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I still have a couple "The Shadow" and "Gangbusters" LP's. a few other too.The shadow knows.
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I still have a couple "The Shadow" and "Gangbusters" LP's. a few other too.The shadow knows.
Nah...it all went down before, it always has, it just wasn't in everyone's face. Hell the worse school masacre to date was in 1927. Evil been around since man has been around.But things were different back then too. As kids we were relatively safe, the neighbors all knew who our parents were, the neighborhood police officer walked his beat, kids weren't snatched up like today, and excuses weren't made for pedophiles and child molesters.
Agreed and understood, but in the last 50-60 years the mask sure has been taken off, making it more blatant in and your face.Nah...it all went down before, it always has, it just wasn't in everyone's face. Hell the worse school masacre to date was in 1927. Evil been around since man has been around.
In my experience actors run the gamut between very serious folks who study and work hard to perfect the craft and people who show up for a paycheck. More or less the same as any other group. I've seen about the same amount of carelessness around weapons among actors as I have around firearm enthusiasts. Some actors are incapable of worrying about anything beyond the perceived spotlight, some spend a lot of time and effort to perfect the craft. I've known some very anti-2A actors who were incredibly respectful of whatever weapon was handed to them and vice versa.With regard to your experience did you ever find that guns (and other weapons) used in movies to be somewhat 'trivialized' or otherwise not taken seriously by the actors?
My point being I somehow 'get the feeling' that with extreme anti-gun actors they might only see the 'prop' (real or otherwise) as inconsequential, and not 'worthy' of their care or consideration - especially with safety. I have often wondered about this in general and not just because of this issue.
People are easier to sell to when scared, horny or angry. Whether it's a product or an ideal.Agreed and understood, but in the last 50-60 years the mask sure has been taken off, making it more blatant in and your face.
Oh c'mon man. You did those things? Pretty sure you're old. If you'd thrown in "played kick the can", then I'd be positive. Don't ask me how I know. Cuz I ain't tellin'.I'm not that old, just didn't grow up with a TV, most of my play gun was sticks and sure as chit didn't come inside much before in was dark.
This is what I have to tell MYself once in a while. Man isn't just NOW turning evil. Mankind has always been a scourge on the earth. It's just now the 24/7 commercial media is there to ingrain mans evil into everyone's brains that chooses to listen. It may also be getting worse than 100 years ago. "They" tell us now that lawbreakers shouldn't be punished, the poor things.Nah...it all went down before, it always has, it just wasn't in everyone's face. Hell the worse school masacre to date was in 1927. Evil been around since man has been around.
Yup!I observe the entertainment industry, as hugely hypocritical. They abhor firearms, and anyone who owns them, while they embrace , casually waiving them around, on set , while making money in movies or on TV. Not that we can change that closed minded Koolaid drinking idiotic philosophy, but these inadvertent discharges can likely be stopped. I propose EVERONE on a movie or TV set, where any type of firearm is used or handled, and I mean EVERYONE, NO EXCEPTION, mandatorily take an NRA gun safety course and pass both a handing and written test. That way EVERYONE on the set will be responsible for safe firearms handling. Not just a few, "safety" people who obviously did not do their job, while going unchallenged by any one on set, during this scene. While they can b*tch and moan about the requirement, we can simply reply "Do you want to be in the same position as Alec Baldwin?" This approach pretty much works at all the ranges where I've shot. If you can mandate masks or vaccines you can mandate gun safety training.
Or similarly worded: "the gun discharged"; implying that it fired by itself -- A true AD.It frosts me the way the MSMs report on things:
'Alec Baldwin had been practicing a "cross-draw" weapons firing technique and was aiming at a camera when a prop gun went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins'.
'When A prop gun when off'? It appears like they are putting the gun in '3rd person' and making it sound like it was not even in Baldwins hand, like some random gun just aimed itself and went off.
And........The new information includes previously unreported statements from director Joel Souza and cameraman Reid Russell.
Souza, 48, said Baldwin had been practicing Thursday when the gun went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injuring Souza, according to the latest warrant information.
The cast and crew had taken a lunch break, and when they returned, Souza told authorities,
he wasn't sure if the firearm to be used by Baldwin had been checked anew for safety.
Taken from......Russell, the camera operator, told authorities none of this was captured on camera because the cast and crew were preparing for the scene. He also said he was unsure if the gun had been checked because he had left the area for five minutes for a break.
I don't see this as particularly relevant. The gun was in his hand and obviously no one else pulled the trigger so either he he did, or the gun failed and discharged - regardless it was pointed in the direction of the people and one died because of his negligent gun handling.It hasn't been reported that Baldwin actually pulled the trigger,
Cameraman on set: Alec Baldwin was very careful with guns
Cameraman on film set: Baldwin was 'very careful' with guns
Meanwhile, new clues emerge on how a live round may have ended up in the gun Baldwin fired.www.newser.com
Until that one day...
Meanwhile, a possible clue as to how a live round found its way into the gun. Multiple sources tied to the movie's production tell TMZ that the gun Baldwin used was also used by crew members for target practice after hours at a different location, with real bullets in play. One source who was reportedly on set when the police showed up after the shooting tells the outlet that cops found blanks for firearms were being stored in the same area as live ammunition, which could be another way a real bullet ended up in the gun. Reuters notes it hasn't been able to yet verify the TMZ report via Santa Fe police.
Of course-- whenever anything goes wrong around Alec Baldwin, it always must have been someone else's faultNote what the article said......
Aloha, Mark
1000000%Hollywood is FULL of people big on ego and short on humility