[Georgia Girl 2]

You would think. If someone hands me a gun and says its not loaded I instantly check. If someone handed me a gun and said its loaded with blanks I’d fire one off to make sure. Most of these movie types never touch a weapon in real life. Keanu Reeves and Steven Seagal And Chuck Norris are the only exceptions that jump to mind.

[1Old Pro]

"When I'm doing a training session with a performer, my main guideline, the heartbeat of the conversation, is to make sure that they are treating any weapon — whether it's a bladed weapon or a firearm — as if it could potentially kill somebody. And those are usually the words I use," said UCLA's Williams. "It's a serious situation and everyone's got to be on their game." Hollywood adheres to Safety Bulletins, written and distributed by the Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee, for standards on weapon and prop safety, as well as other rules. In the first bulletin addressing firearms and the use of blank ammunition, the document notes prominently: "TREAT ALL FIREARMS AS THOUGH THEY ARE LOADED." It goes on to say live ammunition is to never be used nor brought onto a set. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048295916/props-gun-death-injuries-rust-movie-set-rare

[DJ MacWoW]

Add Tom Selleck. The press roasted him for yelling at an extra that was pointing a prop gun at people and playing around. He was also a board member of the NRA and an avid gun collector.