Alec Baldwin calls for police officers to be on movie and TV sets with guns after "Rust" shooting

Actor Alec Baldwin on Monday called for production companies to hire police officers to monitor the safety of any gun used on movie and television sets. The "Rust" actor and producer fired a .45-caliber revolver while rehearsing a scene for the Western in New Mexico last month, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

"Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons safety," Baldwin tweeted to his followers. The actor recently changed his Twitter account so only users who follow him can read his tweets.

Late last month, Baldwin told paparazzi in Vermont he was "extremely interested" in the effort to limit the use of guns on sets and that he had been told by authorities not to speak publicly about what happened during the October 21 shooting. Last week, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson announced real guns would no longer be used on sets for his movies.