Pretty Woman With Gun

Perks · Apr 7, 2014

"I don't think there is anything more beautiful than a woman holding a handgun," Bob Ferris said.

I'm sorry, I just don't believe them. I think they wanted to be interviewed on TV and pushed a hot button.

An Illinois couple is questioning People magazine's decision to reject a photo they sent in for a contest. <snip> "It just so happens that the photo I liked the best has her holding a .45 automatic. I didn't think they'd reject the photo," Bob Ferris said.

But they did, listing at least three possible reasons for rejection: size, focus or inappropriate content.

Perks · Apr 7, 2014

And is there anything more beautiful than a woman holding a handgun?

alleycat · Apr 7, 2014

It depends on who they're holding the gun on.

robeiae · Apr 7, 2014

And is there anything more beautiful than a woman holding a handgun?

Yes. A woman eating on a train...

kuwisdelu · Apr 7, 2014

Perks said:
And is there anything more beautiful than a woman holding a handgun?

A woman holding a butcher knife with handcuffs dangling off the tip of the blade.

robeiae said:
Yes. A woman eating on a train...

Only if she's eating a banana. Dipped in chocolate.

Perks · Apr 7, 2014

It's all so sordid.

Ambrosia · Apr 7, 2014

"I don't think there is anything more beautiful than a woman holding a handgun," Bob Ferris said.

Those feelings are the reason why one day last summer, when's Bob's wife Sandra came home from church looking especially fetching, he grabbed his camera and his .45-caliber Colt and started taking photos.

"That was my husband's idea," Sandra Ferris said.

I think the man has a gun fetish.

Celia Cyanide · Apr 7, 2014

They don't see anything wrong with it? So what. I don't see anything wrong with full frontal nudity, but that doesn't mean People can't have their own standards for their own contest. "Guns are part of our life." Well, it isn't always about you...sheesh.

Plot Device · Apr 7, 2014

I personally object to the sexualization of any weapon. Associating sexuality with such a lethal tool serves to blur lines that are already pretty frenetic right now.

Beyond that ........

^^ what Celia said.

kuwisdelu · Apr 7, 2014

Plot Device said:
I personally object to the sexualization of any weapon.

I don't mind it as long as they keep the fetishes in the bedroom. Like I do. Try to. Usually.

SomethingOrOther · Apr 7, 2014

I fully endorse the sexualization of all weapons.

kuwisdelu · Apr 7, 2014

SomethingOrOther said:
I fully endorse the sexualization of all weapons.

You opened your suitcase
Behind the old workings
To show off the magnum
You deafened the canyon

A comfort a friend
Only upstaged in the end
By the Uzi machine gun
Does the recoil remind you

Remind you of sex
Old man what the hell you gonna kill next

"The Bravery of Being Out of Range" ~ Roger Waters

JimmyB27 · Apr 8, 2014

Well, it is a pretty poor photo, to be honest. Doesn't obey the rule of thirds (which is as much a 'rule' as any writing rule, but still), her pose looks awkward and unnatural. Looks pretty low quality too, although that's as likely to be the site it's published on reducing the quality as the original being poor.

kuwisdelu · Apr 8, 2014

JimmyB27 said:
Well, it is a pretty poor photo, to be honest. Doesn't obey the rule of thirds (which is as much a 'rule' as any writing rule, but still), her pose looks awkward and unnatural. Looks pretty low quality too, although that's as likely to be the site it's published on reducing the quality as the original being poor.

I didn't actually bother looking at it before.

Why is she cradling it like a baby?

Celia Cyanide · Apr 8, 2014

kuwisdelu said:
I don't mind it as long as they keep the fetishes in the bedroom. Like I do. Try to. Usually.

It honestly doesn't bother me at all. However, I think it should be common knowledge that fetishes are fetishes specifically because not everyone has them, and in a contest about beauty, a gun may not be appropriate.

kuwisdelu · Apr 8, 2014

Celia Cyanide said:
and in a contest about beauty, a gun may not be appropriate.

And obviously to everyone but him apparently, People magazine can accept and reject whatever they like for their own contest and it's really not a big deal.

Myrealana · Apr 8, 2014

Whaaaa! Someone disagrees with me.

Whaaaaaaa! Alert the media.

Help! Help! I'm being repressed.

What a pair of whiners.

MarkEsq · Apr 8, 2014

Myrealana said:
Whaaaa! Someone disagrees with me.

Whaaaaaaa! Alert the media.

Help! Help! I'm being repressed.

What a pair of whiners.

Exactly.

Perks · Apr 8, 2014

Myrealana said:
Whaaaa! Someone disagrees with me.

Whaaaaaaa! Alert the media.

Help! Help! I'm being repressed.

What a pair of whiners.

Sexy 2nd Amendment, baby.

sassandgroove · Apr 8, 2014

I think Myrealana is right.

kuwisdelu · Apr 8, 2014

Perks said:
Sexy 2nd Amendment, baby.

If I send a picture of my hypothetical wife wearing hypothetical bear arms, would they reject those, too, hypothetically?

Perks · Apr 8, 2014

kuwisdelu said:
If I send a picture of my hypothetical wife wearing hypothetical bear arms, would they reject those, too, hypothetically?

Will you just at least post it here?

kuwisdelu · Apr 8, 2014

Perks said:
Will you just at least post it here?

Hypothetically, I already have.

AncientEagle · Apr 8, 2014

kuwisdelu said:
If I send a picture of my hypothetical wife wearing hypothetical bear arms, would they reject those, too, hypothetically?

Only if you include the armless bear in the background. Hypothetically, of course.

Xelebes · Apr 8, 2014

AncientEagle said:
Only if you include the armless bear in the background. Hypothetically, of course.

You saying that the bear has not right to its arms, hypothetically?

Pretty Woman With Gun

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Still around

Touch and go

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Grand Duchess

Joker Groupie

A woman said to write like a man.

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Hoopy frood

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I aim to misbehave

Clever title pending.

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Sassy haircut

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Revolutionize the World

Old kid, no need to be gentle.

Delerium ex Ennui