david ellwood
Kirabosi Kognoscente
In the 1880s cartridges would still have been black powder.
No one deserves this. My heart goes out to the victim/s of this tragedy but Baldwin will suffer. So traumatising for all.
Possibly but I doubt that is his main concern at the moment.It's a tragedy for all involved. But if it turns out to be the result of a badly run production then Baldwin as producer surely bears some responsibility.
If someone passes you a firearm and tells you its 'safe' and you point it at someone and fire it, without double checking first, then you are an idiot who deserves jailtime.
How are you to know, if you are an actor and not a firearms expert? I don't know how to check a prop gun is safe, I doubt many do. That's why film sets employ armourers.If someone passes you a firearm and tells you its 'safe' and you point it at someone and fire it, without double checking first, then you are an idiot who deserves jailtime.
I get that, and I imagine that people who have been on as many film sets as AB have spent enough time handling firearms to have a reasonable understanding of what's going on, just as I'm not an electrician but I know how an electrical panel works. Guns are generally simple machines after all.. I'm just taking issue with the assertion that it's the actor's responsibility when there's a trained expert on hand. I can't always check an engineer's work in a factory after all. SUre, if it's obviously falling apart with wires hanging out I'll take him to task, but otherwise I have to take him at his word.It’s not difficult. A few minutes with the weapon and an expert would be enough.
Not if you are handed the gun by the professional who is there specifically to prepare the guns and you are an actor. Besides, the only way he could have checked is to completely unload and reload each round, checking each one.
In any case, I'll bet that someone bungled because they were talking on their cellphone while preparing the gun.
I have to disagree with your analogy @Rug Doc and pilot about to go off in a chopper, would carry out pre-flight checks - they certainly would not get in to said chopper/plane whatever and turn the thing on a and fly off. Nor should anyone pick up a weapon and press the trigger without knowing what state it's in.
Tony, when you send a pilot up in a chopper or plane do they personally check it out to be sure that it’s airworthy or do they have trust in the engineers that it’s fit for flight?
Ie - there is someone on set whose job it is to be sure the weapon is in fact ready for the scene at hand. It’s not a difficult job and he (or actually a she in this case) deserves the blame. She even expressed worry about her not being ready for the chief firearms role (!) I believe it was her fathers duty previously.
whoever’s job it is to pass the suitable weapon to the actor/actress in a fit state to be used should (imo) take the blame, sorry but the buck has to stop.