• @Chunk@lemmy.world
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    311 months ago

    Why don’t they remove the firing mechanism from prop guns? The hammer that strikes the bullet?

        • @Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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          1111 months ago

          We don’t need to. Only 3 people have died by guns on film sets in over 30 years, and every time it’s cause some idiot used real ammo in it at some point. Just never use real ammo in your prop guns, and they are always fine.

          • @Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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            711 months ago

            That’s not what happened. The guns were used with real ammo at a range to go shooting, then used as prop guns later without properly checking that there were no live rounds or lodged bullets in the guns.

            And I’m not minimizing them, I’m telling you the actual solution isn’t modifying the firing pin, or changing the rules, since the rules work. These deaths were due to idiots breaking the rules, but the rules have worked to prevent thousands of deaths, and if followed no one will ever dies.