Alec Baldwin what the fuck

[George K]

[Catseye3]

@aqua-letifer said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Actors practice what they do. That's why it looks good in the movies.

I don't know about that, but I'll bet actors will check the quote-unquote firearms THEMSELVES from now on before a take.

[Mik]

For a while. Then the memory will fade.

[Aqua Letifer]

@mik said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

For a while. Then the memory will fade.

Yep. Like in '93.

[Jolly]

@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

They practiced shooting real guns to better understand how to properly handle one in the movie.
Someone bought fake/bang bullets not realizing they were real bullets.
Someone set up Alec, big time.

1. There may be real guns on set, but there should never, ever, ever, be real rounds o a movie set.
2. Absolute bullshit. A .45 LC blank:

Or, you can seat a cardboard or fiber wad over the powder charge. In either case, there is no bullet visible at the end of the case.
3. Maybe. That would certainly be interesting.
4. Or maybe somebody was screwing around on set, popping tin cans, etc. That should never happen and would be a big no-no.

[89th]

@jolly you realize to the average uninformed person those TOTALLY look like normal bullets.

[Klaus]

Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?

[Aqua Letifer]

@klaus said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?

Depends on the prop.

[Catseye3]

@klaus said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?

Amateur question here: Why would a prop gun have a firing pin?

[George K]

@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Amateur question here: Why would a prop gun have a firing pin?

Amateur answer here: Because you'd need it to "fire" a blank?

[Catseye3]

@george-k Yes, some way to propel it . . . but couldn't it be some mechanism that was not configured to strike the middle part of a real bullet? Something more like a little paddle?

'K, I'll stop talking now.

[George K]

@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

@george-k Yes, some way to propel it . . . but couldn't it be some mechanism that was not configured to strike the middle part of a real bullet? Something more like a little paddle?

'K, I'll stop talking now.

Believe me, @Jolly will know a lot more about this than just about anyone here.

[LuFins Dad]

A blank is exactly the same as a regular bullet except for the payload and the gunpowder charge is about 50% of a normal round.

[Mik]

@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

@jolly you realize to the average uninformed person those TOTALLY look like normal bullets.

But that is not who we are talking about. there are strict work safety rules that have to be followed regarding handling prop guns on movie and theatrical sets.

[LuFins Dad]

@mik said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

@jolly you realize to the average uninformed person those TOTALLY look like normal bullets.

But that is not who we are talking about. there are strict work safety rules that have to be followed regarding handling prop guns on movie and theatrical sets.

And on the sets, the guys handling the weapons are trained specifically on those weapons as well.

[Jolly]

By law, there has to be an "armorer" on set. He is responsible for all weapons.

You have to be very careful with the loads in blanks. I believe (some don't) in the theory of detonation, whereby light loads of faster burning smokeless powders, which are supposed to undergo a controlled burn, instead undergo an intracase explosion at the end of the case with destructive consequences.

And even when loading blanks correctly the wad will exit at high velocity, causing tissue damage if somebody is close enough.

Baldwin's accident sounds like a bullet, not a blank. And don't forget, bullets pass through people and keep right on going. Wouldn't be hard to shoot two people with one bullet.

Somebody has made a gigantic goof. There is a rumor floating around that the weapon had been used a day or two ago with live ammo. Head-banging stupid on the part of the armorer, to have a live round anywhere in the vicinity of a movie set.

Secondly, and I can't emphasize this enough, never point a gun at something you don't intend to kill. Even in the movies, you don't have to draw a bead on the targeted person to make it look real.

[George K]

@jolly said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Even in the movies, you don't have to draw a bead on the targeted person to make it look real.

Indeed. As I've said many times, I don't own a firearm, but I respect the training and education that's involved in the responsible ownership of one.

So, was Baldwin just "goofing around?"

There are lots of tragedies reported with people just "goofing around" with firearms.

Here's another.

[Jolly]

Baldwin always been very anti-gun. I suspect he doesn't know anymore than what he's learned in the movies.

[LuFins Dad]

@george-k said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Are there people that just instantly go through people’s Twitter history over every frigging thing?

[George K]

@lufins-dad said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:

Are there people that just instantly go through people’s Twitter history over every frigging thing?

Of course!