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22 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
How the hell does this happen with a prop gun? They're supposed to be built in a way to prevent them from even being able to accept real ammunition. Who was in charge of this disaster?
The death of Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow is the closest analogy to this. The leading theory is he was killed when a prop bullet was left in a prop gun and then a blank was fired. But, the details of that are still somewhat murky. latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
This is the best rundown I've seen of prop gun accidents on sets. Prop guns and blanks can certainly be dangerous if not handled properly, just like regular guns. I haven't found examples of more than one person being hurt in an accident like this before. propguys.com/gundanger/
I wrote a bit more on the Alec Baldwin situation for The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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