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Entity13 posted...

The props master would have to take that responsibility, but the burden may or may not be felt by the person (Alec in this case) holding the prop.

Kinda this.

The show has/had an armorer, which is not uncommon on a show with a lot of guns, especially antique ones, so they could be to blame as well. My thought it is had to be live ammo, since there's no way a blank, even improperly loaded, should be able to shoot through someone, and strike someone behind them, which is what happened. Something went horrible wrong either way, this wasn't a "freak" accident or an acceptable risk type of thing, that much I can tell you. But this was also a low budget show, filled with unqualified people at these positions it sounds like. The camera crew actually resigned the night before, siting many reasons, among other things, improper weapon safety on set. This was an on-going issue the Producer *KNEW* about.

That said, blame could be placed on Baldwin as well. The actor themselves is supposed to review and check a gun on set with the Prop Master/armorer, you don't just trust them at face value. And even then, you NEVER aim a gun at someone on set, prop gun or otherwise. In fact, you almost always cheat the angle and camera to make it look like a gun is pointed at someone in a movie, when it's really angled well over their shoulder or something. So for Baldwin to have shot the DP during rehearsal means he was breaking safety protocols there as well. AND as writer/producer, he can certainly be held responsible for this as well.

Heads need to roll over this. This should never, ever have happened.

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