[hanamizu]

The nose of a blank looks nothing like the nose of a real round. Just spin the cylinder while looking at the holes!

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To inspect this way requires pointing the gun at one’s own head! No, to be sure, you’d have to unload each chamber, a bit more slowly than with a double-action. Had anyone involved done this, which might take 10–15 seconds, no one would have been shot.

As I said, the dummy rounds I’ve seen are bright colors, not brass. They are used for dry firing and for safety’s sake cannot be mistake for live or blank rounds.

[Mr Rogers]

With my Ruger, at least, one can point the barrel 60 degrees away from you and still easily see the tips of the bullets. Shouldn’t be a lead bullet in a blank, and for practicing Baldwin’s draw? There shouldn’t be ANYTHING in the cylinder!

If Baldwin didn’t know how to check, he should have ASKED. That is a reasonable precaution any reasonable man would make. And if you don’t take reasonable precautions, you should be liable.