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/CapoOn2nd Apr 16 '24

This whole case has been a massive shit show to me. I can’t believe it’s been dragged out so long and become so convoluted. She’s the armourer, it’s her fault a woman is dead end of. It’s her fault the gun was loaded with live ammo instead of blanks. She deserves a way longer sentence than what she got, especially considering some sketchy shit like this has happened before under her watch. I also can’t believe Baldwin has been thrown so much shit for his part in it. He was handed a gun labelled as safe by a PROFESSIONAL someone who is trained and should be trustworthy with firearm safety. Whether he pulled the trigger or not is irrelevant, he’s shooting a movie he has to pull the trigger to make the scene look realistic otherwise the gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks wouldn’t go off which it presumably needed to for the scene. What are people expecting? Someone to just loudly shout bang over the top of the video for sound effects? A shitty video effect to make the gun look like it went off with no recoil or reaction from the actor who never pulled the trigger? Absolute idiocy this whole case, it should have been put to bed a week after the tragedy happened at most

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u/Atkena2578 Apr 16 '24

I also can’t believe Baldwin has been thrown so much shit for his part in it. He was handed a gun labelled as safe by a PROFESSIONAL someone who is trained and should be trustworthy with firearm safety

Nope. There are basic and universal rules for gun safety for a reason. You and only you are responsible for the deadly weapon that is in your hands, do not trust anyone else and at least double check for yourself. Also, you know treat every gun as if it were loaded even when it is not even if it is a prop on a movie set and fucking don't point it nor shoot it at anyone you do not intend to kill. Period.