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I worked on several movies with guns involved. There is always a pamphlet handed out the day before detailing the Motion Picture Association policy on safety when a weapon is on set, a safety meeting before the scene and a weapons master who brings in the guns to be used with the action open and shows everyone the empty chamber. Most of the guns used in movies are slightly modified to only accept special blank loads (a stop is usually welded into the barrel). If the gun is not to be shot in the scene a dummy gun is used.(An identical weapon with no firing pin) The ammo is inspected and counted, the gun is loaded, and the weapon master hands the gun to the actor. There are at least two police officers on the set as well. The actors who get shot are already rigged with squibs (little explosive charges packed with fake blood and chicken liver).
One movie I could recommend is "Love and a .45" It was shot in Austin Texas and has Renee Zelwiger (however the *** you spell it) in it.
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