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Why? >> well, its not tricky. it is to the uninitiated or the inexperienced. now, she is 24 years old. by law in the united states, you have to be at least 21 years old to handle firearms. why would someone hire somebody like this and make them a, quote, unquote, armorer when it takes years to become an armorer. you can become a gun handler, but that isnt what she was doing. she wasnt focused, she wasnt paying attention, and she didnt load the weapon. >> this isnt about how she loaded blanks, it...

A quote/unquote armorer when it takes years to be an armorer. you can be a gun handler. but thats wasnt what she was doing. she wasnt focused and didnt know the weapon. >> this isnt how she loaded blanks. its that they had live ammo on set, right? >> yeah. thats my understanding. i still am -- because were no longer dealing with a movie set, were dealing with a crime scene, i think theyre investigating for negligent homicide as soon as they can lay that off, which there seems to be an abundance ...

In there. the first a.d. would say, load live, load six. we would hand it to the actor and say, the weapon is hot, fire it in the hole, five or six shots, whatever it might be. the actor should be standing right there and watching this procedure, which is what i insist upon on my shows, and also, the gun handler is inspecting each round visually as hes putting them into the weapon. so whats happening here is, youre getting it inspected multiple times by multiple people. and theres no reason that...

And she sort of stayed. but she -- she -- she was obviously upset and in tears as weve been reported by the situation before this fatal incident happened. >> just so awful for her family and everybody involved. appreciate it. thank you. joining us now is larry, who is 59 film and tv series to his fame name, gun handler and armor. also with us, cnn legal analyst, laura coates. um, larry, i appreciate your time tonight. is this -- this is obviously still an ongoing investigation. there are limited...

We would hand it to the actor and say, the weapon is hot, fire it in the hole, five or six shots, whatever it might be. the actor should be standing right there and watching this procedure, which is what i insist upon on my shows, and also, the gun handler is inspecting each round visually as hes putting them into the weapon. so whats happening here is, youre getting it inspected multiple times by multiple people. and theres no reason that this should have happened. theres just no reason for it....

Fourth most strict in the country. >> yeah. lis is absolutely right. if were analyzing her specific behavior, we trace first her choice to let her son shoot weapons with her, and lis is absolutely right. as long as she immediately supervised an unlicensed gun handler, shes allowed to do that. megyn: okay, but wait. before we get to that, hold on, hold on, before we get to that, she owned all the guns legally, correct? >> correct. megyn: okay. and she jumped through all the hoops she needed to. s...