The answer to this was mentioned not too long ago in the thread.
Alex Baldwin, the producer, was emotionally involved on making this movie happen despite not having enough budget to do it properoply.
Spending the money on safety by having dummy guns was proposed and rejected on costs.
Which is why I consider that AB's share in this should be equal to or greater than the armorer.
He was top officer on the site, and was making this and other decisions that compromised safeguards.
To the point that most below the line crew walked out of working on the movie just before this happened.
The armorer was not on site, she did not secure the guns before leaving, that is on her.
Producer Alex Baldin decided gunplay with unsecured guns while the armorer was not on site was ok, that is on him.
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Originally Posted by HobieMarty
Question, why don't they make prop guns with a bore slightly smaller so that a real round would not fit in the chamber? The blanks could be made to fit only in a prop gun, that way this could not happen again. Is this a thing already?
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