His position as an actor does not change his responsibility under the law. My understanding is that, if you did not see the gun being checked itself, to protect yourself from liability, you need to do a run-check yourself.
He didn’t do that. All the conservative actors have said they themselves do their own gun checks, so he’s not free from obligations they themselves obey.
That’s incorrect. It is never the actor’s job to check a firearm. That responsibility always belongs to the armorer. It’s basically a ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ sort of thing. One person - the armorer (and their group) is responsible for making sure the firearms are safe for use. Again, if an actor opens a weapon to check, CUT is called, the armorer takes the firearm, rechecks everything, and then hands it back. Believe it or not, most Hollywood folks don’t know anything about firearms. Armorers do, and it’s their job on set to make sure safety protocols are followed.