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Hollywood's love of guns increases the risk of shootings – both on and off the set

  • Written by Brad Bushman, Professor of Communication and Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication, The Ohio State University
imageActor Alec Baldwin was involved in a tragic on-set accident.Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for National Geographic

In what appears to be a tragic accident, actor Alec Baldwin shot dead a cinematographer on Oct 21, 2021, while discharging a prop gun on set in New Mexico.

It is too early to speculate what went wrong during the filming of the Western...

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