who is a firearms expert with extensive experience working on film productions as a weapons handler. i began by asking him what the basic safety protocols were when using firearms on set. well, in any firearm handling multiple direction and triggerfinger, however, on a movie set, you re going to be pointing and you re going to have your finger on the trigger. so, first and foremost, absolutely no live ammunition on the set, and we treat blanks as live ammunition, so you can have blanks. and in some movie productions rather than cgi we use blanks, but an extreme amount of care must be used for those, but in this case, we know that actual live ammunition was used. and baldwin s lawyers, they have called the charge a miscarriage ofjustice, saying that he relied on professionals who assured him that the gun did not have any live rounds. what are your thoughts and, in your opinion, who is ultimately responsible for the safety of guns on sets? well, that s a great question
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