kom526
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I believe it was a revolver since the movie is a period piece.
Actor Alec Baldwin Kills One Person, Wounds Another When Prop-Gun 'Misfires'
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black dog
Free America
There are vast stories of Glocks sitting on tables and suddenly spinning and shooting the owner or the person sitting at the table.
Sometimes firing twice in LE locker rooms, thats called a double dog locker room pop pop.
black dog
Free America
When you turn any Glock to the left 90° is transforms into a Glock 18 and fires on its own.
BOP
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It was obviously a fully, semi-automatic, evil-looking black weapon of mass destruction.
warneckutz
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warneckutz
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Clem72
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I think the counterpoint to that is out of the thousands and thousands (millions?) of times a gun has been fired in a movie or TV show, there has been what 3 incidents? So it sounds like by and large they have a good process.
Or are you one of those guys that thinks .01% chance of dying from Covid means its basically harmless, but 0.0001% deaths from movie prop guns is just unacceptable?
PeoplesElbow
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This isn't a case of a rare accident like falling down the stairs, this is someone with a safety critical job not doing it properly.
That's what I do when I accidentally shoot someone, I head for my beach house in the Hamptons.
Stories are saying that the union crews left hours before due to a dispute of some sort before this happened. I wonder if someone had a beef with him and put in a live round.
Well, on TV they talk about getting finger prints off of shell casings. If true and somebody loaded a live round in the gun, they better have been wearing gloves.
LightRoasted
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If I may ...
Doesn't matter. Baldwin had the responsibility, when in possession of a firearm, to confirm if it was loaded, or not, and if loaded, with the proper blanks, and as well, not to point the weapon at anyone. He's supposed to be a professional actor with decades of experience. He has no excuse or defense.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Just saw that on the news.
Apparently there were 2 other "accidental" firings in the past 2 weeks. The crew tried to express their fear which was brushed off by the producers. As a result, the crew walked off, so non-union members were brought in to replace people that were supposed to provide the gun safety.
The issue of safety had been brought up multiple times.