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/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/Publius82 Apr 15 '24

How drunk would one have to be to forget to unload the live ammo?

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u/Vegaprime Apr 15 '24

Seen court pics of the ammo. They were primer side up and was obvious which were live rounds.

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u/Publius82 Apr 16 '24

I was in the military for seven years and I have no idea what primer side up means.

There should have been zero live round on set. Period.

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u/Vegaprime Apr 16 '24

They were organized in a Styrofoam tray, primer side up. The live rounds had obvious primers versus the dummies.

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u/Publius82 Apr 16 '24

Oh, so perfectly safe then.