The fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins is prompting calls to ban real guns from sets

New Mexico residents attend a candlelight vigil to honor cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Hutchins was fatally shot on Thursday on the set of a Western filmed in Santa Fe, N.M.

It isn’t the first gun death on a set, but Hutchins’ shooting has refocused attention on the safe use of firearms by the entertainment world and raised the question of whether they should be banned.

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It isn’t the first gun death on a set, but Hutchins’ shooting has refocused attention on the safe use of firearms by the entertainment world and raised the question of whether they should be banned.