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MOS4429
01-03-13, 10:23 AM
U.S. Marine’s Scathing Response to Sen. Feinstein’s Gun Control Proposal: ‘I Am Not Your Subject. I Am the Man Who Keeps You Free’

(Please do not post political comments here. If you want to politicize this Marine's letter, do that in the political forum.)

(CNN iReport)

One U.S. Marine was more than a little displeased with California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s draconian gun control proposal (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sen-feinstein-posts-proposed-assault-weapons-legislation-and-it-includes-provisions-on-handguns-and-grandfathered-weapons/), which includes an assault weapons ban and provisions on handguns and even “grandfathered weapons.”

The letter, written by U.S. Marine Joshua Boston, was titled “No ma’am” and was first posted on CNN iReport (http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-902515) on Dec. 27. The letter has since gone viral and has been shared extensively on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, as it seemingly has resonated with a segment of the American population.

Read Boston’s entire “No ma’am” letter below and then share it with others:

Senator Dianne Feinstein,

I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime. You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.

I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.
I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.

I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.

We, the people, deserve better than you.

Respectfully Submitted,

Joshua Boston

Cpl, United States Marine Corps
2004-2012

Apache
01-03-13, 12:55 PM
Well stated Brother

MOS4429
01-03-13, 01:39 PM
Rudy2D, thanks for the post.

In order to keep this thread open in Open Squad Bay, though, posts should not be political.

There is another thread for that at:

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?113103-Post-political-thoughts-here-to-Marine-s-scathing-response-to-Feinstein-s-gun-control


That's why I posted: (Please do not post political comments here. If you want to politicize this Marine's letter, do that in the political forum.)

Lisa 23
01-03-13, 02:09 PM
At the OP's request....please keep ALL political comments OUT of this thread and post them in this thread......

Post political thoughts here to Marine's scathing response to Feinstein's gun control
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?113103-Post-political-thoughts-here-to-Marine-s-scathing-response-to-Feinstein-s-gun-control

hbharrison
01-03-13, 05:48 PM
This young Marine has said it better than I would have and I agree with it all.

CombatDevildog
01-03-13, 09:52 PM
Great post and I agree with my fellow DEVILDOG!!!