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[Kachina624]

@patbz    I've wondered why they don't use phony plastic guns, indistinguishable from the real thing, and sound effects for the noise?  Much less risk and hassle.  No need for an armorer.  Maybe the union doesn't want a position eliminated? 

[Puppy Lips]

@golding76 

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@golding76 wrote:

My thoughts have been in the zone of Desert Di's, too.  It is difficult not to think that, I regret to say. 

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What or who is Desert Di?  What is that all about?

[tsavorite]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@BlueFinch    They had a $70M  budget which apparently makes this a low budget film.  The young lady who was in charge of the weapons, I think her name is Hana, had done one other movie but she'd worked with her dad for years and he was a professional doing that sort of work.  Somebody slipped the weapon with the live ammo into the mix.  They need to find that person.  Who had a motive? 

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@Kachina624 Where did they say someone slipped a real gun with live ammo in the mix??  Is this what Hana is telling the police??  I missed this totally.  Isn't it possible that she made a mistake and put the loaded real gun in with the others??

[Shaunac]

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

@golding76 

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@golding76 wrote:

My thoughts have been in the zone of Desert Di's, too.  It is difficult not to think that, I regret to say. 

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What or who is Desert Di?  What is that all about?

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@Puppy Lips 

@Desertdi  is another poster.  I see a post has been deleted from this thread and perhaps this is why you (we are lost).  She may have posted something and the mods deleted it. 

[golding76]

Puppy Lips and Shaunac,

What Shaunac wrote is what happened.  

[Kachina624]

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@tsavorite wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@BlueFinch    They had a $70M  budget which apparently makes this a low budget film.  The young lady who was in charge of the weapons, I think her name is Hana, had done one other movie but she'd worked with her dad for years and he was a professional doing that sort of work.  Somebody slipped the weapon with the live ammo into the mix.  They need to find that person.  Who had a motive? 

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@Kachina624 Where did they say someone slipped a real gun with live ammo in the mix??  Is this what Hana is telling the police??  I missed this totally.  Isn't it possible that she made a mistake and put the loaded real gun in with the others??

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@tsavorite    That's what I said.  There were several guns and one had the live ammo.  Somehow it was included with others.  I don't think the sheriff has said what any witness has stated.  Yes, it's very possible Hana made a mistake

[Shelbelle]

My question is what did they use so many years ago when they filmed so many Westerns for TV and movies in the days of Hop Along Cassidy and Bonanza and even before that?

[Tinkrbl44]

I saw an interesting comment somewhere online this morning, made by a high school student ...   this was an ACCIDENTAL shooting with "only" one person dying, and people are losing their minds over an unfortunate accident.

What about all the DELIBERATE shootings at schools, malls, etc and what do the investigations result in?  Is anything being done to stop those shootings?   Doesn't look like it.

Good question.

[skatting44]

I hope that all the crew that were responsible be held to account by the Police.

Even , actor Balwdwin had a resposibility to have checked the gun before firing it.

Yes, it was a  movie make believe set but that does not absolve a perosn who fires a  real gun from the responsibility of  gun safety .

[ROMARY]

Kingston's Mom:

I agree.  

Also, without reading many of the other replies, whomever/whoever placed the real gun with the prop guns should be investigated/interviewed/etc.

But, bottom line, the person in charge of making sure that the props are indeed props, and not guns with real ammunition, in my opinion, is responsible. 

Just my opinion, without fully reading all posts and without updating myself re: all of the alleged facts in the news, etc..