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Yeah. He totally fucked up on the basics of gun safety and people got hurt and died because of it.

That's not really surprising

I don't see how the actor is supposed to be responsible for it when they have an armorer specifically to ensure gun safety, but we'll see where this goes...

He fired the gun.

Why did he not do the responsible thing and check if the gun was loaded before he inexplicably pointed the gun at and shot the director? Those are rules number one and two of gun safety.

Why would you expect a gun to be loaded on set?

I don't see how the actor is supposed to be responsible for it when they have an armorer specifically to ensure gun safety, but we'll see where this goes...

That's not really surprising

Yes...? Actors shoot guns in many many many movies.
They're not supposed to be handed guns loaded with live ammunition

Having no real understanding of what the expectation is in handling "gun props" on the set of a movie/tv show, I also don't really understand this. But that's based on my basic assumption that it should be someone's job (not the actor's) to ensure that the prop is not a working gun and cannot misfire or physically hurt someone.

I realize that there are all kinds of intricacies that I don't know about in a situation like this

The ONLY reason he has any responsibility is because it's his production company. It's not his job to ensure gun safety on the set.

The ONLY reason he has any responsibility is because it's his production company. It's not his job to ensure gun safety on the set.

The ONLY reason he has any responsibility is because it's his production company. It's not his job to ensure gun safety on the set.

wait so this guys employer gave him a gun to film a scene or something and told him to shoot someone? the employer is absolutely the one most at fault.

It's his job as a human being to check a gun that's in HIS hands before firing it in the direction of a person. The prop guy isn't the one pulling the trigger. There's only so much one can trust another human being to do, clearly.

He is the employer though. He was either the producer or the director.

I don't see how the actor is supposed to be responsible for it when they have an armorer specifically to ensure gun safety, but we'll see where this goes...

I wonder if Arnold or Sly checked their guns before they fired them......

I don't see how the actor is supposed to be responsible for it when they have an armorer specifically to ensure gun safety, but we'll see where this goes...

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Why would you expect a gun to be loaded on set?

It's his job as a human being to check a gun that's in HIS hands before firing it in the direction of a person. The prop guy isn't the one pulling the trigger. There's only so much one can trust another human being to do, clearly.

Armorers on film sets are the ones responsible for checking a gun is safe before it gets to the actors. That's their entire job, the actor is not in charge of that. It doesn't matter if that's not normal gun safety, but that's how it works for sets.

That's their entire job, the actor is not in charge of that. It doesn't matter if that's not normal gun safety, but that's how it works for sets.

Still bears some responsibility for pulling the trigger.

No they don't.

He fired the gun.

Why did he not do the responsible thing and check if the gun was loaded before he inexplicably pointed the gun at and shot the director? Those are rules number one and two of gun safety.

He fired the gun.