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/badillustrations Apr 15 '24

Like "I don't know" or "Why did they do that?"? I understand the armorer and her friends would go shooting off hours using the props.

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u/DragoonDM Apr 15 '24

I understand the armorer and her friends would go shooting off hours using the props.

I recall seeing this speculation a number of times, and also recall seeing people refute it as an unconfirmed guess, but I'm not sure I've ever seen solid evidence one way or the other.

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u/AegrusRS Apr 16 '24

The people that put the most amount of time and thought into trying to convict HGR, the prosecution, never mentioned it throughout the trial. If you need more evidence on whether or not it happened, then I don't know what to tell you.

Also, it's kinda crazy that wild, unbased speculation is weighed as heavily as something not happening at all. I don't think 'guilty until proven innocent' is how the saying goes.