ingliz wrote:There is an argument to be made that Baldwin knowing he was being handed a real gun should have checked it himself.
Be sure the gun is safe to operate.
— Third Rule of Gun Safety, NRA
That's not how prop guns work. It was an antique F.lli Pietta long Colt 45 revolver, and the bullet tips can be seen in close up shots on camera.
The rounds needed to have the primer and gunpowder removed, so the bullets looked real on camera but didn't work.
Baldwin actually had no way of checking this out for himself, he was told the gun was safe and the rounds were duds(different to blanks). They were rehearsing a close up shot of the gun.
Literally this armourer fucked up in almost the exact same way as in Brandon Lee's death.