Gun safety
Hollywood love using guns in their movies. However, the firearm action scenes are safer than you are aware of. Now, most people know what what blanks are and some films still use them to create the sound and visual effects of gunshots. The special effects team still go further to do all they an to make it healthier for the actors.
When guns don't have to go bang, you real do not need a real gun. The special effects team then use a prop that looks looks a gun but safer. The material may be made of plastics or rubber. These replicas may not have moving parts but still look like a real weapon. This makes it safer for the actor/extra to get attacked/disarmed without risk. If a person's face or body is going to greet the "firearm", the prop is likely not to be made of metal. The other reason for not using an actual firearm is that after all the physical abuse made to or with the firearm, it has to be inspected by professionals to see if the weapon is still serviceable.
If you need the gun to go bang at close range, you can use blanks. The risk is that muzzle blast can seriously hurt at close range. Some actors have killed in such accidents. There are "Non-gun" that look like guns but when the gun is "fired", the muzzle blast is less dangerous. In movies where a firearm is discharged inches away from a person's face, they are likely to using a "Non-gun". The other clue is that there no shell casing ejected or the pistol slide the does not move when fired.
Finally, when real weapons or blanks firing devices are used, there is a "gun wrangler" whose job is to hand out the weapons/ammunition and check that the setup is safe. If there is a malfunction of any firearm devices, the "gun wrangler" is the person to fix the issue.
The film business is serious about safety when firearms are used.
When guns don't have to go bang, you real do not need a real gun. The special effects team then use a prop that looks looks a gun but safer. The material may be made of plastics or rubber. These replicas may not have moving parts but still look like a real weapon. This makes it safer for the actor/extra to get attacked/disarmed without risk. If a person's face or body is going to greet the "firearm", the prop is likely not to be made of metal. The other reason for not using an actual firearm is that after all the physical abuse made to or with the firearm, it has to be inspected by professionals to see if the weapon is still serviceable.
If you need the gun to go bang at close range, you can use blanks. The risk is that muzzle blast can seriously hurt at close range. Some actors have killed in such accidents. There are "Non-gun" that look like guns but when the gun is "fired", the muzzle blast is less dangerous. In movies where a firearm is discharged inches away from a person's face, they are likely to using a "Non-gun". The other clue is that there no shell casing ejected or the pistol slide the does not move when fired.
Finally, when real weapons or blanks firing devices are used, there is a "gun wrangler" whose job is to hand out the weapons/ammunition and check that the setup is safe. If there is a malfunction of any firearm devices, the "gun wrangler" is the person to fix the issue.
The film business is serious about safety when firearms are used.
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