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> On Dec 1, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I would think every actor that has to use a gun should have to get trained 
> to the point they know they are the last chance to catch something like this. 
>  And are going to shoulder the blame.  Only takes a second to see what you 
> have in the gun.
> Dummy’s look like real rounds but the primers are dimpled and they rattle of 
> you shake them .  You can spin the cylinder of a pistol and see all the 
> primers in one second.
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>>> On Dec 1, 2021, at 8:28 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> thats not what the camera operators lawsuit states.
>> 
>> Hes doind everything to deflect from his culpability.
>> 
>> Doesnt help his case that other big name actors have already called him out 
>> for his personal disregard for standards of safety, including the guild 
>> rules that firearms are never pointed at live people.
>> 
>> I dont know anything about blanks, I would have no reason to use them, but 
>> maybe (highly doubtful) some aspect of a blank cartridge can cause a long 
>> term impact to the firing mechanism, like brazing it from more oxygenated 
>> burn on the poweder for a hotter temp.
>> 
>> There was a cheap handgun, something just above a hipoint that had a recall 
>> like 5 years ago, may have been a model of glock, that would fire 
>> occasionally when dropped. This armorer lady sounds like she was more 
>> concerned about selfies than verifying product recalls. Maybe her and pinrod 
>> baldwin can find an intersex low secuity prison to do their time together.
>> 
>> Theres the whole new story coming out that her armorer father thinks some 
>> other movie armorer might have left live rounds on this set that he stole 
>> from him. weird coincidence. Ammo isnt all that cheap, but even on a movie 
>> set with as B rate a budget as this one had, youd think it would be best to 
>> always start with zero ammunition and purchase new live or dummy rounds for 
>> the flick each time, destroy the spoilage. Ammo cans can get pretty chaotic 
>> over time 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 9:04 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> The scene called for pointing the gun at the camera, and he did what the 
>>> scene called for 
>>> 
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>>>>> On Dec 1, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Amazing how less dead that lady would be if this guy wasnt handling a 
>>>> magic gun pointing it at people on a scene that had no call to point at 
>>>> people in an industry where you dont point firearms at people with a 
>>>> firearm you dont point at anything youre not prepared to destroy... but 
>>>> sure, he didnt pull the trigger. Totally trust a mope who beats people up 
>>>> over parking spots
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 7:05 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I have a few heirloom antique 22 cal rifles.  Nothing against guns but I 
>>>>> don’t own a handgun.  I have historically had a very short fuse and quick 
>>>>> to fight.  I have mellowed with age but I still don’t want to give myself 
>>>>> that option.
>>>>> 
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>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2021, at 5:24 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My dad was USMC sniper...he loved to hunt and taught my brothers and me 
>>>>>> how to shoot rifles and hand guns...my youngest brother had the best 
>>>>>> aim...he took us hunting...thus is back in mid 1960s to 1972...folks 
>>>>>> divorced ..
>>>>>> None of us own guns....we prefer fishing and crossbows...
>>>>>> Only one who ever carried a gun was my sister when she worked for a 
>>>>>> three letter guvment(in my best Steve Jones voice) agency and my son in 
>>>>>> combat and afterwards as Air Force MP...
>>>>>> Neither own guns now...
>>>>>> Stay safe 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 4:57 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> He is saying he did not pull the trigger.  My first instinct was “yeah 
>>>>>>> right”.  But I had to remind myself that I had a rifle go off all on 
>>>>>>> its own once when I was about 13.  It was pointed at the ground.  Stock 
>>>>>>> was under my right arm.  I was walking.  My hand was no where near the 
>>>>>>> trigger. 
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> I actually did not realize it went off.  I realized someone very nearby 
>>>>>>> fired a gun, but I did not feel it kick.  It was either a lever action 
>>>>>>> 30-30 or a 32 special, I used both on a regular basis. 
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> Everyone else in the hunting party all turned looked at me and asked me 
>>>>>>> what I was shooting at.  I initially denied I shot at anything but I 
>>>>>>> felt the barrel and it was warm.  There was also a crater in the dirt 
>>>>>>> right in front of my toe. 
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> Maybe a button on a sleeve or a rivet on my pants caught the trigger or 
>>>>>>> the hammer.  When hunting I would frequently pull the hammer back half 
>>>>>>> way.  I think that was considered having the safety on with those old 
>>>>>>> guns.  You could not pull the trigger and fire from that position.  If 
>>>>>>> the trigger was all the way forward, it would fire if the hammer got 
>>>>>>> struck by something.  To fire you had to pull the hammer all the way 
>>>>>>> back.  Or if you used the lever to put one in the chamber it would also 
>>>>>>> fully cock the gun.   
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> It has always been a mystery to me.  Just glad I didn’t kill anyone 
>>>>>>> that day. 
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