Following the tragic shooting that occurred on the set of the movie Rust that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, John Wick director Chad Stahleski has said there is no reason to have a live gun on a set. Stahelski, a stunt veteran who now directs, told The Hollywood Reporter that the reason live firearms are still used on sets is because it costs too much to use CG effects. Not only that, but too many people have too much money invested in the use of real weapons on set.

"My feeling is that there's no reason to have a live firearm on set. We can create cities and spaceships and Godzilla and all these things. We have the technology to do the same with firearms. But, for the last 100 years, Hollywood's been using real firearms. And for prop houses, armorers or supply houses to switch over, it would make their entire stock of real firearms useless," he said. "It comes down to the fact that it would cost certain people a great deal of money to switch over. No one wants to say that, but that's the real reason. You don't need firearms. The alternative is just going to cost you more money."

Stahelski was of course not on the Rust set when the tragedy happened, but he has seen on-set accidents first-hand, and they have always been due to human error, he said.but