Posted on 10/29/2021 7:40:57 AM PDT by conservative98
The rookie armorer in charge of weapons when Alec Baldwin accidentally shot dead his cinematographer has insisted she has “no idea” where the live ammunition came from — and is blaming the tragedy on her cost-cutting bosses.
Lawyers for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed told NBC late Thursday that the 24-year-old former model “is devastated and completely beside herself over the events that have transpired” on the set of Baldwin’s “Rust.”
“Safety is Hannah’s number one priority on set. Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced,” her attorneys, Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence, said in a statement.
“Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from,” the attorneys insisted, saying all the guns had been locked up each night.
Gutierrez-Reed — who was working only her second job as armorer — also insisted she was understaffed, undertrained and overruled when she tried to improve safety on the New Mexico set before Baldwin accidentally shot dead Halyna Hutchins, 42, last Thursday.
“Hannah was hired on two positions on this film, which made it extremely difficult to focus on her job as an armorer,” the statement said.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Gutierrez-Reed has complained of being undertrained and overworked before the accident. “She fought for training, days to maintain weapons and proper time to prepare for gunfire but ultimately was overruled by production and her department.
“The whole production set became unsafe due to various factors, including lack of safety meetings,” it said of the movie that days earlier avoided a strike by the crew.
Gutierrez-Reed appeared to confirm earlier reports that there had already been an “accidental discharge” of a weapon at least twice during filming, insisting she was not responsible for either.
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If, in fact, the ‘Rust’ armorer inspected the revolver, or loaded the rounds, unable to
tell blanks from live bullets, such ineptness should disqualify her from any future
"armorer position.
Her legendary "armorer" dad obviously did not properly train her.
The apprentice trainer does share responsibility for the negligent homicide.
Every young blond woman was a former model. Every young black man is a promising rapper or deejay.
The elder Baldwin “was coach of the Massapequa High School rifle team, which went to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association state riflery championship twice during his career,” according to his son.
The irony to just way too rich!
“No saved penny is worth the LIFE of the person!” he wrote on Facebook.
There is no "zero risk" situation, though that should be the goal. If anybody wants to point the finger at the armorer, fine. But if she did her job perfectly there would still be a chance of injury if the prop manager, assistant director and the actors were not cross-checking the weapons every time they changed hands. Failure to do that results in 'accidents'.
There are social media posts where she talks about not feeling competent and one of the things she was most unsure of was telling the difference between blanks and real rounds. Pretty crazy.
Mere terminology isses: A misfire is when the gun is supposed to fire but doesn't.
I believe I read somewhere that the actors and set workers were using the guns between takes or after hours for plinking and target shooting. If I remembered that correctly, that needs to be investigated, obviously, but it’s odd no wee are not hearing more about that aspect. DYOR.
“which made it extremely difficult to focus on her job as an armorer”
If your jobs include “armorer”, that’s your absolute #1 priority. If you find this difficult, you openly resign the position immediately.
That’s additionally concerning, but the absolute center of attention must be on:
- armorer did not personally ensure every gun was safe at all times
- actor did not personally ensure every gun he touched was safe.
Were those two points upheld, how the guns were used off set is irrelevant.
I blame the person holding the pistol at the time of discharge. He failed to follow the most basic rules of firearm safety.
1 treat all weapons as hot and dangerous until the person handling it has checked the chamber.
2 keep the weapon pointed in a safe direction.
3 finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
The person handling the gun is responsible. He did not verify what was loaded into magazine and chamber. If actors are so opposed to guns they should be using non functional props if they are unwilling to learn how to operate the machinery they use to make a movie.
“Not if producers are overruling her and have her off doing another job.”
Absolutely wrong.
If your job is armorer, weapon & set safety is #1. If superiors order you otherwise, quit.
My job is software security. If a superior orders me to code software insecurely, I escalate it all the way up. If “all the way up” orders me to do so anyway, I find another job - as my boss opines: “never do anything that will put us on the front page of a newspaper”. The “Rust” armorer did something that put her on the front page of newspapers.
There is no explanation, none, why live ammo should be on the set. I can’t get past that aspect.
I’m leaning a bit more toward union sabotage.
Meh, I have my own “portfolio” on that site.
I’m still concerned about the weapons left on the cart for a couple of hours. See how this all shakes out.
My money is on The Cankle’s law firm.
They all are in CYA mode.
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