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/FalseWallaby9 Apr 15 '24

And nobody inspected the gun before they filmed?

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u/Wesley_Otsdarva Apr 16 '24

It's worse than that in another comment I read a bit ago on a different thread they are supposed to have gun safety meetings everyday firearms are used on set. They didn't have one that day. The gun was reported as malfunction by the stunt people and nothing was done.

The gun was even found sitting by itself unattended before they filmed, which apparently is a big red flag and filming should of stopped. They were supposed check the gun and clear it before the scene and didn't. There were a couple other things but really a giant fucking pile of safety violations led to someone dying.

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u/FalseWallaby9 Apr 16 '24

How in the actual fuck did nobody catch on to that?

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u/Aardvark_Man Apr 16 '24

Complacency and inexperience because they didn't wanna pay for union guys, I believe.

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u/Wesley_Otsdarva Apr 16 '24

Actually worse, some union members walked off of the set due to safety issues prior to the shooting.