MSM speculation remains but received more attention today when there was a report that crew members had been off-hour plinking on the morning prior to the fatal shooting.
The inference is that such target shooting with non-blanks could have allowed such rounds to remain in those prop guns. As expected there’s commentary on whether recreational target shooting is a common practice on film sets.
A first assistant director who had some prior controversy has been identified as handing the specific gun to Alec Baldwin, as opposed to the designated on-set armorer, who has primary custodial responsibilities for firearms.
And worse has been the exploitation of the event as a political matter in terms of the usual least-relevant discourse.
The gun that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last Thursday was used by crew members that morning for live-ammunition target practice, an individual with knowledge of the set told TheWrap.
A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western — including the gun that killed Hutchins — to go “plinking,” a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said.
The shooting happened just a few hours later…
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Halyna Hutchins was killed by a “live single round,” The Los Angeles Times has reported. A “live” round on a movie set refers to a gun being loaded with some material, which could be a blank, that’s ready for filming, the Times noted.
The search warrant inventory listed two boxes of “ammo,” “loose ammo and boxes” and “a fanny pack w/ammo,” Reuters reported.
A previous police affidavit said first assistant director Dave Halls called out “cold gun” — meaning it was unloaded and safe — when he handed a pistol to Baldwin before the fatal shooting.
Baldwin was practicing drawing the weapon and pointing it at the camera when it fired, wounding Hutchins and director Joel Souza, witnesses told investigators. Hutchins was later pronounced dead. Souza is recovering after hospital treatment.
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”If we lose a little verisimilitude, it’s a trade-off we have to make,“ one veteran TV producer says
After the deadly shooting involving a prop gun on the set of Alec Baldwin’s indie Western “Rust,” momentum is growing in Hollywood to ban real guns from film and TV sets to prevent another horrific gun accident.
The sentiment has picked up steam in recent days, with showrunners for shows like ABC’s “The Rookie” and Amazon Prime’s superhero drama “The Boys” vowing to remove guns from the set and create gun sound effects digitally. Some are calling for Baldwin to step forward and lend his voice and clout to the no-gun movement.
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