Alec Baldwin debacle

[rhino 2]

the gun was suppose to be loaded with only 'Blanks'

All the blank cartridges I've seen (and I've surely not seen them all) look a LOT different than live rounds. How could this mistake have been made, other than negligence on Baldwin's part?

When loaded in the cylinder they will look just like a live round…If you pull them out then you can tell them from live rounds..They will have a red cardboard wad or they will be crimped…Also to the Nimrod a wadcutter will look like a blank…