MedGrl
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Not sure if this is where I should post this but couldn't figure out a different place.
So, my sister is an actress. She manages to pay the bills quite successfully as a working actress and is currently in a new show. I have been teaching her about guns, how to shoot, safety, etc. and the show she is currently in requires her to use a derringer that is loaded with blanks. Unfortunately she is working with several morons.
She had to explain to the fellow actor that she sprained his wrist disarming him because he pointed a gun (he wasn't even supposed to be touching) at her. His response that "it is just blanks" was responded to with her lecturing him on the 4 rules and that blanks are still dangerous. He didn't believer her until one of the male actors verified that she was 100% correct. :banghead:
Then, again with the same gun she was using it for her scene and unknown to her the mechanism that locked the hammer back had broken since the last time it was "fired" and when she went to cock it the hammer fell immediately and she received a small powder burn on her palm. The director told her she fired too soon and when she explained that the gun broke he also said "good thing it's only blanks" :banghead: :banghead:
She told me these two stories and asked me if she was overreacting to be upset with these people for their ignorance. I told her no. It isn't just ignorance of "gun stuff" but basic theatre craft and safety.
So, my sister is an actress. She manages to pay the bills quite successfully as a working actress and is currently in a new show. I have been teaching her about guns, how to shoot, safety, etc. and the show she is currently in requires her to use a derringer that is loaded with blanks. Unfortunately she is working with several morons.
She had to explain to the fellow actor that she sprained his wrist disarming him because he pointed a gun (he wasn't even supposed to be touching) at her. His response that "it is just blanks" was responded to with her lecturing him on the 4 rules and that blanks are still dangerous. He didn't believer her until one of the male actors verified that she was 100% correct. :banghead:
Then, again with the same gun she was using it for her scene and unknown to her the mechanism that locked the hammer back had broken since the last time it was "fired" and when she went to cock it the hammer fell immediately and she received a small powder burn on her palm. The director told her she fired too soon and when she explained that the gun broke he also said "good thing it's only blanks" :banghead: :banghead:
She told me these two stories and asked me if she was overreacting to be upset with these people for their ignorance. I told her no. It isn't just ignorance of "gun stuff" but basic theatre craft and safety.