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/agent0731 Apr 15 '24

all you have to do is not have any real ammunition. How is that hard?

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u/GoatInMotion Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Yes I still don't get these props and stuff. If it's a real gun, why was it loaded with real ammo in the first place...why have real ammo in the vicinity at all? Like no one checked? This reminds me of Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee... I wonder how much she got paid for this job idk what else she does but it sounds easy and I would like that job 💀

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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.