The accidental shooting of cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust
Violated the
basic rules of gun safety that absolute adherence to them is a must
Always assume
a gun is loaded and with the pull of a trigger ready to fire
And never point
a gun at a person unless you want to wound
or have the person expire
On movie sets
where gunfire is part of the plot
And the villain
or the good guys in the script are fated to be shot
An armorer is
on staff to load the guns with blank rounds
Realistic gun
flashes and sounds but the victim does not fall mortally wounded to the ground
One might the
question raise why would a real round ever be approved?
Unless needed
to realistically show the results of missed shots from the gun used?
And if the
script showed missed shots followed by a bullet that was real
The prop
rounds and the real rounds would have to be marked to the real bullets clearly
not conceal
An experienced
armorer is supposed to be in charge of shots on the set
To insure that
no one even ever so slightly the gun safety rules ignore or forget
And the bullets loaded are to be harmless props
So a victim
shot does not mortally drop
Baldwin with a
loaded gun in his hand pointed at Hutchins that went off
Insisted it
fired without trigger pulled a claim
most experts would scoff
The armorer
must not have checked the gun maybe awed by Baldwin’s horseplay
So was charged
with evidence tampering and involuntary manslaughter found guilty after three
hours of jury deliberation this day
Facing up to
18 months prison she was immediately in custody taken away
Baldwin on the
celebrity A-List had originally had his charges dismissed then refiled
Faces his
trial this summer wondering if he may join the armorer in prison for awhile
Or whether his
star power will set him free
Another
example of two systems of justice we too often now see
©3/7/2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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