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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: blueyon

Brandon Lee.


41 posted on 04/02/2011 6:35:36 AM PDT by omega4179 (No war for Brotherhood.)
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To: umgud
... I wonder why a real gun was on the set?

I would imagine for the real weight and heft that promotes realism. Yes, you can get a prop gun that has the proper attributes but (maybe) it is his own weapon? If so, it works as a professional tool (tax deductible) AND for self-defense while in transit. I can think of other reasons, but for me that is sufficient - I will bet that it won't be "laying around" in the future though!

42 posted on 04/02/2011 6:37:53 AM PDT by SES1066 (Michael Moore - a pernicious progluddite of socialism!)
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To: marktwain

Totally with Mr. Selleck on this. Learning to handle firearms with Dad quote time - “Never point a gun at anything you don’t want to kill, because that is what it is for.”

Prayers for Japan
Tatt


43 posted on 04/02/2011 6:38:14 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." DorothyBernard)
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To: fuzzybutt

And in the real sniper business a Quigley is a shot that takes out two bad guys with one shot.


44 posted on 04/02/2011 6:40:19 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: marktwain
TOM Selleck has quite the temper!

The actor apparently flew off the handle when an extra on the set of his TV show

That is a bad way to characterize Tom Selleck's reaction to an act of stupidity.

As a long time 2nd Amendment proponent, Selleck knows gun safety and didn't "lose his temper and fly off the handle".

He was scolding and teaching an ignorant actor how to handle a real weapon.

45 posted on 04/02/2011 6:40:40 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages.)
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To: marktwain; All

Blue Bloods is the best show of this season. Good family values. Really look forward to it. Wish they would stop moving it’s time slot though.


46 posted on 04/02/2011 6:41:00 AM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: marktwain

The pinheads in this story are the writer and whoever wrote the headline. His reaction was appropriate, and hardly a “loss of temper.”


47 posted on 04/02/2011 6:41:12 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: humblegunner
Quiqby Down Under was one of the few good things to come out of Hollywood in the past decade.

Yes, a 21 year decade. It was made in 1990.

Quigley Down Under was made in 1990. Quigby Down Under, on the other hand, may be newer.

48 posted on 04/02/2011 6:43:16 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: the invisib1e hand
He did the mature and responsible thing.

That's against Ultra-Progressiveist Hollyweird's Uber-Liberal rules.

49 posted on 04/02/2011 6:43:43 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: marktwain
They've forgotten about John Hexum?
50 posted on 04/02/2011 6:44:32 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: marktwain

My respect for Tom just went up.


51 posted on 04/02/2011 6:47:42 AM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Terry Kath was and still is my all time favorite guitar player.


52 posted on 04/02/2011 6:48:32 AM PDT by animal172 (Does anyone even remember the USA of old?)
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To: originalbuckeye

“CTA. Best album of their career.”

100% correct.


53 posted on 04/02/2011 6:51:03 AM PDT by animal172 (Does anyone even remember the USA of old?)
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To: CondorFlight

There are such things as unloaded guns. It is up to the person holding it to know if it is or is not loaded. It isn’t hard to check, and there is no excuse for not knowing with absolute certainty.

You should assume loaded until you personally have proven beyond a doubt it is not. The only safety on a gun is the person holding it.


54 posted on 04/02/2011 6:52:03 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: workerbee
You're right! Rules are rules.

My wife loves Tom Selleck. I gave her a beautifully framed copy of this photo for Christmas a couple of years ago.

55 posted on 04/02/2011 6:58:31 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: animal172

I had never heard of them when I went away to NIU in September, 1969. EVERYONE there had that album. Bought it as soon as I could find it. Ahhhh, the olden days.


56 posted on 04/02/2011 6:59:23 AM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: marktwain

re: the extra then squirmed, “Is the gun really loaded?”

The only answer to this question is “Damn right it’s loaded!”

Any gun you pick up is loaded until YOU take the correct steps to PROVE otherwise to yourself. And if it’s out of your hands or sight for even 30 seconds you start the whole process over again. Repeat as necessary.


57 posted on 04/02/2011 6:59:37 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (I would rather lose with Sarah than win with a RINO!)
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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 was my thought exactly! Why is the story about Selleck like he has an attitude? Tom Selleck was 100% right!

But I guess making this story about the jackoff who doesn't know his elbow from his @#$$%^& just doesn't make it into a solid reporting icon like showbizspy /s

58 posted on 04/02/2011 7:01:00 AM PDT by libs_kma (JIMMY CARTER - HE'S BACK IN BLACK)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
Brandon Lee was killed by a gun that was assumed to be loaded with blanks while filming The Crow.

If I recall correctly, the gun was loaded with blanks, since they were filming a scene where Brandon got shot multiple times. However, the same gun had been used in a previous scene where dummy rounds were in the chamber for the close up (it was a revolver), and the slug from one of the dummy rounds dislodged from the casing and went into the barrel. When the blanks were put in and fired, the blast sent the slug into Lee. At least, that's the official story. If true, the weapons safety guy was an incompetent or careless moron.
59 posted on 04/02/2011 7:01:03 AM PDT by fr_freak
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To: marktwain

Bull$hit. He didn’t lose his temper at all. That is exactly the correct response to some dumbass mis-handling a firearm.


60 posted on 04/02/2011 7:04:45 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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