Yeah I would translate something in France (the loosy country that made US possible, so it's a win-win) related to the use of firearms on a film set:
Suggesting to read it:
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All this material, its storage, circulation and use are regulated in France by the Internal Security Code. The equipment cannot in any case arrive on a set without a regulatory passage in the workshop which modifies them to transform the deadly weapon into an accessory usable by actors. Contacted by Liberation, Frédéric Cauvy explains: “We make a screw step inside the barrel in order to weld a blank firing plug which makes the weapon definitively unfit for the ejection of a projectile.” In the same way the cartridges are also remanufactured, without projectile ("without warhead") but just a dosage of powder charge in order to produce a flame and an explosion noise. Weapons do not kill, but they are not harmless. “These are blank cartridges but you have to respect distances because there is a strong detonation, the release of a gas and a flame, explains Frédéric Cauvy. As the barrel is blocked in such a way as to just let the gas and the flame pass, it is out of the question to slip a real bullet into the magazine because the shooter would then be the first victim by a boomerang effect of the projectile prevented by the screw and welding. It is a concern on the big shoots of historical films when old guns are given to extras who could be tempted, by taste for this type of material, to experiment with it outside of takes. For a suicide scene with the barrel glued to the temple, blank firing remains dangerous if the weapon is not prepared for close use. For shots in the head, or in the mouth, special cartridges are used which make a strong detonation but without flame.
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(full article
https://www.liberation.fr/culture/cinema/armes-a-feu-sur-les-tournages-une-attention-de-tous-les-instants-est-requise-20211027_AQPAX7MHNFHLFBTQ7W76M7SO2E/ )
/e Explaining my first reactions in this thread. This said i'm also curious about the amount of firearms accidents in "shows" industry in US.
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This post was edited by Meanwhile on Jan 19 2023 02:31pm