TOM Selleck has quite the temper!

[Old Gaffer]

First - way to go Tom!

Second - what was a real firearm doing on a set where an extra could lay his hands on it. It appears as if the owner of the firearm needs a refresher course in responsible gun handling too...

I play music in pit orchestras for community theater, and we recently did the show "Assassins". I signed on as an assistant armoror because I didn't want a bunch of actors - all of whom are intelligent people, handling real firearms without knowing basics firearm safety.

One of the lessons we showed was the force of gasses coming around the cylinder of a blank revolver with a plugged barrel. I held a piece of copier paper loosely wrapped around the cylinder while the other armoror fired a blank, and the actors ere suitably impressed when the paper instantly shredded. They QUICKLY got the lesson that even though nothing came out the barrel, that didn't mean they could be careless.

And sure enough, through weeks of rehearsals and performances, no one got hurt - just as I'd intended

 

[jonnyl]

First - way to go Tom!

Second - what was a real firearm doing on a set where an extra could lay his hands on it. It appears as if the owner of the firearm needs a refresher course in responsible gun handling too...

I play music in pit orchestras for community theater, and we recently did the show "Assassins". I signed on as an assistant armoror because I didn't want a bunch of actors - all of whom are intelligent people, handling real firearms without knowing basics firearm safety.

One of the lessons we showed was the force of gasses coming around the cylinder of a blank revolver with a plugged barrel. I held a piece of copier paper loosely wrapped around the cylinder while the other armoror fired a blank, and the actors ere suitably impressed when the paper instantly shredded. They QUICKLY got the lesson that even though nothing came out the barrel, that didn't mean they could be careless.

And sure enough, through weeks of rehearsals and performances, no one got hurt - just as I'd intended

Good post. Tom was absolutely in the right, but having a table of real guns laying around, with no overall training being given was a failure higher up as well.

 

[hodgepodge]

Selleck replied, “No, it’s not loaded. But when you handle a gun it’s common sense to assume it IS loaded, and NOT point it at people!”

It's not just common sense; it's The Law.

 

[Schwabe]

good for you Magnum ...

 

[z_darktemplar]

^^^^

Yup, I was thinking the same thing. Even in Magnum PI, there were scenes in which Tom Selleck shows responsble gun handling.

 

[JOBU]

Common Sense.

Tom Selleck has it....Hollywood lacks it.

 

[Diogenes]

Tom Selleck's chest hair once pinned Chuck Norris in a wrestling match in 60 seconds. True story....

 

[Ruzo]

Never and I mean NEVER, Anger the Mustache......

 

[SkunkWerX]

Good for Tom.

Now had that been Uncle Ted in that same situation, the verbal tongue lashing from the Nuge would have been so furious,
and so severe, that the perp's eye brows and hair would have been singed off.

 

[octave410]

Tom could have saved someone's life, at the very least he gave some people an important lesson in gun safety for free yet all they can talk about is he lost his temper.
Shame on them and way to go Tom Selleck!