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 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As
Hollywood considers new safety measures
following the fatal shooting during filming of
Western movie "Rust," actor Alec Baldwin said on
Monday he believed film and TV productions
should hire police officers to monitor weapons
on sets.
Baldwin accidentally shot and killed
cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21 after
being told the gun he was rehearsing with on the
"Rust" set in New Mexico was "cold," or safe to
use, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's
Office.
Authorities are trying to determine how a real
bullet would wind up in the gun handed to
Baldwin. Attorneys for the "Rust" armorer, who
oversaw weapons on the set, said she believed
she had loaded it with dummy rounds https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/attorney-rust-armorer-suggests-sabotage-baldwin-set-2021-11-03
that were incapable of firing.
Since the incident, producers and crew members
have been weighing whether new steps should be
taken to prevent a similar tragedy in the
future. Baldwin said he believed productions
should hire police to make sure guns used in
filming are safe.
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 "Every film/TV set that uses
guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police
officer on set, hired by the production, to
specifically monitor weapons safety," Baldwin
posted on Twitter.
Others have called for banning real guns
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pressure-mounts-ban-real-guns-hollywood-after-baldwin-set-tragedy-2021-10-25
from movie and TV sets. Actor Dwayne Johnson
said last week that his future productions would
only use rubber guns https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-rust-shooting-dwayne-johnson-idCAKBN2HP13H
during filming.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; editing by Jonathan
Oatis)
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