Sign up here to get INSIDER's favorite stories straight to your inbox. INSIDER contacted Feely for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Shannon Watts Ap-Lauren Duca Ap-Ally Maynard Ap-Thomas Greene April 22, 2018įeely has since said that his tweet was "obviously intended to be a joke," insisting the gun was not loaded, and he did not mean to be insensitive to that "important issue." -Jay Feely April 22, 2018 Women, for what it's worth, bear the brunt of the gun violence burden, with 50 women shot to death every month in the United States by their intimate partners, according to Everytown Research.
Others felt that Feely's reliance on the trope of a father brandishing a gun to protect his daughter's virtue - whether meant as a joke or not - made it seem as though Feely considered his daughter nothing more than property to be protected. Geraldine Ap-Sue Kelly Ap-Delilia O'Malley Ap-Michelle April 22, 2018 Some people pointed to the fact that, since gun violence is a daily occurrence in the United States (according to Everytown Research, an average of 96 Americans are killed every day with guns), posing with a gun next to a high school student was in poor taste. The tweet immediately sparked controversy and racked up over 12,000 replies in less than 48 hours. Now, Jay Feely, an ex-NFL kicker, is coming under fire for posting a photo to Twitter in which he posed with his daughter, her prom date, and a handgun, with the caption, "Wishing my beautiful daughter and her date a great time at prom." -Jay Feely April 22, 2018 There are the heartwarming stories of teens bringing relatives who never got to go to prom as their dates, and adorable tales of teens asking celebrities to prom, as well as slightly less heartwarming posts about girls being slut-shamed by their prom dates based on their dress selection. NEW YORK Former NFL kicker Jay Feely says a photo of him holding a pistol while standing between his daughter and her prom date was intended to be a joke. Freaked out bothered african-american woman in glittering dress make finger-gun wanna pul trigger.
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Crazy.Now that prom season is officially underway, anyone who spends any time on the internet has been treated to their fair share of prom-related content. Prom Photo With Guns, Confederate Flag Sparks Controversy May 5, 2015, 6:40 AM A photo of Colorado high school students posing with guns and the Confederate flag before their prom has sparked. Find & Download Free Graphic Resources for Prom Dress. It’s almost like he loves, trusts and respects her AND doesn’t want to take the attention away from her on HER Prom night. According to the Jacksonville Daily Record, the lawsuit said that the photo was 'purely off-campus Facebook communication with friends.' It also stated that it had no connection to a. Dallas is now suing the school for violating her First and 14th Amendment rights. Junior prom for my baby girl! Have Fun /RiH6dPo2pD She also told the student that she had a 'mean look' on her face in the picture. Washington, originally from Durham and now was most recently seen coaching at Heritage High School in Wake Forest, had the good sense to (gasp) just post a nice picture of his daughter and her date on their Prom night. Which made this mostly unremarkable picture by former NC State and NFL cornerback Dewayne Washington all the more remarkable. Whichever one you consider it to be, it’s not a picture focused on the two teenagers suited up for a big evening.
Or his poorly thought out decision that really wasn’t that big of a deal. Regardless of where you stand on the Feely controversy, there’s no denying Jay Feely took the attention away from his daughter and her date on their Prom night. Of COURSE the Feely-mean-dad-Prom-pic-with-a-gun-but-it-was-a-joke-but-is-that-really-a-joke-and-even-if-it-is-a-joke-isn’t-it-a-little-outdated caused controversy, first with inevitable blowback on social media and from writers, then with the even more inevitable blowback to the blowback. His knuckles do look to be dangerously close to grazing his daughter’s date’s penis, but that’s a different story. The gun is not pointed at anyone, his finger does not appear to be on the trigger and Feely later tweeted that the gun was, of course, not loaded. Wishing my beautiful daughter and her date a great time at prom #BadBoys /T5JRZQYq9e The tweet references a scene in Bad Boys 2. Over the weekend, former NFL kicker Jay Feely tweeted out a picture of his daughter and her prom date/boyfriend, with him a) standing in between them b) not looking happy and, most notably, c) carrying a handgun.
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