Moxie
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I work in the industry, but rarely when there is use of firearms, so I am no expert on this, either. I will say, and AP posted this, too...if the guns were being used in any way off-set, this would be SO far off of safety protocols that I still don't believe that that is true. IF anyone on the crew participated in off-hours target practice with live ammo and guns that were supposed to be secured when not on-set, then they become morally complicit. This could only be seen as a cavalier attitude on the part of everyone in terms of safety. But, as I said, I will be shocked if that happened. (I will also make the point that one of the grievances of the crew was that they had to travel 1 hour each way to set, and the hours were long, so I'm not sure what spare time they had for target practice.)Based on the above TZN online article , what stands out are why was their at least one real gun complete with live bullets brought to the set and reportedly being used off the set?
Who made these decisions? There are a number of producers associated with the "Rust" production, including Baldwin.
And who made the decision (and why) to employ a young inexperienced female armorer?
To your question as to who made the decision to hire an experienced armorer, and why: the producers hire the crew, and the why has to be because she was available and worked cheap. And they probably relied too heavily on the fact that her father is an experienced armorer in Hollywood, and she trained under him. But that is not sound reasoning.
I will say that we do (sometimes) use real guns. I have. They shoot blanks. I have never been on any project where there was real ammo, however. There are several petitions going around to end the use of any real firearms on sets in the US. That it should all be done in post. I was on the fence for awhile, but I now support this.