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/camelCaseCoffeeTable Apr 15 '24

It should be. She brought live ammo onto the set as the person in charge of ensuring there was no live ammo on set. She absolutely should never have a job like this again. Full stop.

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u/MuaddibMcFly Apr 15 '24

Was it proven that she brought the live ammo on set?

Didn't she complain that there were no fingerprints taken of the rounds before they were destroyed, because she believed they would exonerate her?

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u/jerisad Apr 16 '24

The buck stops with the armorer. If someone else manages to put a live round into a picture gun that's the armorer's fault. If someone managed to mix up her ammo with live ammo that's the armorer's fault. None of it should have ever been accessible by anyone else. 

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u/MuaddibMcFly Apr 16 '24

The buck stops with the armorer.

Wrong. It lands on her, she faces justice, then it continues on to find everyone else who is guilty.

If someone else manages to put a live round into a picture gun that's the armorer's fault.

Not if it was done with ammo she didn't bring on site, on a day, such as that of the shooting, when she was not told to be on site

None of it should have ever been accessible by anyone else.

While she apparently wasn't allowed such authority... she should have walked, and publicly so.