An Illinois couple is questioning People magazine's decision to reject a photo they sent in for a contest.
"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.
So was entering the picture he took in a contest called "Real Beauty at Every Age", sponsored by People magazine.
"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.
"Bob's wife Sandra came home from church looking especially fetching, he grabbed his camera and his .45-caliber Colt and started taking photos." There is literally so many things wrong with that sentence that I almost don't know where to start.
Bob then sent in another picture of his wife, also holding a gun and it too was rejected.
Bob sent in a third photo, this one sans firearms, and it was accepted.
This, to Bob, meant that was an attack on his rights.
You know, the "right to take a picture of your wife holding a handgun and having it accepted by a magazine for a beauty contest." I believe it is listed right after the amendment stating that "you CAN teach Creationism in public schools," and that "Christianity is America's official government sponsored religion."
You know amendments that only Right Wingers can see.
Of course most of us recognize that not everybody in America believes that happiness is a warm gun, or that holding a .45 caliber handgun makes a woman all that more attractive.
These people are gun fetishists and they need to recognize that they represent a small segment of the population, just like the BDSM community and the Furries.
I would imagine that People magazine would have just as likely rejected a photo of a woman in full on bondage gear or dressed up like a giant panda bear.
This is not about the 2nd Amendment, and only the MOST extreme gun nut would think that it was.
And that is a statement that I cannot believe even needs to be made.
Damn!!! Someone should have sent in the Palin flat abs 7 month pregnancy photo...
ReplyDeleteHe’s unusual. A lot of male gun aficionados are uncomfortable with women holding guns. What if she gets mad, what if she gets “emotional,” what if she aims the gun at their crotch? Women are unstable, don’t-you-know. He’s either a rare bird, or he was hoping to stir the pot; I think it’s the latter.
ReplyDelete"I don't think there is anything more beautiful than a woman holding a handgun,"
ReplyDeleteahhh, his two favorite sex toys. I get it.
Watch out for that premature discharge!
DeleteI wonder if he will still feel that way when he is staring down the barrel of said handgun? Looks like Sandra knows how to handle a gun, so ol' Bob had not better make her mad. Next week when she says "Honey, get ready for church, he had better come running!"
Delete9.56, you had me laugh out loud!
DeleteWe are definitely missing the photo of the two of them, posing like Bonnie and Clyde.
DeleteThat woman is quite...ummm handsome.
ReplyDeleteA face only a mother or gun-nut husband could love.
DeleteYes, honey, I love you and I think that you are beautiful. I'll send your photo into People Magazine. Now, please put down the gun.
DeleteWhen they lose yhe contest sans weapon, what will he say ?
ReplyDeleteShe's being persecuted/discriminated against because he mentioned "church"?
DeleteA publication can use any criteria it wants to use, for a contest or article.
ReplyDeleteThe editors' decision has not one darned thing to do with Mr. Ferris's rights. They just didn't like the picture. Was it because of the gun, or because his wife isn't especially pretty, or because they had too many better submissions? None of those reasons has to be justified.
He has his First Amendment right, as he always has, to publish his own magazine, pamphlet, blog or book featuring things he thinks are beautiful, newsworthy, interesting, ugly -- whatever he likes. No one's stopping him.
Not especially pretty, in my point of view.
DeleteTo me, she's one scary, mean-looking *****.
DeleteGun Nut: "I don't think ..."
ReplyDelete'Nuff said.
I hope she busts a cap in his ass..
ReplyDeleteGuns make Bob Ferris horny.
ReplyDelete10:13 Looks like Mrs. Ferret - whoops - Ferris has the cure for THAT!!
DeleteWill he feel the same way when she grabs a gun while in an argument with him?
ReplyDeleteSo, she came home "looking especially fetching" so he took these photos? Most men have other ideas at a time like that. No explaining gun nuts.
DeleteGuns are for killing, they are not beautiful. If you hunt to eat, or you have them for self defence, they are still for killing. Necessary or not, killing is never a beautiful thing.
ReplyDeleteThe apparent worship these people have for a machine that does nothing more than kill astounds me.
Before I ask 1 simple question, here are things to think about:
ReplyDeleteBristol is the biggest lover of babies in the world. Truth.
Most of Bristol's peers were near engagements or already expecting in 07 and 08. It is a custom in those town types. Employment is different, advanced schooling and pointless degrees doesn't equal success.
No one knows anything about a pregnancy or baby pre-march 08. (Sadie's ex friends think Trig is Sarah's, as late as mid 2011)
So, my question.
If Bristol had Trig pre-March 2008, and Sarah didn't "take him," how would they have explained a new baby?
Unrelated to the above nonsense theory, had Bristol never gotten pregnant in the first place and was contented with having another baby sibling to fawn over, HOW would Sarah have explained the Trig situation when people questioned during the campaign?
No one's answered that. HOW would she have handled that?
But what people need to think about is, Bristol would never put a baby up for adoption, and there was no knowledge of a baby pre-March (She was living normally in Anchorage trying to trust Levi)
How would they have explained a baby had Sarah now announced him in March?
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What's funnier is that Lanesia has a brother with down syndrome who is close to her son's age. And interesting that Kaila, a name that came up at PD, was told her mom was pregnant a few years ago and she was PISSED. She was 20 "didn't think it was fair." Though now she sees the blessing in having such a wonderful little sibling.
You are a clown
DeleteIf Bristol was the biggest lover of babies in the whole wide world, then she would have stayed home and taken care of him. When we saw Tripp and Bristol in her reality show, Tripp would not have been constantly acting up to get her attention, having been loved because Bristol loves babies so much.
DeleteOf course Lanesia has a relative with Down Sydrome, of course most of the Palin acquaintances have actual experience with genetic disorders! Look at them! They are the very bottom of the barrel of breeding stock, kind of like a collection of human mutts, randomly bred from questionable stock. Geez, I'm amazed most of them are ever able to speak or walk. Not surprised that they all breed early, stupid people are famous for being unable to control their most basic urges.
DeleteSo he wasn't AT church with his wife, he only noticed her when she got home? Did he have to stay home to protect their belongings with his gun?
ReplyDeleteSomeone had to stay home and protect their arms.
DeleteThese folks are nuts. What a twisted mindset. Dumb to the nth degree.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of church service makes someone want to pick up a gun the minute they get home?
ReplyDeleteGryphen, here's a big surprise, once again: YOU"RE COMPLETELY WRONG!!!
ReplyDeleteIt turns out, that I, too, came home from church (1st FSM Congregation, as a matter of fact. It's the only church in town that looks like a burned out warehouse because... the church is located inside a burned out warehouse.) and was stomping grapes in the big barrel I got for free from a leather tanning company. (Every batch of wine I make smells less and less like urine soaked animal hides) I couldn't help admiring how fetching my own grape juice-stained feet looked in the golden hour light just before sunset. I grabbed my camera and took an awesome shot I then submitted to People Magazine's "Real Beauty at Every Age" contest, as my feet and the rest of me are old and aging quickly. (I tried to send you a copy of the pic to you but my ISP claims the picture violates their terms of service and they were forwarding it to the proper authorities)
People Magazine also rejected my picture, explaining that my wife "looked like a severe burn victim whose hideous visage would be disturbing to their readers". WIFE??? That was no wife, that was my feet!!!
Plus, why is that woman cradling the pistol like a little itty bitty baby? And, I wonder how his wife will react to line where he implies that her best physical feature happens to be his handgun. Who knows where that gun has been? (But we can speculum, can't we?)
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DAMN IT, GRYPHEN!!!!! I messed up again! In the last paragraph I meant to type 'speculate' but autocorrect turned it into 'speculum'. And I didnt notice until after I hit Publish. And now there's no way to correct the error!! So, for the record, the word should be 'speculate, not speculum'. I repeat: "speculate, not speculum'.
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What Anonymous 12:55 said.
DeleteJust imagine what he makes her do with that gun in their bedroom.
ReplyDeleteLooks like she's holding the gun on him. Maybe she can make him do stuff, too. What a turn on, put down your gun. No, you put down YOUR gun. What if we do it while holding our guns? Sounds great!
Delete:"Honey, do these jeans make my butt look big?"
DeleteEven without the gun this woman is hardly attractive. I believe the proper term is "rode hard and put out wet."
ReplyDeleteJennifer K
Not a babe by any means. Hard, squinty, freckled, pasty look. Excessive eye makeup doesn't help her appearance at all, and that pattern and colors are a cluster-fuck. Does she wear her hair that way purposely? Oh yeah, she's packing a pistola, so he better tell her she's perty.
DeleteThe photographer needs to be fetching his car to take his dog to the groomer.
DeleteWhy am i reminded of Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction? I suppose some guys may find that creepy crazy lady look attractive, you know the same ones that like whips and chains.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing! Run bunny run.
DeleteOh, honey, you look so pretty! Quick, go get your gun.
ReplyDeleteSeems as if they are using the gun as the excuse for not being selected. There are so many beautiful women at all ages, that I am confident that the fact this one was holding a gun wasn't the only thing that kept her from being selected.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't the person always be looking in the direction that they are aiming a gun?
ReplyDeleteThe photo isn't really a great photo of the woman. Her eyes are squinting, her mouth is a little weird, no smile, and the body posture is just off. There are probably many more photos which were way, way better than this one.
Please, he needs the image to get off….
ReplyDeleteWhew! This could have gone totally wrong! I thought he was going to mistaken the gun for a camera on the third attempt.
ReplyDeleteYeah, she's pretty "fetching", in a Chinese Crested kind of way, so why the hell did they pick her the third time? .
Ahhhhh this story reminds me of the "Stacked and Packed" calendars that G Gordon Liddy used to sell on his radio show.
ReplyDeleteWell by gosh and good golly Miss Molly. I just checked and he's still selling them.
http://www.tacgirls.com/store/past-edition-calendars-a-posters?page=shop.product_details&flypage=youbooks.tpl&category_id=9&product_id=71
Magpul callendar shoot. Magpul is the firearm accessory company who is leaving Colorado for Wyoming and Texas because of the passing of HB 1224 which banned many of the products they produce.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mrcolionnoir.com/news/2014-magpul-calendar-shoot-high-fashion-meets-the-gun-world/
Not a pretty woman. And that gun is beyond ugly too.
ReplyDeleteM from MD
Yeah, on the Sabbath, the Lord's Day, when I come home form church, I can't wait to get out my gun and shoot stuff, too. Ain't that beautiful!
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