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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
That's the way I see it. Given the ridiculous expense of producing movies today, it's hard to justify using a functional firearm anymore.
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A prop gun cannot give you the "realism" needed for firing a firearm. IE; loading, recoil, weapon cycling, spent casing extraction, etc.
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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
Now for the edit.
Actors are just that, actors. It's not expected for them to be experienced firearm owners with well drilled safety habits. In Star Trek, it was common for the actors to be firing their phaser practicals accidently, and you can see it get past the cutting room into final product at times. The question I have is did Baldwin know the prop gun was a functional firearm? "Cold" gun, or not, did he know? Was he expected to know it was a functional firearm because he was informed it was?
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That is why an armorer or prop master is on set whenever firearms are present, they are responsible for the for securing the weapons, function testing, and ensuring the "actors" are handling the firearms in a safe manner, that includes safety briefings, and individual instruction if needed.
Case in point: for John Wick, Keanu Reeves learned to shoot 3gun and spent time shooting at ranges.
Granted not all actors are "trained" like Reeves was, but that's where the armorer comes in, they are the ultimate authority when it comes to the safe handling and use of firearms on a movie set. And they have set rules and procedures they are supposed to follow. In this case they weren't followed, because a woman is dead and she shouldn't be.