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Recent articles and interviews

GOOD MORNING AMERICA DEC 3, 2021

Prop master and armorer Dutch Merrick weighs in on gun use on film sets

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Variety: Hollywood Armorer Reacts to ‘Rust’ Manslaughter Charges: ‘There Is So Much Fault to Go Around’

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CNN Tonight Feb 1st, 2023

CNN Tonight with Laura Coates Discussing Charges against Alec Baldwin in the Rut Tragedy

DEMOCRACY NOW! OCT 26, 2021

"Worked to Death": IATSE Film Crew on “Rust” Walked Off Set to Protest Conditions Before Shooting

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