I agree with your comment.
There is a strange irony. In America, anti-gun people (and I've heard Baldwin is one) are probably the last people to sign up for a gun safety course especially if it is taught by the NRA who they view as the enemy.
If picking up a gun you take the few seconds to personally check & make sure you know if it is loaded or unloaded. NEVER take someone else's word for it. The tragedy involving Alec Baldwin is the prime example of why this is done.
I haven't read a huge amount about this tragic incident, but I'm sure that one of the reports I read stated that it's standard policy that actors are not allowed to check loads in prop guns. The loading and checking of weapons is carried out by (supposed) experts, the prepared and checked gun is handed to the actor, the director starts the scene, the actor does what the script calls for them to do and then hands the gun back to the armorer.
In some ways, that makes sense, since who the hell wants an actor of unknown gun-competence fiddling around with a weapon and doing who knows what with it before the trigger is pulled.
If an actor, or anyone for that matter, is going to handle a firearm then they should become familiar with it. The Actors' Equity Association's guidelines state that, “Before each use, make sure the gun has been test-fired off stage and then ask to test fire it yourself." Baldwin never checked it or test fired it.
History has repeated itself within the film industry
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I agree with your comment.
There is a strange irony. In America, anti-gun people (and I've heard Baldwin is one) are probably the last people to sign up for a gun safety course especially if it is taught by the NRA who they view as the enemy.
If picking up a gun you take the few seconds to personally check & make sure you know if it is loaded or unloaded. NEVER take someone else's word for it. The tragedy involving Alec Baldwin is the prime example of why this is done.
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I haven't read a huge amount about this tragic incident, but I'm sure that one of the reports I read stated that it's standard policy that actors are not allowed to check loads in prop guns. The loading and checking of weapons is carried out by (supposed) experts, the prepared and checked gun is handed to the actor, the director starts the scene, the actor does what the script calls for them to do and then hands the gun back to the armorer.
In some ways, that makes sense, since who the hell wants an actor of unknown gun-competence fiddling around with a weapon and doing who knows what with it before the trigger is pulled.
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If an actor, or anyone for that matter, is going to handle a firearm then they should become familiar with it. The Actors' Equity Association's guidelines state that, “Before each use, make sure the gun has been test-fired off stage and then ask to test fire it yourself." Baldwin never checked it or test fired it.