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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
We have kids as young as 12 years old in my club's Hunter Education classes. We have dummy rounds on hand to help teach them the nuances of gun safety while loading and unloading their firearms. It takes all of about three seconds to demonstrate to even the least interested 12 year old what the differences are between a "live" round and a "dummy" round. It really is that simple. I know some would love to portray this as some expert level only kind of a thing, but it really isn't.
Do the scenes being filmed with those weapons require that they be pointed directly at the camera? If so, we have already been told that camera will be remotely operated. Are they used in scenes wherein the shooter must point them directly at another actor? If so, we have already been told that there are camera angles and tricks that make it look like they are when they actually are not. I would hazard a guess that, additionally, most scenes involving our hero going "full auto" or something isolate upon that hero, and there is nothing down range that should not be fired upon.
And, well, at the end of the day "one size" does not "fit all". In this specific case, we are looking at a revolver that holds five rounds. A revolver that can be checked in seconds. No excuse not to do so.
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No disagreement from me but the point about opening the cylinder, removing, checking, and reloading the rounds is not something I could do well given 30 seconds.
That's 30 seconds of time that should be taken, of course. But no matter what you think of Baldwin, he was likely focusing on being in character which would be in opposition of a careful logical person.
Simply put, this whole thing is a CF of errors and I'm a little surprised that the dude that passed the gun to AB hasn't been found to be culpable. Or is he the one that took a plea? If so, I think that plea should have been better thought out. If he got a plea, so does Baldwin, if he chooses.
And anyone that handled .45 Colt ammo in any fashion WRT to that movie should be sanctioned. Make that any caliber of ammo. Narrowing this down to Gutierrez-Reed is a little myopic.
If there was ever a goat rope, this is it. The only good that could ever come of this is to emphasize all that is wrong. No wonder they have guys like
Hugh R. Sounds like the industry would rum amuck w/o a safety officer.
Anyway, once sentenced, I bet we never hear of Gutierrez-Reed again. She's going to be changing sheets at Motel 6 for a long time before anyone would hire her for anything that requires responsibility. I wouldn't even read a book she wrote should she do so.