Re: "Blanks" kill actors

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You've got that dead right (no pun intended....:((..)

RHC

"Matt Ion" <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> R.H.Campbell wrote:
>
>> Yes, my comments were in regards to the first situation.
>>
>> The second I hadn't heard about. But the prop man should have checked the
>> gun each and every time he picked it up, including ensuring the barrel
>> was free of obstructions. Had he done so, he would have seen the blockage
>> before he passed it over to the actor.
>>
>> I know hindsight is always 20 / 20, but clearing and checking a firearm
>> EVERY time it is picked up or changes hands is basic to every firearms
>> course I have ever heard of....
>
> In 8th grade in the rural area of BC I grew up in, we had a mandatory
> "Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education" course that, along with
> learning how to identify various animals and how not to get lost in the
> woods, included firearms training.
>
> Rule #1 of fireamrs handling: Always, always, ALWAYS ASSUME THAT ANY GUN
> *IS LOADED*.
>
>
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