5 Secrets You Learn When You're A Gun Consultant For Movies

The potential for danger is huge, which is why Mike's job exists in the first place. Back in 1993, Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son, was killed on the set of The Crow by a gun that should have been firing blank rounds. "Any time anyone has been injured on a film set or TV program with blanks being used, it's usually -- usually -- because there has not been a professional armorer on the set ... I hate to bring this up, but The Crow is the perfect example.

There was a very experienced armorer on the set. He wasn't called in that day because they didn't want to pay him that day."In one scene, a character had to stare right down the barrel of a gun, and so the prop guy took real lead-tipped bullets, removed the gunpowder, and used them for the close-up. Somehow the tip came off when the dummy round was removed from the gun, and remained lodged in the barrel.

"...and nobody had bothered to check it, because this wasn't a real professional armorer...We check the gun multiple times, but nobody checked the gun the way an armorer would do. It was just a perfect storm of horrific mistakes."

Two weeks later, the same gun was loaded with a blank and fired at Brandon Lee. The gunpowder from the blank propelled the actual bullet into Lee, killing him. Had an armorer been on set, it would have surely been caught. Though it's worth noting Brandon also wouldn't have died if there'd been someone on set enforcing a more basic rule of gun safety: never point a gun at a person.

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Jetboogieman said:

5 Secrets You Learn When You're A Gun Consultant For Movies

Pretty damned interesting article for movie and gun enthusiasts alike.

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Jetboogieman said:

5 Secrets You Learn When You're A Gun Consultant For Movies
Pretty damned interesting article for movie and gun enthusiasts alike.
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Hawkeye10 said:

Sounds like a good argument to add to the "Hollywood is a soul sucking Hell Hole dont listen to them because they dont know squat" arguement.

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RabidAlpaca said:

Brandon Lee's death was really tragic. I always wondered how such massive incompetence was possible. Thanks for sharing this.



Yes, that's why Jet started this thread about gun consultants in movie production, so you could come here and whine about liberals. THANKS! for your contribution.

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