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Agree with almost all of that - exception is facts are never different

Opinions about them are - and it is well known celebrities can, and often do, get treated differently by the law - both more strictly and more leniently.

You bring up the exact point I did - movie sets are different and more dangerous because guns are pointed at people.

Which is PRECISELY WHY all gun regulations need to be followed by EVERYONE on the set, they need to be held to a stricter standard, that everyone handling guns must be properly trained and follow proper procedures - without delegating it. Those regulations should not be modified by a organization (the movie industry) where gun safety isn't their area of expertise. If they want to have a professional armorer looking over the actor's shoulder as he checks the gun - great, two sets of eyes - still his responsibility to do so per basic gun safety regulations.

The person pulling the trigger needs to know enough to check the gun and do it every time or they have failed. This might turn out legally as an accident on technicalities - but he could have prevented it following the most basic gun safety measures - and IMHO (and I'm not a lawyer) that is justification of some liability.

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Posted: 10/29/2021 at 3:20PM

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