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I posted this after the incident first happened but it’s such great information I feel it’s warranted to keep it where more people can read it so I’m posting it again.

This is the first female armorer hired in the business and she’s very experienced. She posted detailed protocol for gun safety and the role of the armorer on set and she didn’t mince words. Very long but great info that starts with this link and first excerpt:

S L Huang (experienced film armorer):
https://twitter.com/sl_huang/status/1451797888158375937?s=21
A lot of people are messaging me about yesterday’s tragedy that was an on-set firearms death (because I am a film armorer, for those who don’t know).

As both a human and a professional, it is extremely upsetting. My thoughts are with Halyna Hutchins’ loved ones…(ctd)

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In addition, this woman most generously came back on another thread following this and answered many individual questions.

She has subsequently posted new stuff so I’d recommend checking out his feed.

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Also *I’M REPOSTING THIS*: if you’d all like to listen to an extremely informative and interesting conversation with her, listen to this (1 hr 3 min);

They Call Us Bruce:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/138-they-call-us-sl-huang/id1217719299?i=1000540004398

It features SL Huang, the first female armorer in the film business. I discovered her through a very long but very informative thread on Twitter explaining how this accident should never have occurred.

Here is a summary of this podcast:

Jeff and Phil welcome mathematician and award-winning science fiction author SL Huang, who also happens to be a stuntwoman, firearms expert, and the first woman to be a professional armorer in Hollywood. They discuss her unique career, the recent tragic firearm incident on the set of Rust, the extensive procedures involved with on-set weapons safety — and how things can go wrong.