Column: ‘Rust’ showed more gun control is needed on movie sets. This California lawmaker is working on it
LA TimesAlec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of a Western being filmed at the Bonanza Creek Film Ranch in New Mexico last month. Baldwin must not have gotten the lesson and neither did key members of the crew on the set of his “Rust” movie production near Santa Fe, N.M. Or maybe they arrogantly assumed such rules don’t apply to movie sets because, well, guns there behave differently than in the real world. “Our entertainment industry must do a better job of ensuring safe working conditions for crews.” There were gripes among “Rust” crew members about workers’ safety. Cortese calls the industry’s gun safety guidelines “a paper tiger” because, as “Rust” proved, they can too easily be ignored. Jerry Brown’s dogma: “Not every problem deserves a law.” But “Rust” showed the need for tighter gun control on movie sets.
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After ‘Rust’ shooting, California moves closer to impose film set safety rules
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As Baldwin faces charges, gun safety on sets ‘gets louder’
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Hollywood’s broken promises to make sets safer after deadly ‘Rust’ shooting
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Hollywood unions blame studios for lack of progress on gun bill after ‘Rust’
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Hollywood once again fails to agree to terms in last-ditch talks for California movie gun bill
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Editorial: Lawmakers punted on gun-safety rules for film sets. Now Hollywood must come up with a plan
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New California gun safety laws for movie sets after ‘Rust’ shooting hobbled by Legislature
LA TimesAlec Baldwin calls for police on film sets to monitor gun safety following fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins
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Alec Baldwin says he’s ‘not allowed to make any comments’ on ‘Rust’ shooting investigation
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A petition to ban the use of real firearms on film sets circulates after ‘Rust’ tragedy
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How many fatal incidents have there been on film sets?
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