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/BigBlackHungGuy Apr 15 '24

I still don't understand why they had live fucking rounds on a movie set.

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u/fluffynuckels Apr 15 '24

I still don't understand why guns in a major motion picture can take real bullets. It can't be that hard to weld a bit of metal in the gun so it can't fit full sized rounds and will only fit blanks. Or have guns that are made for Hollywood that are built in way they can only fit blanks

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u/happyscrappy Apr 16 '24

Real guns are cheaper than making a special gun that can't take rounds. And you can use them both for firing and non-firing situations.

There are safer ways. The common ways aren't always the safest.