New article about Hollywood and Guns and we're mentioned
http://features.hollywoodreporter.co...ith-hollywood/
The problem here is how Hollywood is ANTI GUN and yet uses guns all the time. Also the backdrop to this is the SLEW of gun control laws that California has passed .... many of them making life even MORE difficult for Armorers in California :mad: Anyway, IMFDB is mentioned :) |
That part about Mark Wahlberg and Danny Trejo not being able to use real guns due to being felons can't be true, can it? Both have extensive pages here, and they all can't be fake or non-guns.
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It's funny how they imply the danger of firing blank-adapted guns at too close a range comes from casings being ejected. :rolleyes:
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Wahlberg has shot real guns during training for Lone Survivor. The Behind the Scenes pretty much show us all the guns he's trained with. |
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Interesting read, though clearly filled with errors that one would expect from an author who knows nothing about firearms (the 1911 was NOT originally a Taurus pistol; they're just one of many makers).
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Maybe it's the fact that they are "movie stars" and no one has asked made them the exception.
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Well there were some mistakes, but the big thing is that IMFDB got some great press.
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I would think this issue has been discussed with and decided by BATFE by now, and a work-around was found. |
Bad press, or rather in this case, a bit misinformed press is still good press.
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In the TV series Stargate SG1 the main weapon they used was originally MP5s, but they switched to P90s. Although I doubt that it was the inciting reason (more likely aesthetics and "cool" factor) if you watch/listen to the behind the scenes stuff or commentaries the producers and actors say that the fact that the P90 ejects downwards was a massive bonus. In fact, there were scenes that they were only able to shoot in a particular way because of this aspect of the weapon (e.g. several characters firing there guns in a narrow hallway in both directions). |
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When Ironman was being filmed, there is a deleted scene where Tony Stark picked up an Air Force M4 and fires it over the hood of a Humvee at his attackers (and eventual kidnappers). The production wanted Robert Downey Jr. to handle the live gun, but the armorer (correctly) refused, being that Downey had not has his inability to handle a gun dismissed (on paper) yet. So the scene where he's firing, he's holding an airsoft gun. Downey's felony convictions were in 1999 and he wasn't pardoned until December 24th, 2015. So technically any film he did between 1999 and 2015, the productions violated federal law if they handed him a live gun. Oops! But Hollywood productions are notoriously unconcerned with firearms laws. They just expect armorers to break the law, being that Hollywood bigwigs rarely if ever fights against gun control laws in California that actually HURT the film industry. |
Well, Wahlberg definitely hasn't been pardoned yet, given the recent publicity regarding his pursuit of one. This makes the Lone Survivor deal really odd, paying money to show off certain firearms in the hands of someone who shouldn't be handling guns.
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So.... Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Zodiac Tropic Thunder "Lead Farmer" scene should be a highlight Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows and Iron Man 3 though he was holding a Mac-10 Non gun at one point Wow, if those were real guns, how many violations is that for RDJ? |
I though guns that were permanently adapted for blanks weren't legally considered real firearms? I've seen numerous ads in gun magazines advertising blank guns for sale making that claim.
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Pretty damning isn't it? ;) BTW< it was Papac himself who told me that he woudn't allow a violation of federal law on his set for IM1. :D |
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For the record, some of his movies where he handles guns were not filmed in the U.S. But quite a few were. |
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Also, try buying a deactivated or blank-adapted screen-used prop gun from PropStore (if you can afford it, since the screen-used/"hero" value adds serious $$$$$ to the price). Assuming it resides in their U.S. location, they will have to ship it to your FFL to complete the sale, because once it's a firearm, it's always a firearm. |
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