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Gun-shy Lalli will serve ’30 days’
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:25 pm
by Paladin
Should be entertaining...
http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTr ... id=1014374
Gun-shy Lalli will serve ’30 days’
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa/ Inside Track
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - Updated: 03:32 AM EST
So what happens when a pro-gun control gal from Massachusetts is sent to hunker down with a family of firearms fanatics in Ohio for 30 Days?
“I have no idea what to expect,� said Brockton dance instructor Pia Lalli, who signed up for a stint on “30 Days,� Morgan Spurlock’s FX series. “My mother said, ‘Oh, those poor people. After a month with you, they’ll run screaming from their own house!’ �
Lalli, 39, told the Track she became passionate about gun control after a friend, a San Diego therapist, was killed by a patient in her office a decade ago.
“I think guns should be completely outlawed and the Second Amendment should be changed,� sniped Pia, who was targeted by the “30 Days� producers after answering an ad on craigslist.org. “The only people who should carry guns are soldiers and police officers. And that’s it.�
She should be pretty welcome in all the Midwest rod ’n’ gun clubs, don’t cha think????
“Actually, I think I was chosen because of my personal story but also because I said I didn’t mind learning how to use a gun, take target practice or go to NRA meetings,� said the anti-gun violence Brady Campaign supporter. “I’m not closed off to hearing the other point of view. I just don’t have to agree with it!�
Before Lalli sets off for the pistol-packin’ red state, a “30 Days� crew will be in town this weekend to shoot some footage of Pia teaching her “Hip Hop Fun Shop� class at the Weymouth Club (she also works at Boston’s SportsClub/LA) and other day in the life scenes.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:22 pm
by WarHawk-AVG
Oh dear LORD!!!
Other than her being HOT..its another one of the "reality" tv desperate grab at ratings...destined to fail, but I guarantee she is gonna have TONS of "guns are baaaaaaad schpeels!"
I dont even have cable tv anymore because I got tired of watching all the "bad news" being forcefed down our throats
No thanks
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:01 pm
by jimlongley
Ohio????
Maybe they need to pack her off to TX, or VT, or someplace really pro-gun.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:39 pm
by stevie_d_64
Good thing I won't be wasting any time watching that program...
I'd rather watch cars rust...
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:45 pm
by hoss4570
Ditto.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:47 pm
by KBCraig
jimlongley wrote:Ohio????
Maybe they need to pack her off to TX, or VT, or someplace really pro-gun.
Yep. They could have put her in NH and kept her within commuting distance of her dance studio.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:18 pm
by PAR
Don't you just love the key words used, "firearms fanatics" and "pistol-packin’ red state." They make it sound like she is headed for a war zone, when in fact MA has 3.1 aggravated assaults per 1,000 compared to Ohio's 1.4. Overall violent crime MA is at .46/100 compared to OH at .34/100. Maybe she'll learn something.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:11 pm
by HighVelocity
This could actually be a good thing if while doing her 30 days, she sees the light and realizes that she's been wrong all along and goes whole hog in the opposite direction.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:16 pm
by DSARGE
She'd be perfect for an NRA post holding a couple of 1911's. She is photogenic.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:44 pm
by nitrogen
If she honestly wants to learn, and has an open mind, she'll understand "our" point of view.
If the family that hosts her treats her decently, she'll learn a lot.
There's a lot of political issues that have shades of truth to them, but gun control isn't one of them; it's just wrong.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:54 pm
by srothstein
jimlongley wrote:Ohio????
Maybe they need to pack her off to TX, or VT, or someplace really pro-gun.
I was going to invite her to stay here with us, but my wife is a better shot than I am.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:44 pm
by Stringer
It'd be a pretty boring show if she doesn't have a change of heart. There ARE ratings to consider.