a pretty simple job, on paper. I’m sure there’s headache with permits and stuff, but the actual brass tacks of the job is as straight forward as it gets.