because as a weapons handler on a set, i do not rely on the actor or the talent to ever check that weapon. but he was kind of an actor and a producer and i think that he definitely bears some responsibility in that role, because i never had an actor or talent or anybody like that check the weapon. it was always me or my staff that would actually check the weapon. if they handled it beyond the scope of the scene, we would take it back from them, inspect the weapon, put it right back in their holster if necessary. what lessons do you think need to be learned here, or what changes do you think need to be made moving forward when it comes to safety on film sets? well, i tell you what, on lower budget on any budget, they always seem to be behind schedule, which means they re bleeding money and the first thing to go is safety, and it s safety with firearms, but you cannot do that. that should be the last thing to go. so, slow down and give a lot of power and a lot of responsibility, which
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it. have you ever heard so then what happened here? does that mean somebody put a real bullet in the gun? or could a blank go through somebody s body? well, number one on our armorer protocols list is, no live ammunition is allowed to be onset, at all, period, end of story. now, somebody brought a live round in there. whether it was the weapons handler, if they have an actual armorer, it doesn t sound like they actually had an armorer, but whoever was handling the weapons wasn t handling them safely. because you can see, as you load the weapons, you can click the cylinder. and you can insert one round, turn the cylinder, insert another round, turn the cylinder, until you get all six in there. the first a.d. would say, load live, load six.
have you ever heard so then what happened here? does that mean somebody put a real bullet in the gun? or could a blank go through somebody s body? well, number one on our armorer protocols list is, no live ammunition is allowed to be onset, at all, period, end of story. now, somebody brought a live round in there. whether it was the weapons handler, if they have an actual a armorer, it doesn t sound like they actually had an armorer, but whoever was handling the weapons wasn t handling them safely. because you can see, as you load the weapons, you can click the cylinder. and you can insert one round, turn the cylinder, insert another round, turn the cylinder, until you get all six