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Mark
@lms72
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Guns are safe. People aren't. This would not have happened if Baldwin had followed the four basic rules of gun safety.
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@jasonbaumgartne
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Guns are as safe as the production quality of the gun / bullets combined with the experience and diligence of the shooter. They can be extremely unsafe or very safe depending on those factors. I keep hearing people blame Baldwin and these people obviously have no knowledge of
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@jasonbaumgartne
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@lms72
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@nypost
a properly run movie set. There are professionals hired specifically to check the guns and make sure that the talent knows precisely what the current condition of the gun is. Depending on the talent can be dangerous because they deal with weapons that may be complex, etc.
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@jasonbaumgartne
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@lms72
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Typically, the armorer on set will check, double-check and triple check the condition of the gun before handing it to the talent. They are generally the last professional line of defense on a movie set. No one else on set besides the armorer / prop-master should ever be messing
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