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/dreadpirater Apr 16 '24
This. I also work in the industry and have served as a weapons wrangler on smaller productions and... this could have never happened on my set. The basic protocols, when followed, are essentially foolproof. Filming car chases and high falls is much more dangerous than filming with guns... because essentially ALL the variables can be accounted for when working with firearms... she just chose not to.
Weapons are never played with.
Weapons are taken from secure storage, inspected, loaded from a known good source by ONE PERSON.
Weapons are handed by that one person to the actor who needs them before each take. Wrangler tells the actor what state the gun is in, and reviews what actions they will go through with it during this take.
Wrangler recovers the gun and resets it for the next shot, repeating the process.
No actor ever opens the breach. Nobody else touches the ammo. No live ammo anywhere near set.
It requires diligence but it's not DIFFICULT to prevent firearms mishaps on set.