• Police: Wash. man pointed gun at woman for smoking while pregnant
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[quote] [img]http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/08/31/cigarettes2_244x183.jpg[/img] (CBS/AP) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A Washington state man has been arrested on allegations that he pointed a handgun at a pregnant woman because she was smoking a cigarette. Bellingham police spokesman Mark Young says 24-year-old Justin Dain Palmer stopped his pickup truck Wednesday to shout at a smoker on a sidewalk, "Who the heck smokes when they're pregnant?" The woman replied, "I do." Young says that, after more words were exchanged, the man pointed a handgun at the woman. The Bellingham Herald reports the man was still sitting in the truck, about 10 feet from her, and that he then drove off. The woman called 911. Police stopped Palmer a short time later. Young says Palmer acknowledged confronting the woman but denied pulling a gun. Police say they found two semiautomatic .45-caliber handguns in his pickup's center console. Young says Palmer was arrested for investigation of pointing a gun.[/quote] [url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57512817/police-wash-man-pointed-gun-at-woman-for-smoking-while-pregnant]Source[/url] He has a point, you don't smoke while pregnant I wouldn't want to be fucked up for the rest of my life because of the poor decisions my mother made.
Pointing a gun is a little over the top, but damned if I sure as shit want to shoot pregnant smokers.
I see this all around Washington. For whatever reason we have an avid amount of smokers and I see a lot of pregnant woman smoking and it pisses me off. Took one of the packs in a chicks hand and tossed them, it makes me sick to see them ruin the life of their child.
"Miss, you're entering a world of pain. You smoke that cigar, you're entering a world of pain."
Dumb bitch. Some idiots smoke when pregnant just for the purpose of having a small child.
Aggre pointing a gun would be pretty much, but I would deffernitely slap her in the face.
I am reminded of the "Smoke the Smokers" ad in San Andreas.
It should be made illegal to smoke any substance while pregnent.
[QUOTE=SilverKnight;37661948]It should be made illegal to smoke any substance while pregnent.[/QUOTE] Just ban pregnancy and babies. Problem solved.
[IMG]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2008/04/17/inbruges460.jpg[/IMG] Y'know? Slightly silly. Not that he's wrong exactly.
Maybe that's what got me so ugly, my mom must have smoked something while she was carrying me.
[QUOTE=SilverKnight;37661948]It should be made illegal to smoke any substance while pregnent.[/QUOTE] Why is it not illegal?
Quitting smoking while you're preggers can harm the fetus and in extreme cases cause a Miscarriage, So sometimes doctors actually advise chain smokers and what not to keep smoking but try and tone it down as much as possible without causing stress.
"I'll kill you and your baby if you harm that baby"
[QUOTE=Keeshond v2;37662113]Quitting smoking while you're preggers can harm the fetus and in extreme cases cause a Miscarriage, So sometimes doctors actually advise chain smokers and what not to keep smoking but try and tone it down as much as possible without causing stress.[/QUOTE] If your doctor advises you to keep smoking while pregnant, please find a new doctor. There are other methods that doctors recommend and suggest to pregnant smokers. Going through therapy or counseling before any drug related measures are taken is one. If the counseling doesn't work, replacements such as a patch or gum may be considered. So, if your doctor is telling you to continue to smoke while pregnant, they should have an extremely valid reason and enough information to back it up to prove that it is better overall to both the mother and the fetus. If not, please find another specialist.
Smoking can hurt the fetus, but so can too much stress.
My mom smoked fuckloads during pregnancy, still 10cms taller than my dad used to be. He was a fuckin midget though :V (I'm 1.7m if you're wondering)
[QUOTE=sonerin;37662122]"I'll kill you and your baby if you harm that baby"[/QUOTE] "Steve, this is an intervention. You've got to stop smoking." "I NEED IT! IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING!" "It's also killing you, Steve. If you don't stop killing yourself, I'm gonna have to shoot you." "wait, what?" *sitcom music, laugh track*
[QUOTE=Garik;37661715]Dumb bitch. Some idiots smoke when pregnant just for the purpose of having a small child.[/QUOTE] ..they do? There should be a special kind of death sentence for these idiots.
[QUOTE=MIPS;37661798]I am reminded of the "Smoke the Smokers" ad in San Andreas.[/QUOTE] Same here, proposition 421. [video=youtube;awHq_Xr2Xx0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awHq_Xr2Xx0[/video]
[QUOTE=arthuro12;37662480]My mom smoked fuckloads during pregnancy, still 10cms taller than my dad used to be. He was a fuckin midget though :V (I'm 1.7m if you're wondering)[/QUOTE] 5'6 is still so small. My mom smoked during her pregnacy and I turned out fine. Hell, I was almost 6'1 at 15. I'm 19 now and about 6'3.
I cant believe you actually agree with this. You honestly think that pointing a gun at someone is a civilized way of making a point about health and saftey?
[QUOTE=Thlis;37663647]I cant believe you actually agree with this. You honestly think that pointing a gun at someone is a civilized way of making a point about health and saftey?[/QUOTE] I don't get why anyone thinks it was okay. I'm no expert but I think shooting a pregnant woman does a little more harm to her child than her smoking. So it brings to question, what would have been the point of threatening her with a gun? It definitely wasn't for the good of the child. This guy deserves whatever he gets if he really did it. He's either a moron with terrible logic or an ass that thinks he can use a gun to win arguments. Either way, he doesn't deserve to carry a pistol around.
It's like God Bless America except he didn't actually shoot.
[QUOTE=BusterBluth;37662096]Why is it not illegal?[/QUOTE] I thought a woman had a right to her body.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;37663889]I thought a woman had a right to her body.[/QUOTE] Facepunch Logic: Abortion should be legal because it's the woman's body, but she's not allowed to decide if she can smoke or not. Obviously there's arguments in every direction and you'll never get this one settled. Personally I think since she's deciding to give birth to the child she has a responsibility to give it the best prenatal care possible.
I seriously doubt that the guy was ever going to pull the trigger. Although that doesn't change the fact that he pointed a gun at a pregnant woman.
Wouldn't pointing a gun at a pregnant woman cause incredible stress that could harm the baby anyway?
[QUOTE=venn178;37661516]Pointing a gun is a little over the top, but damned if I sure as shit want to shoot pregnant smokers.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't that be sort of counterproductive
Reminds me of that fight club scene with the 24/7 worker where Tyler scares the shit out of him, threatening him into training to be a vet. Maybe now she's had such a shock she'll give up smoking while pregnant and make the unborn kid potentially avoid whatever damage it could have caused. This man is the hero we deserve.
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