[quote]PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say a 32-year-old man shot a teenage girl in the knee after she refused to lend him her last cigarette.
Lamarr Marshall remained in the Allegheny County Jail Wednesday on aggravated assault and weapons possession charges.
Police didn’t identify the 16-year-old victim but say Marshall encountered the girl in the city’s crime-ridden Homewood neighborhood about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police say a witness saw Marshall shoot the victim, who police interviewed at a hospital. She’s expected to fully recover.
Lt. Dan Herrmann tells WTAE-TV that said Marshall became angry and argued with the victim because she refused to lend him a cigarette, because it was her last one.
Marshall has a criminal record for robbery and other offenses, and was also charged with illegally possessing a weapon because he’s a felon.[/quote]
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What has the world come to, shooting people over a damn cigarette.
How would you "lend" someone a cigarette?
Why not sell the gun for cigarettes?
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;29326047]How would you "lend" someone a cigarette?[/QUOTE]
It's pretty easy actually.
But I think in this context he meant "give"
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;29326047]How would you "lend" someone a cigarette?[/QUOTE]
Just give it to the person you're giving it to.
Totally worth the jail sentence.
People have killed people over Pokemon cards, people have shot people over Yu-Gi-Oh cards, the PS2, the PS3, etc. etc.
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Oh! And let's not forget, over Harry Potter.
That's proof that cigarettes are addictive.
Wonder if he ever got the cigarette.
-snip-, accidentally quoted myself instead of editing my post.
I find it funny how so many people out there are unable to handle aggression or stress very well, so they go around maiming and killing people to see if that solves their problem.
Psychologists must make a SHITLOAD of money nowadays.
[QUOTE=Pizza12456;29326123]That's proof that cigarettes are addictive.[/QUOTE]
I don't think anybody has refuted that cigarettes are physically addictive but thanks for the reminder
This is why I think cigarettes should be banned completely.
[QUOTE=Sanius;29326149]I don't think anybody has refuted that cigarettes are physically addictive but thanks for the reminder[/QUOTE]
Just saying you should not have to shoot anyone just cause they won't let you have something of theirs.
[QUOTE=GoldenDargon;29326180]This is why I think cigarettes should be banned completely.[/QUOTE]
They are good for the economy.
Plus she's 16 she shouldn't have a cigarette in the first place for another two years. I think she should be charged, with possession.
[QUOTE=Pizza12456;29326184]
They are good for the economy.[/QUOTE]
So are slaves.
[QUOTE=ken188;29326215]So are slaves.[/QUOTE]
This is true.
[QUOTE=GoldenDargon;29326180]This is why I think cigarettes should be banned completely.[/QUOTE]
"Marshall has a criminal record for robbery and other offenses"
Yes, I'm sure it's because he was a strung out nicotine addict and not because he's a repeat offending liability.
[QUOTE=GoldenDargon;29326180]This is why I think cigarettes should be banned completely.[/QUOTE]
Yes this will definitely work, I hope that we can follow in the footsteps in other successful prohibitions, such as the alcohol prohibition and the current war on drugs
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What has the world come to, shooting people over a damn cigarette.[/QUOTE]
More like what America has come to.
[QUOTE=ken188;29326215]So are slaves.[/QUOTE]
Not particularly. It's good to have really cheap labour, yes, but you'd have another country deal with the crime and so on that will come as a result of people living in slums, getting paid virtually nothing.
Or the violent uprising and preceding riots that will come as a result of slavery.
[QUOTE=GoldenDargon;29326180]This is why I think cigarettes should be banned completely.[/QUOTE]
Beer should be banned completely. More people die from drunk driving accidents than getting shot over a cigarette.
[QUOTE=Pizza12456;29326184]Just saying you should not have to shoot anyone just cause they won't let you have something of theirs.
They are good for the economy.
Plus she's 16 she shouldn't have a cigarette in the first place for another two years. I think she should be charged, with possession.[/QUOTE]
Uh oh, a sixteen year old had a cigarette. Let's call in the fucking swat team. That's like trying to arrest everyone who pirates anything.
[QUOTE=gunpocket;29326385]Beer should be banned completely. More people die from drunk driving accidents than getting shot over a cigarette.[/QUOTE]
Neither cigarettes, beer, or weed should be banned completely, because we all know just how much fun crime syndicates would have with it.
[QUOTE=SirNeelix;29326338]More like what America has come to.[/QUOTE]
Its a saying, it shows disbelief
[QUOTE=archangel125;29326399]Neither cigarettes, beer, or weed should be banned completely, because we all know just how much fun crime syndicates would have with it.[/QUOTE]
If it where, the US would lose a lot of tax money.
[QUOTE=GoldenDargon;29326180]This is why I think cigarettes should be banned completely.[/QUOTE]
Why blame the cigarette and not the gun
Looks like, she got smoked.
I feel sorry for her and everything but if a guy with a gun wanted my last cigarette you better believe I would give it to him
If we just banned cigarettes shit like this wouldn't happen.
Edit
clearly people didn't get the joke. Cigarettes and guns are serious business.
[QUOTE=MR-X;29326815]If we just banned cigarettes shit like this wouldn't happen.[/QUOTE]
You're right. It'd be far, far worse.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;29326559]Why blame the cigarette and not the gun[/QUOTE]
why blame the gun and not the man
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