Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTo handle pyrotechnics on a movie set in California, you need a license, which requires five letters of recommendation, two years of apprenticeship, and passing a written test.But to be an armorer, all you need is a background check.
And in other states, you don’t even need that.“There’s no actual rules,” said Joe Martinez, who works as an armorer in Hollywood. “There isn’t any official anything.”The “Rust” tragedy, in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a live round in New Mexico, has prompted calls for industrywide reform.
Some, including a California state senator, have advocated banning “real” guns — that is, guns capable of firing a live round — from sets entirely.
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