Agreed. I am all for accountability of the assigned individual but you hold an item that can literally hurt or kill someone you treat it with respect.
Check clearing a weapon should be taught to everyone. The man can be an instructor but his word isn’t law. Every instructor knows the moment you hold a weapon you observe decorum that you treatg it as loaded.
Now is Alec Baldwin innocent, maybe. But we have to use this experience to learn and change things in the industry aka, have actors who are handing weapons learn to check clear them.
Any novice gets taught at the range the first thing you do when holding a gun is to treat it like it’s loaded and check clear yourself. You don’t have to be an expert for that. It’s firearm 101. ANYONE that holds a firearm should be taught that.
I am not blaming Baldwin if you read properly. I am saying there has to be more procedures for these things.
You don’t need to be an expert, just the basics in safe use of dangerous items that you are currently using.
If you kill someone by accident because the armorer missed something obvious, you certainly aren’t responsible in any way but you still killed someone in a way that is easily preventable. Always check stuff yourself.
You know nothing about how firearms safety is handled on movie sets. You’re acting like your actions at the range are the same.
They are absolutely not.
First and foremost, no actor is EVER responsible for the safety of a firearm. End of story. That is the armorer’s job, and nobody else’s.
No actor should ever be handed a firearm in any condition other than safe for the situation. If they’re standing around with a gun on their hip in a far-off shot, the firearm is a resin or foam replica. Always. If they’re handling a firearm up close and not firing it, it will be a non-firing replica. Always. If they are firing it the armorer will load the firearm, rack/cock it, and place it directly into the actor’s hands. The scene will be shot. The armorer then immediately takes the firearms away from all actors involved.
At no point should the actor EVER be responsible for firearms safety. That is not their job. It is the armorer’s job to ensure that the actor cannot, either willfully or through ignorance, harm anyone else. These industry standards have been developed and utilized over a period of decades.
In all of the movies that use firearms, how many deaths or injuries have you heard of?
One step by actors being paid presumably millions. That’s all they need to do. All the steps you mentioned above can and should stay. But an actor can’t take 5 mins out of their oh so busy lives to learn to check clear a weapon? How is more safety a problem? What is wrong with people who disagree on that?
Industry standards change throughout. Just because something worked before doesn’t mean it always will. Exhibit A is the man who died. Or is his life a statistical anamoly and within acceptable error? Do we wait for more people to die then?
Does an actor blindly get behind a car and drive not caring if he runs anyone over because it’s the set director’s job to clear the path? Is he absolve of all blame here?
Are you saying that when someone puts a deadly weapon in your hands, you are instantly absolved of all responsibility for it because it’s someone else’s responsibility? Oh, they didn’t TELL me the knife was sharp.
If there are dummies in it, the typical check is that you take the bullet and shake it because ball bearings are put in them that rattle.
Once the actor re-loads it, they (and their insurance company) becomes liable. They probably aren’t an expert.
Maybe things aren’t as black and white as you think they are, and maybe actors double checking the experts would lead to more incidents instead of less.
Agreed. I am all for accountability of the assigned individual but you hold an item that can literally hurt or kill someone you treat it with respect.
Check clearing a weapon should be taught to everyone. The man can be an instructor but his word isn’t law. Every instructor knows the moment you hold a weapon you observe decorum that you treatg it as loaded.
Now is Alec Baldwin innocent, maybe. But we have to use this experience to learn and change things in the industry aka, have actors who are handing weapons learn to check clear them.
Isn’t the job of an armorer is to ensure the gun is safe because most actors aren’t firearm experts?
Any novice gets taught at the range the first thing you do when holding a gun is to treat it like it’s loaded and check clear yourself. You don’t have to be an expert for that. It’s firearm 101. ANYONE that holds a firearm should be taught that.
I am not blaming Baldwin if you read properly. I am saying there has to be more procedures for these things.
Shouldn’t the procedure start and end with a firearms expert clearing the gun?
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You don’t need to be an expert, just the basics in safe use of dangerous items that you are currently using.
If you kill someone by accident because the armorer missed something obvious, you certainly aren’t responsible in any way but you still killed someone in a way that is easily preventable. Always check stuff yourself.
Wait, so you’re saying a novice should double check after the armorer clears it?
Should the armorer clear it again after the novice checks it just to make sure they haven’t changed anything?
Then I guess the novice should check it again to make sure it’s safe after the expert double checks it, right?
You are being obtuse on purpose.
You check clear when you get handed a weapon. That’s it.
Once you are done and hand it back, they do the same. You personally have to be sure the weapon in your hand is cleared. Personally.
You know nothing about how firearms safety is handled on movie sets. You’re acting like your actions at the range are the same.
They are absolutely not.
First and foremost, no actor is EVER responsible for the safety of a firearm. End of story. That is the armorer’s job, and nobody else’s. No actor should ever be handed a firearm in any condition other than safe for the situation. If they’re standing around with a gun on their hip in a far-off shot, the firearm is a resin or foam replica. Always. If they’re handling a firearm up close and not firing it, it will be a non-firing replica. Always. If they are firing it the armorer will load the firearm, rack/cock it, and place it directly into the actor’s hands. The scene will be shot. The armorer then immediately takes the firearms away from all actors involved.
At no point should the actor EVER be responsible for firearms safety. That is not their job. It is the armorer’s job to ensure that the actor cannot, either willfully or through ignorance, harm anyone else. These industry standards have been developed and utilized over a period of decades.
In all of the movies that use firearms, how many deaths or injuries have you heard of?
The comments and votes here baffle me.
One step. That’s it.
One step by actors being paid presumably millions. That’s all they need to do. All the steps you mentioned above can and should stay. But an actor can’t take 5 mins out of their oh so busy lives to learn to check clear a weapon? How is more safety a problem? What is wrong with people who disagree on that?
Industry standards change throughout. Just because something worked before doesn’t mean it always will. Exhibit A is the man who died. Or is his life a statistical anamoly and within acceptable error? Do we wait for more people to die then?
Does an actor blindly get behind a car and drive not caring if he runs anyone over because it’s the set director’s job to clear the path? Is he absolve of all blame here?
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Because you are being obtuse on purpose.
Do you check the torque on every nut and bolt on your vehicle after you get it back from the mechanic?
Are you saying that when someone puts a deadly weapon in your hands, you are instantly absolved of all responsibility for it because it’s someone else’s responsibility? Oh, they didn’t TELL me the knife was sharp.
That’s deliberately and painfully obtuse.
If there are dummies in it, the typical check is that you take the bullet and shake it because ball bearings are put in them that rattle.
Once the actor re-loads it, they (and their insurance company) becomes liable. They probably aren’t an expert.
Maybe things aren’t as black and white as you think they are, and maybe actors double checking the experts would lead to more incidents instead of less.