30 Days to air on July 1

[Mike.357]

. I can't believe this guy isn't active on any of the gun boards or at the least knows someone who is online.

there is a thread on High Road similar to this thread here. There were two people who posted on that thread who claimed to be in the 30 Days episode. One had something to do with the gunshop Pia worked at and the other was the guy firing the .50 from the prone position at the group shoot. They both had some interesting insight to what went on for the month of filming. Neither one said that Ken was online. And to be honest if I was ken I would skip message boards referencing that show. Too many rude and ignorant comments in reference to him personally.

[Guest dotsun]

there is a thread on High Road similar to this thread here. There were two people who posted on that thread who claimed to be in the 30 Days episode. One had something to do with the gunshop Pia worked at and the other was the guy firing the .50 from the prone position at the group shoot. They both had some interesting insight to what went on for the month of filming. Neither one said that Ken was online. And to be honest if I was ken I would skip message boards referencing that show. Too many rude and ignorant comments in reference to him personally.

I guess you're more of a message board dork then you give yourself credit for.

Here's the linky from a long time message board dork for everyone else:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=374798&page=5

I linked to page 5 as that's the first post I saw from someone that was in the program. Apparently Ken is more than just a sidekick for Barbie as there is a report from the gun shop owner that Pia worked at that Ken had several fact filled debates with her that never made the show.

[Mike.357]

I guess you're more of a dork then you give yourself credit for

fixed it for ya, LOL I do not spend much time there just went looking for this specifically.

after some of the things I have read I kind of feel for that girl. Here she is all citified and they stuck her out in the middle of east bumbbleville. Just the culture shock alone of the rural setting would be enough to drive some people nuts. Guns probably had less to do with it than being in the middle of nowhere. She had real courage going through with this.

I just want to clarify that by saying east bumbbleville I am not putting down the rural setting. When we first moved to Corryton it was rural. The last few years have taken a toll and the future is bleak here. Not sure how far out I need to move to be rural enough

Edited July 5, 2008 by Mike.357

[G27]

after some of the things I have read I kind of feel for that girl.

I felt sorry for her when she first fired the shotgun and cried - you could tell the emotional baggage of what she had carried for 9 years was catching up to her, and that's a lot for anyone to deal with.

[Marswolf]

I finally viewed the show. By the end, it looked pro-gun.

Starting off, Pia was a little airhead performer who was going to skew the program - via her charm and obvious intellectual capacity - to explain why the pro-gunners were dip-**** hicks. Seems to me she maintained that posture until she met Doug Stanton, the guy who saved his family by using a gun for protection. Until then, she kept to the script, guns are made to kill people.

At the same time, Ken (pro-gun guy head of family)was almost a caricature of the self assured big and macho pro-gun guy. Tank top, tattoos, monotone, and all. You almost knew why he was divorced. His comments sound like they were rehearsed here on TGO. He started out as a smart-ass. Didn't get a lot better later. He sounded a lot like us.

She demonstrated typical liberal gun -grabber thinking. She imagined kids getting killed with each trigger pull. She had no connect to reality. Maybe, with each trigger pull, you were saving yourself of a family member instead?

On the campus, the guy imagined that the cops wouldn't know who the bad guy was if the students had guns too. Well, how about the guy who was lying dead while everyone else shot him while the police were finally arriving 20 minutes too late?

I don't think Pia ever figured out what a machine gun is.

Any one have a reference that shows that "corrupt gun dealers" are the source for half of the criminal guns in the world? Note that this was in the world. I do think that was a bit sneaky.

Finally, Pia didn't just equate guns with evil. She also equated them with skills, protection and empowerment.

That's probably a good idea.

Edited July 5, 2008 by Marswolf

[waynesan]

I just found this link to an interview that Pia did for a radio station the day before the show aired on FX. I don't think she was changed as much as we may have thought from what we saw on the show.

People who live in trailers take a hit (especially from the crew doing the interview).

When you hit the link below scroll down to the eighth interview and click the "listen" button under "Pia Lalli."

http://www.kiss108.com/cc-common/podcast.html

[Mike.357]

I am not so sure. I listened to the interview. They asked if she had a gun now. Her reply was " yeah, I am packing heat" She said it jokingly. But who knows, sometimes making a truthful admission jokingly it will not be taken seriously.

I know if I lived in the hellhole she does I would have a gun every second of the day.

Maybe she does have a gun???????

If she had stayed in Ohio I have no doubt her views would change. She is back in socialist Mass. and has backslid into old thought lines.

I was kind of dissapointed by the radio interview.

[strickj]

Wow! A really open minded individual

Anybody catch the wild west,and Ok Corral reference? Just goes to show....

[Mike.357]

The shotgun Pia Lalli took her first shot with was a 28 gauge and the barrel of the gun was resting on the toe of her shoe. The gun was owned by the instructor.

Interesting that in spite of being overwhelmed by emotion, the anti gun girl had the thought to not damage the shotgun.

to clarify, the barrel was resting on her shoe after the shot was taken while she was crying. Not resting on her shoe when she shot. Shooting ones foot would be a good reason to cry LOL

Edited July 7, 2008 by Mike.357

[Guest db99wj]

I finally watched it. Not bad. Not bad. It could have been a huge slam against pro gunners.

I have a question, Pia asked something along the lines of "Why do you need to be armed out here in the middle of nowhere?" Then she went and spoke with the the man who had the shootout in his kitchen. Was that in the same town or was that somewhere else?