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Tom Selleck Loses Temper With Gun-Toting Extra
showbizspy.com ^ | 1 April, 2011 | NA

Posted on 04/02/2011 6:03:41 AM PDT by marktwain

TOM Selleck has quite the temper!

The actor apparently flew off the handle when an extra on the set of his TV show Blue Bloods picked up a real gun and started pointing it at people!

The extra — who was playing a cop but had never held a real gun — was horrified when Tom, a lifelong gun enthusiast and board member of the National Rifle Association, spotted him and yelled, “Hey, YOU! What the HELL are you doing? That gun’s NOT a toy — stop waving it around!”

“Look at you…your finger’s STILL ON THE TRIGGER!”

According to American tabloid the National Enquirer, the extra then squirmed, “Is the gun really loaded?”

Selleck replied, “No, it’s not loaded. But when you handle a gun it’s common sense to assume it IS loaded, and NOT point it at people!”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: banglist; gun; safety; selleck
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To: marktwain
Tom, a lifelong gun enthusiast and board member of the National Rifle Association,

Tom Selleck knows the NRA gun handling rules:

Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction

Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot

Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

NRA T/C CRSO

101 posted on 04/02/2011 9:17:04 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: ExpatGator
I have a gunshop and I am ruthless about safety. A friend of mine was being neglectfully unsafe one day and pointed a revolver at me a few times while admiring it. After leaning and trying to keep from looking down it a few time I finally told him “If you point that thing at me one more time I am gonna holster it in your ass”.

I am anal about firearm handling in a gunstore. Whenever I look over a gun, the first thing I do is verify it is unloaded. When handing it back I always:

I do not take chances. I want the person I am handing it to to be able to see it is still unloaded.

102 posted on 04/02/2011 9:36:25 AM PDT by Petruchio (I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
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To: marktwain
Selleck is right on. Someone playing and pointing a weapon is a danger to everyone. The dumbass extra was lucky he wasn't at a firing range with Marines or professional rangers because this would be justification for a headshot to the one endangering the rest.
103 posted on 04/02/2011 9:37:12 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: blueyon

While I agree with you, what in the world is a real gun doing on a studio set? Gun-safety begins with the owner. Who the heck left a real gun lying around?


104 posted on 04/02/2011 9:39:15 AM PDT by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Good for Mr. Selleck!

I like all of his westerns: Quigby, Last Stand at Saber River, Crossfire Trail, Monte Walsh. He’s right up there with The Duke as the quintessential western American strong individual.


105 posted on 04/02/2011 9:42:32 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: the invisib1e hand

“Terry Kath” sent me to Wikipedia. I was a huge fan of CTA while in high school.

The little things you learn! What is connection between CTA and “24”?


106 posted on 04/02/2011 9:47:08 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: MasterGunner01

The Wikipedia entry on Hexum has some very nice information about Hexum’s mother who had his brain-dead body flown to San Francisco so his organs could give life to others. What a selfless act for grieving mother to do!


107 posted on 04/02/2011 9:53:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: marktwain
This story refers to one that originally ran at The National Enquirer. The author of the original, Mike Walker, seems to appreciate Selleck's actions on set. Walker, after calling the extra a "lamebrain" and a "doofus", reports that Selleck gave the entire set a 10-minute lecture on gun safety before allowing filming to continue.
108 posted on 04/02/2011 9:56:35 AM PDT by Redcloak (What's your zombie plan?)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Jesse Stone should be a weekly series... but then, Blue Bloods is on.


109 posted on 04/02/2011 10:20:04 AM PDT by hattend (Obama got his 3am call about Egypt. The call went right to the answering machine.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Pilsner
[...] just enough noise for the actors to all react to the "gunshot," [...]

...such as jumping backward four feet, from the impact.

110 posted on 04/02/2011 10:22:04 AM PDT by Erasmus (I love "The Raven," but then what do I know? I'm just a poetaster.)
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To: hattend

I agree. It is that good.


111 posted on 04/02/2011 10:24:36 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: William Tell
By its very nature, the entertainment industry violates gun safety rules all the time.

You're absolutely right, but it's not just the safety rules that get violated. How many times have you seen someone in a movie do something impossible with a gun?
In the movie "Wanted", with Angelina Jolie, they have the characters "curve" the bullet around an obstacle by swinging their arm while firing. I cringed at the thought of some impressionable idiot trying that in real life and killing somebody.

112 posted on 04/02/2011 10:39:29 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: fuzzybutt

I love Quigley Down Under. It is one of his best performances. I just wanted more Quigley movies!


113 posted on 04/02/2011 11:16:38 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Erasmus

Only four feet? In the movies a .22 revolver will blow a 300 pound man across a room and through a plate glass window...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlownAcrossTheRoom


114 posted on 04/02/2011 11:18:22 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: tsmith130

“I’d be on ANY side of Tom Selleck!”

Yeah; what you said! He’s the best!


115 posted on 04/02/2011 11:21:28 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: omega4179

thats what I was thinking


116 posted on 04/02/2011 11:28:18 AM PDT by woofie
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To: dangerdoc

“My respect for Tom just went up.”

I doubt mine could go higher.


117 posted on 04/02/2011 1:16:45 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: GnuHere
The extra sounds like an idiot - only a “showbiz” publication would imply that Selleck is the one being a drama queen.

That musta been a toughie for them. On the one hand, guns are icky and bad, so they should support him for chastising someone with the audacity to entertain himself with one. OTOH, Selleck is a known conservative, so they have to disparage everything he says. It's a conundrum.

118 posted on 04/02/2011 5:20:10 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Another manifestation of the liberal universal equivalence doctrine. The truth or lack thereof in your position nor the urgency of the issue makes no difference to the allowed vitriol level. All opinions are equally valid, therefore you may never communicate yours forcefully.

Now this might be confusing for you if you think about the double standard with which they judge their fellow travelers vs. conservatives, but you have to allow for the completely separate, but similar in principle Liberal corollary to the doctrine: If a liberal says something, even if they’re outraged, and even if the thing they’re outraged about is obviously bunk, or something they do themselves, no censure need be applied. Some rationalization can always be found for anything a liberal does.


119 posted on 04/02/2011 5:28:58 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: marktwain

Not really much controversy here. Selleck is obviously right.

Did anyone ever figure out if Higgins really was Robin Masters?


120 posted on 04/02/2011 5:29:20 PM PDT by yarddog
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