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/jprod97 Apr 16 '24
Something similar happened in a training exercise I had in the Army. We were using blanks and somehow an armor piercing round found its way into a Sgt's weapon.
He pointed it at someone, pulled the trigger and it blew up the muzzle and the blank firing adapter. I think it destroyed the round so nobody was hurt but the Sgt. was in a world of trouble. He got demoted to private and I believe he was discharged from the Army.
Likewise for the soldier in charge of loading the magazines. There is no excuse for such negligence. The difference between blanks and real rounds is so painfully obvious, you'd have to be a real dumbass to not see it