How Did A Live Round End Up In Alec Baldwin’s Prop Gun?

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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With the production of ‘Rust’ shut down indefinitely after Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, CNN learns the film’s assistant director, who handed Baldwin the ‘cold’ gun, has a history of safety and behavior complaints dating back to 2019. Weapons specialist for film and television, Bill Davis, joins to give his perspective on this tragic story and the impact it could have on the use of guns in the movie industry.

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0:00.0	That's it for us.
0:02.0	The news continues.
0:03.0	I'll tend to over to Chris for Cuomo Prime Time.
0:05.0	Chris?
0:06.0	Our coup, thank you very much.
0:07.0	I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Prime Time.
0:08.0	The production of Rust is now shut down indefinitely.
0:12.0	But investigations seem to be ramping up after actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and
0:16.8	killed the cinematographer with a gun Thursday.
0:20.0	Question.
0:21.0	How did a live round end up in what was supposed to be a prop gun?
0:28.0	Now, there is no such thing as a prop gun.
0:31.0	They only use, in a lot of these things, certainly in this production, real guns and then they
0:37.8	just change the ammunition if they get it right.
0:41.0	So are we going to hear at some point that no real guns will be used in movies anymore?
0:48.2	It certainly seems clear now that missteps led to the accidental killing of Hutchins,
0:55.4	the cinematographer.
0:57.3	One was in charge of the gun that Baldwin pulled the trigger on.
1:01.6	And someone else handed it to him and told him it was cold, meaning no live ammo.
1:09.8	You could also ask, why were they even using a real gun in a rehearsal?
1:15.8	Why wasn't it a fakie?
1:17.0	Why wasn't it just a rubber thing?
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