In the photograph described by Fox News but not published, the barrel of the rifle can be seen resting against the stomach of one of the women all the while Gutierrez Reed is on the phone.

The butt of the other gun is said to be propped up against the woman’s hip while a third women is seen holding a revolver at the end of the grip together with tangled wired with the barrel of the gun pointing towards the ground.

‘People didn’t know the rules,’ a source told Fox who also detailed other seemingly unsafe episodes.

In another incident, someone gave Gutierrez Reed a revolver while she was sat on the ground and ‘playing on her phone’. She is said to have taken the gun without looking up and then allegedly tucked it into her waistband.

‘Stuff like that just seemed unprofessional and it does not create an atmosphere of safety or professionalism,’ the source said. ‘When you find out she says her training came from her father [famed Hollywood armorer Thell Reed], you think, “Oh she’s a hire because of her connections.”‘