Should guns be banned from movies / TV / etc?

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35. No, this is a silly question

The use of prop guns on-set comes with a lot of stringent rules for how it should be done, hundreds of films and shows per year all run perfectly fine, there's no need to come unglued over a particular tragedy and blow it all up.

When rehearsing, actors have dummy guns, there's no firing mechanism at all. Right before the cameras roll, a prop master comes out and swaps them for "live" guns; they can "fire", but it is just blanks. As soon as "cut!" is called, the guns are gathered and stored. Somewhere on the set of this film, something went horribly wrong. They'll figure it out and the repercussions on whoever is responsible will be severe, career-ending, and should bring jail-time.

The only way this could ever be Baldwin's fault is if he pulled some sort of dick-swinging "I'm famous, I do what I want" and broke the protocols himself somehow. Given how distraught he appears in the aftermath, IMO the chances of this are ridiculously near-nonexistent.