The armorer was an affirmative action boob.
“Gutierrez upset both Cage and other crew members on the Montana production by failing to follow basic gun safety protocols like announcing the arrival and usage of weapons onto the set.”
“”The armorer on “Rust” got an earful from one Nicolas Cage when she was working on his movie earlier this year — and it doesn’t sound like he was confident in her abilities either.”’
“this after she apparently fired off weapons around the crew without warning, not once but TWICE.”
“According to The Wrap, the 24-year-old rookie was allegedly complained about a lot ... not just by Cage, but by other seasoned people who noticed — she was out of her element.”
“A key grip on ‘TOW’ claims Cage wasn’t the only one who was frustrated — he apparently told the assistant director the young armorer had to go, as he felt she was slipping up.”
https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/27/nicolas-cage-yelled-hannah-gutierrez-reed-rust/
Baldwin must have been playing with guns in some way.
The armorer with a 24-year-old girl, who obviously got the job through her father’s connections and ____, and because she would take a much lower salary than a real armorer. It was incredibly sloppy with live ammunition mixed with blanks, etc. However, she was a part-time armorer with other duties, as another cost saving approach. Some of the fault is with the director and real producer, who was not Baldwin.