Re: "Blanks" kill actors

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

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....

RHC

"Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Curious about Leuck's comment in another thread, I did a Google
> on the subject and found the following two items:
>
> "On October 12, 1984, model-actor Jon-Erik Hexum playfully put a
> blank-loaded pistol to his head on the set of the TV spy show
> "Cover Up." The concussion forced fragments of his skull into his
> brain, and he died six days later."
>
> "More notably, on March 31, 1993, Brandon Lee, son of 70's
> martial arts star Bruce Lee, was killed during the filming of
> "The Crow." Lee's death was a bit more complicated. Unbeknownst
> to the propmaster, the stunt gun that killed Lee had misfired
> during a previous scene, lodging a slug in the barrel. The gun
> was reloaded with blanks and fired at Lee. The blank charge was
> enough to deliver the waiting slug. Lee died 13 hours later."
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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