It's a movie set, play acting, there should be no live ammo on the set.
do we know there was "live ammo" on the set, assuming you are not referring to blanks?
If that info has been posted here, verifiable info, I must have missed it.
Without live ammo on the set, the incident could not have happened.
Brandon Lee was killed with a "blank." Plastic pieces entered his abdomen and he died as a result.
The only sure thing that would have prevented this is basic firearm safety procedure.
Bingo!
However, there is still the necessity of making the movie and having "shootouts" look real requiring some pointing of weapons at an opponent I would think?
I think a competent director could work the angles where it "appeared" they were aiming at one another, but the audience could not tell the difference. Outside of a camera shot looking down the sightline how would you really know that the gun wasn't precisely pointed at the other person?
