The Special Investigation and Intelligence Branch (SIIB) of Mumbai Customs at the Air Cargo Complex has arrested a Bollywood stunt woman for importing restricted goods – three consignments of 78,000 blank cartridges - without possessing a licence for arms and ammunition for theatrical, film or television production.
just so i m clear, if somebody has a dummy round in and the gun is very close to them, could that potentially injure somebody? no, no, let me let me be clear. the dummy cartridge is totally inert. it s the blank cartridge that makes the smoke and the muzzle flash. so, sorry, i used the wrong terminology. if it s the blank cartridge, the smoke and the muzzle flash. i mean, if someone s holding that up to their head or in close proximity, that is something that they would avoid doing? sure. in the the safety guidelines, it clearly states that minimum safety distance in front of a muzzle of a blank firearm is 20 feet. so, you should never have that situation where a full-flash blank is being pressed up against someone s exposed skin or anything like that. there is, again, a little bit of a flash, a little bit of smoke and stuff coming out so you would not want that in that close proximity and that s why we maintain a minimum 20-foot safety distance.
flash. so, sorry, i used the wrong terminology. if it s the blanch blank cartridge, the smoke and the muzzle flash. i mean, if someone s holding that up to their head or in close proximity, that is something that they would avoid doing? sure. in the the safety guidelines, it clearly states that minimum safety distance in front of a muzzle of a blank firearm is 20 feet. so, you should never have that situation where a full-flash blank is being pressed up against someone s exposed skin or anything like that. there is, again, a little bit of a flash, a little bit of smoke and stuff coming out so you would not want that in that close proximity and that s why we maintain a minimum 20-foot safety distance. it s fascinating to me, the skill you all have in a movie when it looks like somebody is right next to them or right in front of them and they are shooting, is that that s done with long lenses? they are 20 feet away? is there something is there something else they can do to
that we didn t miss anything and that you re comfortable with the fact that it is, in fact, an empty firearm. and i m comfortable. wonderful. reporter: this is what a blank looks like. it s a cartridge case that s crimped over. you can see there s no projectile. reporter: no bullet or projectile. no bullet or projectile. it has gun powder. it does have gun powder. it has a primer in it. this is what s called a modern theatrical blank. reporter: but under safety regulations, such a bullet is a dummy cartridge? empty shell case, no gun powder in it, totally inert primer. it can t go bang. there is a projectile on the end of it. but you can see, there s a bb. i can rattle it next to your ear. no gun powder in it. if means that cannot go bang. reporter: there many other mandated precautions. so we have our single-action revolver. we have our blank cartridge. you can see there is no projectile. i ve measured out 20 feet for you here, which is the minimum-safety