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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
That is correct. She was away at lunch.
The assistant director did not receive this firearm directly from the weapons expert. He picked it up off of a cart. She was nowhere around when he did that. God only knows how long it had sat there unattended.
The fact that it was not locked up while she was gone is inexcusable. The fact that someone chose to handle it, after it had sat there unattended for an indeterminate amount of time, without personally watching the weapons expert inspect it first serves to compounds the problem.
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You are absolutely right Jeff. Weapons are always locked away either on the prop trailer or in a "vault" on set when not in use.
If there is to be weapons handling while the crew is at lunch the assistant director will have the armorer break early for lunch or let them know that the director wants a rehearsal before the company comes back to film and have the armorer take a short lunch. There was absolutely no reason to leave a "hero" gun laying around.