Pure speculation.
"Rust" Shootings: What The Heck?
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Pure speculation.
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Or...
Considering that everybody carries a firearm in US, maybe someone mixed up the fake with the real...
Pure speculation.
Just a load of boll@x.
Considering that everybody carries a firearm in US, maybe someone mixed up the fake with the real...
Pure speculation.
Just a load of boll@x.
Fair enough and I apologise for maybe over reacting. I 've never been in the services although I did come very close in my late teens, the thought of endless tours of NI put me off. Several of my friends did join up and one was killed in active service in the Falklands.
Most of the people I know of who joined the 'services' was not because they wanted to fight, for some it was a way out of poverty, for some it was because they were orphans or came from a broken home, or they were simply misfits , for some they just wanted to do a few years and learn a trade, the army became their family, no-one I ever knew joined the army/navy in anticipation of a good scrap.
But here's the thing. There are several active threads where people are quoting 'statistics' whereby our armed forces are the weakest in Europe if not the world. The fact is, and still remains, that when the sh*t hits the fan in any foreign cesspit in the world, British boots are usually the first on the ground, not French, not German, not Greek, but British boots, some of these countries might have larger forces, but better? No.
I have nothing but respect for people like Doug99 who I suspect may have been involved in the Falklands unpleasantness, and for charliegolf, who was commander in chief of a secondary school, in Wales, I suspect the pupils benefitted from his military experience, and the cheeky young taffs were as equal as any adversary he might meet on Mt Tumbledown.
Long story short, I salute those have that served in the forces, those who have offered their lives for us. Thank you.
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Made me weep. "..Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves..."
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I think you'll find that it usually depends on the historical colonial influence, and what's in it for us.
It may be British forces, but that only reinforces the extent of the historic British colonial influence.
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It will be interesting to see Fillys evidence when he gets time to collate it
As I see it, and this is nothing new, there are two simple rules that I thought the general public would already know:
1) In the acting world, fake props are ALWAYS to be used, for example swords, knives, razors, guns, scissors etc.
2) NEVER point a gun at anyone, non-loaded or loaded.
Too many idiots out there.
Since the person he shot wouldn't have even been a character in the film, why was the gun directed at her?
Serious disregard in safety here...
1) In the acting world, fake props are ALWAYS to be used, for example swords, knives, razors, guns, scissors etc.
2) NEVER point a gun at anyone, non-loaded or loaded.
Too many idiots out there.
Since the person he shot wouldn't have even been a character in the film, why was the gun directed at her?
Serious disregard in safety here...
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I shall take this for the massive compliment it was clearly intended to be!
Sgt C Golf, CDM & Bar, RAF (Retd)
Call me a pussi but I've always disliked, feared and stayed away from firearms despite having access to them.
I preferred to settle disputes with bare fists.
I preferred to settle disputes with bare fists.
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That would have been funny and clever, in the pub. It doesn't quite work in print.
Bare fists - bear fists.
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Real firearms are used because although it’s possible to use post production, it is expensive and takes ages.
However, it’s getting better and some productions do use entirely fx.
but some actors/ directors do prefer a physical real weapon that fires blanks. Some are 100% genuine, some are modified so only blanks fit into chamber. But if you want an automatic weapon to fire and eject then it needs the explosive. (I assume not an automatic in a cowboy film)
stuff like a tripod machine gun can operate on a hidden gas line.
you’d still operate on the assumption that a firearm is a loaded weapon capable of injury.
Finger never on the trigger unless intending to fire.
Safe distances, crew in PPE, etc
some reports say that Baldwin was unaware that the weapon was “hot”.
It’s not clear if they were filming, or if he had it on him and it went off.
However, it’s getting better and some productions do use entirely fx.
but some actors/ directors do prefer a physical real weapon that fires blanks. Some are 100% genuine, some are modified so only blanks fit into chamber. But if you want an automatic weapon to fire and eject then it needs the explosive. (I assume not an automatic in a cowboy film)
stuff like a tripod machine gun can operate on a hidden gas line.
you’d still operate on the assumption that a firearm is a loaded weapon capable of injury.
Finger never on the trigger unless intending to fire.
Safe distances, crew in PPE, etc
some reports say that Baldwin was unaware that the weapon was “hot”.
It’s not clear if they were filming, or if he had it on him and it went off.
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