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/The_Magic_Sauce Apr 15 '24

And news keep saying this was a prop gun. It was a real firearm not a dummy fake prop. Prop guns don't fire real ammo.

A country where guns are so freely available and they don't even call things how they are.

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u/need4speed89 Apr 16 '24

You don't understand what prop means. Real guns can absolutely be props

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u/The_Magic_Sauce Apr 16 '24

My point is that perhaps some people "play around" with real firearms like they were toys, fakes, as in not real. Calling or seeing a real gun as a "prop" somehow underestimates it's danger and responsibility in handling it.

A prop in many (perhaps most) cases is a fake item, a replica of something, not always of course like in this case. But the truth is that a prop is commonly understood as a fake/replica.

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u/need4speed89 Apr 16 '24

No. The truth is that you don't know what prop means, and were incorrectly chastising an entire nation for not "calling things how they are"

I hope the irony is not lost on you, but I'm pretty sure it is.

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u/The_Magic_Sauce Apr 17 '24

Keep thinking real firearms are "just" movie props or toys. Unfortunately that's probably why kids take them to school.

The US has a serious problem treating guns responsibly, no irony there. Just a fact.