“As someone said, he could have slip-fired the weapon.”
Not relevant. Even if the impossible happened (gun fired itself) he still committed involuntary manslaughter. Since Bruce Lee Son died Hollywood recommended several safety rules. No real gun shall be pointed at another person. Watch closely any modern day movie it is all done with movie magic. The closes they are supposed to point a gun is near line of fire and any actor who is required to stand near the line of fire should be allowed to witness the loading of the firearms.
These are strong recommendations though technically not enforced. But knowing this and carelessness is grounds for at least manslaughter.
Criminal Negligence was what I was basically saying there.
Just didn’t get the phrase attached.
Brandon Lee, IIRC, died when a blank was put behind a prop-bullet (for the viewing angle from the front) - the blank pushed that into him.
I don’t recall what the final outcome of all that was, except BL was dead.
Why do they use real guns? Why not use weapons like we used in drill training. They had a bolt inside the barrel, and had no firing mechanism.