Alec Baldwin Shoots two, Kills One

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I still fail to understand why an actor actually has to aim directly at an individual. Why can’t that actor merely aim a short distance to the left or right of the individual being fired at. That would certainly work except when the camera is directly behind the shooter with a close up of the sights of the firearm being fired.
I asked a person in the movie film making industry about firearms being used on a set. Here is what was passed along to me,

Firearms should be carefully guarded and supervised at all times. This is the ideal. Some prop supervisors are properly trained in the use of firearms but, because of the quantity of weapons used in the Tremors films, we have always had a dedicated “armorer” on the set to help train us in the proper use of weapons and supervise their use.
Proper protocol dictates that weapons are never left unattended, always stored in a secure location, and that the presence of a weapon on a set is always announced to cast and crew. When a weapon is passed from one person to another, it should be examined by both the person passing the weapon, and the person receiving the weapon. Nothing should be taken for granted.

From what has been heard, failure to follow some of these guidelines resulted in the terrible incident a year or so ago on the set of the Alec Baldwin film. The moment we heard about the incident, we knew it was a case of incompetence, someone cutting corners. It never should have happened.

Aside from safety, keeping track of weapons has a practical component, as some weapons are “rented” by the production. The Gatling gun used in the last minutes of Tremors 4 is a perfect example. It was owned by a private individual and had to be returned to him in perfect condition at the end of filming, and was not to touched aside from its actual use in the film.