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Originally Posted by amRam
The point of having a gun safety person there is so that actors aren't ****ing with the firearms in the first place. The "expert" hands them a safe prop.
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I've seen trained police officers make this mistake. It doesn't matter who handed you the gun, you can't assume anything. Situations like this accident are why this rule exists.
It doesn't matter who hands you the gun, you check it to make sure it is empty. You rehearse this behavior until it is ingrained into your brain as a muscle reflex.
An Armorer will generally do this with you and both of you will check the weapon together. Often the Armorer should hand you the revolver with the cylinder open, tell you how many rounds are loaded and "live", close the cylinder and have you repeat the number of live shots back to them.
Obviously all of this is compounded by the fact that we're dealing in illusion of make-believe and things are designed to look like real bullets... which is also why you should always behave as if they actually are real bullets even if you feel certain they are not.
Because an accident occurred and someone died... one, some or all of this was ignored resulting in tragedy.