Glad he got off. I always thought it was bullshit that anyone would try to hold him accountable. The weapons expert, yes. The actor who was told the prop was safe, hell no.
The understanding with any firearm, working or inert, is that it is your responsibility to check the weapon. You don't assume the person handing it to you checked it. You always assume it is loaded and capable of killing whatever you point it at. No excuses, no passing the buck. If you pick it up or it is handed to you it is your responsibility to check it, no one else's.
Edit: Yall sure do like making excuses. Any gun any time anywhere no exceptions, it's not hard and it could save a life.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust.”
“Grr I am so angry the police withheld evidence so you weren’t able to be properly charged that I’m going to make sure no one can ever charge you for it again this effectively ensuring the police and prosecutors won”