Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "'Rust' crew members reportedly used guns with live ammunition hours before deadly shooting on set" video.

  1. I’ve worked on plenty of low budget pictures that involved simulated gunfire. I’ve never been on location in New Mexico, so I don’t know what they do there. I’ve never seen anyone involved in the recreational activity of plinking, either during the working day or after the day was wrapped. Even on the most modestly budgeted movie, the armorer kept weapons and the prop ammunition under lock and key until they were needed on set. When a set up was complete, the actors immediately turned the guns (whether real or non-firing) over to the armorer, even if they would be used in the next set up. This is obviously for safety, but it’s even more basic than that. If we were talking about any other prop, you would never allow an actor or crew member to leave the set with it. Imagine a crew member wandering off with a prop book because he or she was bored between takes! It would never be permitted! The idea of crew (other than prop master or property assistants) taking ANY prop off the set is ridiculous, and I really have to wonder about the professionalism of that crew in New Mexico—and the producers who hired them. The prop master, the armorer, and the ADs (not just Hall) were not doing their jobs if they allowed this behavior anywhere near the set. The boredom of downtime is not an excuse, nor is it a satisfying explanation.
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  2. At least the gun was aimed over the line.
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  3. Imagine using real jewelry as prop jewelry, and allowing crew members to wear it in between takes because they were bored. Totally understandable?
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  4. They’ve also sent out an email to the crew stating that they intend to continue the production. “Tone-deaf” doesn’t begin to describe the mentality of whoever decided to send that email.
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  5. The multilayer set of protocols that could have prevented this is normal procedure. Multiple safety checks were bypassed out of expediency or incompetence. The last safety check was the AD, but there were multiple violations of safety protocols before then, starting with not keeping the firearms under lock and key and allowing live ammunition anywhere near them. If there was some reason live ammunition was needed on a particular day, there would be additional protocols to secure it and prevent it from being mixed in with blanks and dummy ammunition.
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