SMGCat
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Myself and the owner of the gunshop in the show (John Thyne) had the full auto's and suppressed guns at the fun shoot filmed.
Pia seemed very distraught by the concussion of the guns, as well as having some "artistic" conflict with the producer of the show. He wanted to film sort of a mad minute to start and I'm the one with the HK91A3 on the line, and the MP5SDA3 later in the shoot.
There was a lot filmed during the month that never made it into the final broadcast. John, Pia and Ken had several stat fights, but it really made for boring TV as it was point, counterpoint, ad naseum. The producer felt that having Pia in more events would either change her mind or not, faster than airing a You Tube style statistical debate.
BTW, several members of the film crew bought guns during the filming of the show.
I had many conversations with Pia and she never did get the terminology correct as far as the difference between automatic and semi-automatic. We got into a interesting conversation one evening about rap music and the parallels it has with fostering a violent culture. I had asked her if her dance livelihood or personal choice in being able to listen to whatever song she wanted to dance or enjoy would affect her if the parrallels were true, and the government banned all music that contained violent or offensive lyrics.
I had never met Ken until I was involved in the 30 Days filming as a part owner in Peabody Sports. During the time I was exposed to him, he seemed a decent, hardworking, typical rural father trying to raise a son in a difficult economy. He's not Charleton Heston or Wayne Pierre, but I think that a polished, stat spouter would have been detrimental to the premise of the show. Ken is a red blooded Americam Marine that believes in the 2nd Amendment, who was able to help pass along some knowledge to Pia.
Pia seemed very distraught by the concussion of the guns, as well as having some "artistic" conflict with the producer of the show. He wanted to film sort of a mad minute to start and I'm the one with the HK91A3 on the line, and the MP5SDA3 later in the shoot.
There was a lot filmed during the month that never made it into the final broadcast. John, Pia and Ken had several stat fights, but it really made for boring TV as it was point, counterpoint, ad naseum. The producer felt that having Pia in more events would either change her mind or not, faster than airing a You Tube style statistical debate.
BTW, several members of the film crew bought guns during the filming of the show.
I had many conversations with Pia and she never did get the terminology correct as far as the difference between automatic and semi-automatic. We got into a interesting conversation one evening about rap music and the parallels it has with fostering a violent culture. I had asked her if her dance livelihood or personal choice in being able to listen to whatever song she wanted to dance or enjoy would affect her if the parrallels were true, and the government banned all music that contained violent or offensive lyrics.
I had never met Ken until I was involved in the 30 Days filming as a part owner in Peabody Sports. During the time I was exposed to him, he seemed a decent, hardworking, typical rural father trying to raise a son in a difficult economy. He's not Charleton Heston or Wayne Pierre, but I think that a polished, stat spouter would have been detrimental to the premise of the show. Ken is a red blooded Americam Marine that believes in the 2nd Amendment, who was able to help pass along some knowledge to Pia.
