The armorer was apparently not even in the room when it happened.
for Hutchins' family ... but insisted she did not know how live rounds of ammo made their way onto the set.
Gutierrez-Reed also insisted she and the head prop master gained control of all the guns on set each day, while saying she never saw anyone use the guns or put live rounds in them either. She says she never would've allowed that, as safety is her top priority on the job.What's interesting about that claim is live rounds and dummy rounds do NOT look the same ... as industry expert Steve Wolf vividly illustrated for us last week.
Gutierrez-Reed has also pointed out she was tapped for 2 positions on"Rust" -- which she says made it difficult to focus on her armorer duties ... something her attorneys say she fought back against, but was overruled by production. Her attorneys made no bones about where the blame lies -- arguing it is NOT with Hannah. They say,"The whole production set became unsafe due to various factors, including lack of safety meetings. This was not the fault of Hannah."
Of course, there are a lot of eyeballs in her direction -- especially seeing how many believe she should've been the one to personally
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