{"id":961809,"date":"2021-11-03T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=961809"},"modified":"2021-11-03T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:44:00","slug":"cinematographers-demand-functional-firearms-be-banned-from-movie-sets-after-alec-baldwin-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cinematographers-demand-functional-firearms-be-banned-from-movie-sets-after-alec-baldwin-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinematographers Demand &#039;Functional Firearms&#039; Be Banned from Movie Sets After Alec Baldwin Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcinematographers-demand-functional-firearms-be-banned-from-movie-sets-after-alec-baldwin-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=961809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/santafedabaldiwnrust1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">In the wake of the October 21, 2021, shooting death of Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin on a New Mexico movie set, nearly 200 cinematographers are demanding that \u201cfunctional firearms\u201d be banned from movie sets.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/22\/sheriff-investigating-after-alec-baldwin-discharged-prop-gun-that-killed-cinematographer-wounded-director-on-film-set\/\">reported<\/a> that 42-year-old Hutchins was shot and killed and 48-year-old director Joel Souza was shot and wounded after Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the set of <em>Rust<\/em> on October 21st.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>California state Sen. Dave Cortese (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/25\/ca-democrat-pushes-gun-control-on-movie-sets-after-alec-baldwins-fatal-shooting\/\">responded<\/a> to the shooting incident by announcing his plan to introduce legislation to ban live guns and ammunition on movie sets.<\/p>\n<p>A petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/25\/petition-demands-alec-baldwin-push-for-ban-on-real-guns-on-movie-sets\/\">launched<\/a> on Change.Org sought to pressure Baldwin to get involved in the effort to ban real guns from movie sets.<\/p>\n<p>The petition said, in part:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>We need to make sure that this avoidable tragedy never happens again. &nbsp;There is no excuse for something like this to happen in the 21st century. Real guns are no longer needed on film production sets. This isn\u2019t the early 90\u2019s, when Brandon Lee was killed in the same manner.&nbsp; Change needs to happen before additional talented lives are lost.<\/p>\n<p>Please sign this petition and demand for Alec Baldwin to use his power and influence in the Hollywood film industry to make change and ban real guns on film sets.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/31\/alec-baldwin-extremely-interested-in-limiting-use-of-firearms-on-film-sets\/\">observed<\/a> that Baldwin spoke with reporters on Saturday, October 29, and made clear he is \u201cextremely interested\u201d in limiting the use of firearms on film sets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/rust-shooting-ban-functional-firearms-1235040758\/\">reporting<\/a>&nbsp;that \u201croughly 200 cinematographers\u201d have signed a letter demanding a ban on \u201cfunctional firearms\u201d on movie sets. And in the event that the ban does not occur, the cinematographers makes clear they will not \u201cknowingly work on projects using FUNCTIONAL FIREARMS for filming purposes.\u201d<br \/>Cinematographic signatories noted, \u201cWe won\u2019t sit back and wait for the industry to change. We have a duty to effect change within the industry ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the shooting is under investigation.&nbsp;Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">hasn\u2019t<\/a> ruled out bringing charges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.96017699115\">\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the October 21, 2021, shooting death of Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin on a New Mexico movie set, nearly 200 cinematographers are demanding that \u201cfunctional &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}