Rihanna chose a strange tattoo to mark this particular stage of her life.

The idea to indelibly ink a gun on Rihanna was the tattoo artist's. "I'm a big advocate of guns. So I said, 'How about a gun?" said BangBang, Rihanna's go-to tattooist. "I printed out a picture of a gun that I thought would look good, and she loved it."

Not one to be impulsive about affixing images of weaponry to herself, Rihanna and BangBang tested several locations, keeping in mind that some were more endorsement-friendly than others.

"We were thinking of putting it on her finger next to her wrist, or on her shoulders. She loved that, but it took away from her face, and you know, she's a CoverGirl, so we couldn't do that!" I imagine not for long.