Posted on 10/27/2021 5:46:32 PM PDT by DoodleBob
One of my first handgun lessons from a retired state trooper he was showing me how to check and clear the gun. His method was to clear it, turn is head away, and then clear it again.
And I’ve got military and Law Enforcement training plus over 60 years of hunting and competition shooting with pistols, rifles and shotguns. We throw all that out the window when we step on a movie set, it’s a completely different set of rules and none of them agree with yours are mine. And by the way, their all idiots and none can be trusted.
A few years ago I was at an auction in Houston where many old Colt’s and Winchesters were available. I met a gentleman who’s been in the movie industry and supplies weapons and has been the armorer on many movie set’s. Since we’re both collectors of old Colt’s and Winchesters we stay in touch. I even loaned him a rifle and a pistol he needed for several scenes an actor needed in a movie they were shooting in Arizona. When he supplies the weapons on a shot he’s the sole armorer. I gave him a call and asked him about this. First off he didn’t have anything good about the company they used to supply the weapons need for the film in question. He also said that his whole business depends on his ability to not just provide weapons for movies but to insure the safety of those weapons. First thing he said about this incident was too many people handling that weapon, a situation he would never allow. Second thing he said was nobody handles that weapon but me, I trust nobody. He said he will show anybody asking that the weapon is safe and properly loaded but will not allow them to check it themselves. Might add that he said it sounded like this whole production was/is a cluster truck that he would never allow his company to get involved with. If you’ve seen the movie Tombstone you’ve seen this man, he’s also an actor.
What’s the worry here? Give them real guns, real bullets and sit back and watch while the country’s most vocal idiots kill each other off...and we get some good youtube footage in the deal too!
Maybe we can get whorealdo to do a cameo in the next baldwin movie too.
This could definitely have an upside...
Livestream it on pay per view and pay off the nation debt in a year.
I was thinking about this. Hollywood should be treated like we are... If there’s a gun problem, pass lots of laws that restrict gun use and ownership that don’t really solve the problem. Nevermind the few idiots that cause the problem. Just make sweeping legislation!
1. All Hollywood directors and producers should have to possess a personal FFL.
2. All Hollywood actors must pass a strict background check every time they are signed for a new movie, and prove their proficiency on the range, or no movie role - even if there is no gun in the movie.
3. Everyone on set must wear bulletproof vests. It’s gonna kill the bikini scenes, but hey, if it saves ONE LIFE...
4. Every Hollywood movie must be approved by the NRA.
5. All Hollywood prop guns must be painted bright orange, and every time a trigger is pulled, the actor must say, on screen, “pew, pew coming - get ready”...
6. And finally - there must be a six month waiting period before production can begin on any movie.
If you need a sarcasm tag on this, you’re in the wrong forum...
It's amazing how few gun people from activists to instructors understand this concept. John Lott wrote a piece for AmericanThinker that I commented was totally embarrassing. Lott was clearly pontificating on a subject he knew nothing about. Standard firearms safety rules and protocols have little to nothing to do with gun safety on a movie set, period. Again in my opinion 2nd amendment supporters have really made themselves look stupid when commenting about this story.
Chuck Conners was asked about opening scene of Rifle Man. Asked about number of shots. Said there were 11 although the rifle only held 8 shot. The extra shots were added to accompany the music.
Well John Wayne did accidentally shoot Ward Bond in the butt during one of their hunting trip. Ward Bond left the rifle to Wayne in his will.
Well John Wayne did accidentally shoot Ward Bond in the butt during one of their hunting trip. Ward Bond left the rifle to Wayne in his will.
How hard would it be to design the guns to only shoot blanks? Military 240s and 50s have a small metal piece that partially blocks the link tray in order to prevent live rounds from entering (live rounds are slightly longer than blanks). Why wouldn’t they use firearms with such an adaptor, or ones with such a limiter built-in, to prevent live rounds from ever being fired? Sure, you still can have injuries short-range from blanks, but this would prevent any live ammo from being fed.
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