Even a prop gun can be deadly (at very close range). It still contains gun powder and wadding (without the wadding the gun power would just fizzle with minimal bang). When fired the wadding will still travel through the barrel with a controlled explosion and come out at a deadly velocity. Once the wadding is out of the barrel it slows very quickly.Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 5:46 pmSo, were there bullets in the gun or not? I seem to recall some guy on a new TV series in the mid 80's offing himself on set with a prop gun that contained blanks.
There is no doubt in my mind that Baldwin was dicking around with A LOADED prop gun, not knowing what he should do with it, and he pulled the trigger and the cinematographer was just wrong place and standing too close.
Two choices:
Baldwin shouldn't have been playing with something he knows nothing about.
Or he was careless and is a total dickhead for killing someone.