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Originally Posted by berettafan
There is absolutely a guilty party here but it is, in my view based on what we know, the person/people responsible for providing/maintaining the firearms aka the armorer along with whoever brought live ammo to the set.
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This right here. I know we've been over firearms safety but on a film set protocols are different than "real life".
There is never, under ANY circumstances, a situation where live ammo is brought onto a film set much less a studio lot. Never.
As far as "plinking" after hours, the weapons are always in the armorers possession, locked in a gun safe when not being used on set. No handling by other crew members except the property department and the actors assigned to the weapon only while filming.
As the saying goes, "You had one job". When an armorer is hired that's all they are there for. Make sure the weapons are operable, cleared and back in the armorers possession when not filming, and either loaded with the proper blanks if needed or empty when rehearsing or filming scenes with no gunfire.
The culpability that falls on AB is that he was a producer and in order to cut costs, had the armorer multi task to the point that she could not focus on always being on set with the guns at all times. Otherwise all fault falls on the armorer.