‘Rust’ Fallout: Petition Urging Ban of Real Guns on Film Sets Tops 25,000 Signatures

Rust actor and producer took to social media to urge Hollywood to implement more precautions.“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 tweeted from his account which is now private.

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The Crow, has called for mandatory gun safety training on Hollywood film and television sets.She has also said that the industry should reduce the amount of real firearms used on sets.Lee wrote an essay for Variety in which she outlined the new measures.

fired a prop gun on the set of film Rust last month (October 21), which resulted in the death of Hutchins and caused injuries to director Joel Souza.Speaking to Variety at the premiere of Netflix film Red Notice on Wednesday (October 3) in Los Angeles, Johnson vowed he’d stop using real firearms on all projects produced by his company, Seven Bucks Productions.“I can’t speak for anyone else, but I can tell you, without an absence of clarity here, that any movie that we have moving forward with

Dwayne Johnson will no longer use real guns on his movie sets. In the wake of the fatal shooting — in which Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the film's set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza -- Johnson vowed that his production company will stop using real guns on its sets.«First of all, I was heartbroken,» Johnson told at the premiere of his latest flick, .

Dwayne Johnson has lent his significant star power to the growing group of show business professionals pledging to no longer use real guns in their productions following the death of Halyna Hutchins.  The "Red Notice" actor spoke in an interview with Variety where he commented for the first time on the deadly incident that occurred on the set of the indie-western "Rust." Alec Baldwin was holding a gun that he was led to believe was unloaded when a live round somehow fired from it killing

A collection of 200 prominent cinematographers joined together to sign a group statement calling for a ban on functional firearms on the sets of their projects.  The move comes in the wake of the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed on the set of "Rust" when a gun being held by actor Alec Baldwin that he was informed as a "cold gun" somehow fired a live round.  The incident has sparked a huge conversation in show business regarding the use of real firearms on sets,

Variety on a red carpet for his Netflix action movie “Red Notice,” The Rock said that his new rule for any film made through his production company Seven Bucks, no matter which studio, will be to use non-functional rubber and plastic guns. “Any movie we do, Seven Bucks does, with any studio, the rule is we’re not going to use real guns.

Dwayne Johnson spoke out about the tragic “Rust” shooting during Wednesday’s “Red Notice” premiere in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentDwayne Johnson’s new movie, “Red Notice,” has the A-list actor handling guns. Netflix’s upcoming big-budget film stars three of the biggest celebrities on the planet — Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot — and is one of many Hollywood films that feature firearms for the sake of action-packed storylines.“Red Notice,” which launches on the streaming service on Nov.

CNN, “this was not an accident, this was negligence.” She’s among other filmmakers and creators like those on the cop drama “The Rookie” and “The Boys” who have said they would no longer use functional firearms on their sets. A California senator, Dave Cortese, has drafted a bill that he aims to present to the senate calling for the ban of firearms on film sets in the state of California.

A little more than a week ago, it was revealed that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed during an accidental firearm discharge on the set of “Rust.” Since that news came out, we’ve seen Hollywood figures react in horror, with some asking for immediate change to happen to ensure this sort of situation doesn’t happen again.

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Ellise Shafer administratorA collective of leading movie armorers and weapons masters is calling demands to ban real firearms on film sets after the fatal “Rust” shooting “misguided,” stating that the incident was a result of the disregard for safety measures and failure to hire “well-trained professionals.”In a statement made on Tuesday, the group offered their condolences to the family and friends of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed during the rehearsal of a scene on Oct.

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