Hollywood petition to ban the use of live weapons on film sets gathers over 10K signatures

A change.org petition calling for Hollywood to ban the use of firearms on film sets has gathered over 10,000 signatures since it was created on Thursday after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot dead by Alec Baldwin when he was given a prop gun loaded with live ammunition. A petition calling to ban the use of live weapons on film sets has gathered over 10,000 signature in two days after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on the set of Rust when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun loaded with live ammunition killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza Mare of Easttown director Craig Zobel tweeted that his show used special effects instead of live weapons ABC's The Rookie banned the use of 'live' weapons on the set of the police drama series citing Thursday's tragic accident ABC's The Rookie, another cop drama, just announced a ban on the use of live weapons after Thursday's tragic incident on the Rust set. It is not known who loaded the weapon and why it went off as a replacement crew was brought in the day of the incident An inconsolable Alec Baldwin is shown outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office after accidentally shooting and killing the cinematographer on Thursday Knight added that different gun laws between New Mexico and California may have also contributed to the accident. Alec Baldwin was handling the vintage gun on the set of Rust in Santa Fe, New Mexico, when it fired a live round – killing mom-of-one Hutchins, 42, and wounding director Joel Souza. Scroll down for video Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the 24-year-old head armorer in charge of guns on Alec Baldwin film where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tragically shot and killed on Thursday had admitted she 'wasn't sure she was ready' for the job in an interview before filming started Hannah Gutierrez-Reed also admitted in the podcast interview she found loading blanks into a gun 'the scariest' thing because she did not know how to do it and had sought help from her father, legendary gunsmith Thell Reed, to get over the fear A search warrant released Friday said first assistant director Dave Halls grabbed the gun from the cart and brought it inside to Baldwin, unaware that it was loaded with live rounds.