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Could happen on set. and it comes just days after a nationwide strike was averted after a tentative deal between producers and set workers that included an upgrading of safety standards. this isn't the first time someone�*s been fatally shot during filming. nearly 20 years ago, brandon lee died after being shot by a prop gun on the set of the crow. now people are demanding to know how it could have happened again. there are instances when you do shoot a blank that you can be injured. often, what comes out of the muzzle after you've discharged the weapon that has blank ammunition is sometimes...

The incident has rocked hollywood, with many of those in the film industry now mourning one of their rising stars and infuriated this could happen on set. and it comes just days after a nationwide strike was averted after a tentative deal between producers and set workers that included an upgrading of safety standards. this isn't the first time someone�*s been fatally shot during filming. nearly 20 years ago, brandon lee died after being shot by a prop gun on the set of the crow. now, people are demanding to know how it could have happened again. there are instances when you do shoot a blank...

Some cases just be a real firearm. now, that brings really to the forefront obviously there is never any real ammunition capable of firing a projectile allowed on a film set ever, ever. >> there has been reporting about safety standards in this case. so i want to ask you, are there different safety standards or directions depending on the budget and in terms of the armor that is used if they are union or not, are they all operating under the same standards? >> i would say yes, they are. i think that as a competent armor onset is following a set of industry standards safety protocols that inclu...

Onset, it is a firearm that is set up to shoot blanks. a blank is a form of cartridge where in the real world that cartridge would include a bullet or a projectile, which is the part that goes flying down range, a blank does not have that projectile. by design, it is created so that we can simulate gunfire. you can get the audible bang, you can get smoke and some flash coming out the muzzle, but no projectile is propelled down range. >> laura, you heard this "l.a. times" reporting about alleged concerns among some crew members about safety onset. again, we have no idea if that has any impact o...

Sizes. there are rubber stunt versions that you might use with a performer falling off a roof or running down the street or dropping the prop. that would be made of rubber. then we get up to the type of prop guns that are manufactured to only shoot blanks. they were never real guns. we call them nonguns. they are still dangerous because a blank is a charge of powder that propels hot gas, burning gas, burning powder out of the muzzle and we want to make sure that nobody is ever right down range from that muzzle. on another extreme, there is sometimes the use of a real firearm that have been con...