No ma'am

[voyager9 3,443]

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-902515

 

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

[blksheep 466]

Wow

[johnp 45]

First thing I thought of was Al Bundy.

 

Well written letter, direct and to the point.

[bjones1500 0]

Very well written, he made all of his points clear the correct way.

[M1152 713]

Excellent!

[deleteme 0]

National organization of Men against Amazonian master hood!

 

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

 

[voyager9 3,443]

First thing I thought of was Al Bundy.

 

Well written letter, direct and to the point.

 

He probably got a squid to proof read it for him.

 

I agree it was very well written and I was kinda surprised to see it on CNN.

[tt-33 8]

well said

[NicePants 58]

Awesome.

[Greydaddy 2]

Whooh! Nice!

[NJCK 5]

Kudos!

[silverado427 10,829]

Whoa!!! Balls to the walls.

[H.M. Murdock 0]

AnnRoss (in the comments) says she was 24 years in but does not seem to have taken an oath to defend the Constitution. I think she is a civilian that got butthurt from the slightly sexist wording in the Corporal's letter.

 

AnnRossMamma chiming in made me laugh

[ECShooter 0]

In addition, please use the following link to generate letters to you local reps:

 

https://www.popvox.com/home

 

I just copied, modified and posted this letter on pop box, it will deliver to your local reps.

 

 

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[High Exposure 5,678]

Update concerning the letter shown in the OP and the publicity it has garnered nationwide.

 

Gun Owners Puch Back: A Former Marine's Letter to Diane Feinstein

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is proposing an assault weapons ban, but many Americans are ready to defend the Second Amendment at all costs. A former Marine's open letter provides a window into the heated debate taking place.

 

Talk of reviving an assault weapons ban and creating a national gun registry in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre is touching a deep nerve in America, epitomized this week by debate over a stern open letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) from a former Marine.

After Adam Lanza used a semiautomatic assault-style rifle to kill 20 students and six school staff Dec. 14, Senator Feinstein of California has said she will try to revive the 1994 assault weapons ban, which sunsetted in 2004. She would also push for Americans to be required to register "grandfathered" weapons.

But the open letter from Joshua Boston, which has caused a raucous online debate after being posted on CNN's iReport website on Dec. 27, is a reminder of the huge stakes involved. Namely, many of America's 80 million gun owners are liable to balk at having to register their weapons, raising the potential for confrontations with federal authorities.

Addressing Feinstein directly, Mr. Boston, who served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, says he'll refuse to register his weapons and writes, "You ma'am have overstepped a line that is not your domain."

"I am not your subject," he continues. "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."

As Democrats, led by President Obama, have pushed to expand the purview of the federal government in recent years, a recoil has ensued – on display in the rise of the tea party, a massive run on guns, and an explosion in the number of concealed-weapons permits. At times, the recoil has taken on tones of warning and alarm. Many in this camp, especially in the wake of several mass shootings last year, fear that America is entering a post-constitutional era where basic precepts like the Second Amendment are curtailed by a central authority.

"If you take out the heat and the emotion of this [Connecticut] tragedy, the reaction is an interesting case study in public versus individual rights," says James Wright, a sociologist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. "It puts the issue on a knife point in a way that a lot of other issues don't. It's hard to deny the public interest in gun crimes, but at the same time there's that old Second Amendment, and it's hard to deny what it seems to imply."

Indeed, what it implies for some Americans, including many in the so-called warrior class – hundreds of thousands of retired soldiers – is that an armed population is an essential guarantee against centralized tyranny. The lobbying of the National Rifle Association and the expansion of gun rights by federal courts have tended to further the idea that the Second Amendment is a safeguard against tyranny, as well as a key to personally protecting oneself against crime.

Feinstein's office replied to Boston's letter this past week, pointing out that there's another side to the argument – the millions of Americans who worry about US society becoming militarized through the expansion of weaponry. What's more, Feinstein says, the law won't affect Americans’ basic right to purchase and use weapons.

"Senator Feinstein respects Cpl. Boston's service. She has heard from thousands of people – including many gun owners – who support her plan to stop the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of assault weapons and large capacity magazines, strips and drums that hold more than 10 rounds,” the statement from Feinstein’s office read. “As Senator Feinstein has said, the legislation will be carefully focused to protect the rights of existing gun owners by exempting hundreds of weapons used for hunting and sporting purposes."

In response to Boston's letter, a commenter on the iReport website suggested that the former Marine, by refusing to comply with a law, would be going against the Constitution.

"Ms. Feinstein is an elected official who was selected by voters to represent their interests in a governing body," YankCT wrote. "She has the authority and responsibility to do just that until the people whom she represents decide otherwise through their votes. This gentleman believes that he is above the law. This is untrue; in fact, my guess is that he swore to defend the country and respect its laws when he entered the Marines."

One point Boston makes in his letter is that many of the 120 guns that would be banned under Feinstein's bill are cosmetic variations of standard semiautomatic hunting rifles. Boston says he's angered by "the fact that I'm supposed to be punished for doing nothing more than owning a rifle that looks scary because its stock isn't made out of wood," he said.

Feinstein contends that America should "put weapons under some kind of appropriate authority," as she recently told Fox News. Yet many gun owners believe there is already an authority in place – the Constitution.

"With everything that has happened these last four years under President Obama and with the fresh attacks on the Second Amendment by gun grabbers like Dianne Feinstein (and David Gregory and Piers Morgan and Nanny Bloomberg, plus dozens more) I can safely [say that] yes we do live in a post constitutional Republic, and that is very troubling," writes Ulysses Arn on the RedState blog.

[Duppie 73]

The use and legitimizing of the term "Post constitutional Republic" worries me to no end.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Out founding fathers wouldn't say much to them, but I'd bet they would walk up to these idiots and smack the living hell out of them for being sooo stupid.

 

After that and while they did a great job crafting each of our documents would add in another amendment, the Idiot Amendment to save us from this crap..

[silverado427 10,829]

I believe the founding fathers would have todays clown politicians Tarred + Feathered

[hd2000fxdl 422]

I believe the founding fathers would have todays clown politicians Tarred + Feathered

 

You think they would be that nice???

[Old Glock guy 1,127]

I'm impressed that she actually read the letter, and didn't just hit "delete," like she does with the rest of ours.

[njpilot 671]

Feinstein contends that America should "put weapons under some kind of appropriate authority

 

Yeah, in her mind, the Federal Gov't. That would be totally contradictory to the 2A.

[Duppie 73]

I'm impressed that she actually read the letter, and didn't just hit "delete," like she does with the rest of ours.

I don't believe she had much of a choice after it went viral and was featured on most of the mainstream media.

[brocglock23 4]

I'm impressed that she actually read the letter, and didn't just hit "delete," like she does with the rest of ours.

I'd be willing to bet that the original was delete or trashed. It was probably when one of her assistants were browsing facebook and said "oh crap, I think i put that in the trash folder" then proceeded to dig it out and hand it to her and mentioned" this might be big"

[jermz1987 243]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAYi1XaNPg0

[hd2000fxdl 422]

He did a nice job, would love to have hear more, but the point was made and made well by him.

[Duppie 73]

He held his own nicely and made his point.

[JimmyAGR 54]

Excellent, especially the part of unconstitutional laws nor being laws. "from all enemies, foreign or domestic"

[M1152 713]

That was a great interview, especially his response to her last question, it was perfect.

[millsan1 3]

She is a dopey robot talking head

 

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[ECShooter 0]

Some of these bills and proposals have dim support, check out

 

https://www.popvox.com/bills#issue=175

 

There is a listing of current federal bills and proposals relating to firearms. It takes three minutes to log on and voice your support pro or con for all of these!!!

 

I am going to post this info on several topics as not everyone reads, participates or subscribes to everything!

 

 

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