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Got to be very close up to the actor there are guns which are adapted which will function in every way but they will not actually have a blast which comes out of the muzzle but they will actually throw an empty cartridge at the side of it as an automatic that instance but it is perfectly safe and you can put it up to go ahead and they will be no problem. but there is an assumption sometimes that a blank cartridge is totally and utterly safe, which it is not, and that instance on the enemy at the gates every morning with a lot of extras that came out of berlin who were russian and did not speak...

Everybody who distributed the weapon, how it was housed or stored. those steps will be looked at closely to determine if somebody missed a step somewhere along the way. everybody who handles the weapon knows right out of the gate that particular weapon, whether you know it is empty, you treat it as it is being loaded and gun safety is a huge factor and especially when you are using even with blanks, blanks themselves can offer dangers in just the fact they are shooting gases down the barrel and emanate out the muzzle. every single weapon must be treated as it is loaded and dangerous. >> john: ...

Shouldn't be in that weapon. >> okay. i understand you're at a disadvantage there, all of us are, because we weren't on the set and there are many unanswered questions here. based on your experience, one of the remarkable details here is that two people were injured, one killed and one hospitalized. can you imagine any circumstances with a prop weapon or a blank round where that could happen, where two people could be injured or hit? >> yeah, i mean, there are injuries that do happen from, you know, pop casings from guns when you're working with autopsy t automatic weapons and people can get b...

The incident has rocked hollywood, with many of those in the film industry now morning one of the 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've happened again. there are instances when you do shoot a blank that you...

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 a cotton wad, and that coming out at a very high velocity to an individual that's really close by can cause...