Moved: Joshua Boston, Former Marine, Pens Response To Dianne Feinstein Gun Control Bill: 'I Am Not..

[Great Caesars Ghost]

Source: Huffington Post

Joshua Boston, Former Marine, Pens Response To Dianne Feinstein Gun Control Bill: 'I Am Not Your Servant'

The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski Posted: 01/04/2013 12:59 pm EST | Updated: 01/04/2013 7:57 pm EST

A United States Marine veteran has penned a response to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's gun control proposal, saying the government has no right to take away his weapon: "I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve."

Former U.S. Marines Cpl. Joshua Boston wrote a letter to Feinstein regarding her assault weapons ban, a proposal announced in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 children, aged 6 and 7, dead.

The letter written by Boston, who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2004, was first posted on CNN's iReport on Dec. 27.

Via CNN iReport:
"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."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/04/joshua-boston-marine-gun-control-senator-dianne-feinstein-letter_n_2410076.html?icid=maing-grid7|maing6|dl1|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D253228
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This is unserviceman-like. I recall when a marine called Sen. Boxer a Ma'am, she felt it was offensive and told him to call her Senator. He apologized and did just that. They are taught to respect government officials, this is a prime example of disrespect!

[JI7]

1. this him ?

[Zoeisright]

12. Lot of inbreeding there.

And impotence.

[JI7]

19. his solution to impotence ?

[Kingofalldems]

2. Again: Another whining gun freeper

[Great Caesars Ghost]

3. Sorry about that, they locked the original so I moved it here.

[Coyote_Tan]

4. He's a civilian now...

... And if he wants to call her out on her hypocrisy or call her every dirty name in the book that is his choice.

Personally I think he could get away with most of his letter while in the service except possibly for the bit about refusing to register if it were to become law.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

6. Nope, Marines are under a code of honor. Active and discharged.

The government is his boss. He may not be under the payroll, but he still wears the uniform.

[Coyote_Tan]

18. Even as an active duty Soldier...

I can make my feelings about policy known.

As long as I am respectful to govt types I can tell my Senator that I am pro whatever or anti whatever.

This guy isn't outside any bounds.

[Robb]

35. So you're an active duty soldier now?

[Coyote_Tan]

36. Problem ?

[Robb]

37. We're just so lucky to get an active duty Democratic soldier to join DU days after Newtown

...to make sure we're all properly educated on gun issues.

[Coyote_Tan]

38. Glad I can help...

[Agschmid]

44. I really love your butterfly!

[Logical]

39. So saying he will not obey US law is ok? LOL!

[Coyote_Tan]

40. If you'll check the thread...

You'll see that I said that is the only point he might get in trouble for.

[Logical]

47. You also said "this guy isn't outside any bounds"

[Obama2016]

22. Caesars Ghost, your replies make all us Democrats look bad.....really.

I can see both sides here.

You don't need to share the personal views of an employer. Just saying.

But I don't see the point in your anger towards him. Just a kid who likes his guns. That doesn't mean he's not a good person.

As a Democrat and supporter of most of the gun reforms coming to vote, we still need to consider that the Constitution was a great framework for a great nation and remember that a lot of incredibly intelligent people helped create it.

And as far as Diane Feinstein.
She's not my favorite. She really has been in politics too long.
Wha'ts she got now, like $800,000,000 dollars or something like that. Wow.

I'm sure she is with "We The People".

[Great Caesars Ghost]

26. Huh?

Oh well, sorry. I don't feed trolls.

[Recursion]

33. What bullshit. I bitched about Bush in uniform all the time

I made very clear to anyone who asked me that I think Iraq was a strategic catastrophe. **** you for implying I dishonored the Corps by doing that.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

42. Difference is, you aren't breaking the law.

Boston stated he is, and made derogatory and disrespectful remarks at Sen. Feinstein.

[PavePusher]

34. Bullshit. n/t

[sylvi]

45. That would be news

That would be news to the thousands of former Marines I have treated in 28 years at our local V.A. hospital. Many of them have had colorful things to say about their elected representatives, both Democrat and Republican.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

51. Apples and oranges

That was behind close doors. This is different.

[jpak]

5. Ummm - being a Marine doesn't excuse you from being a douchebag

nope

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. +1 n/t

[RKP5637]

14. +1, n/t

[Remmah2]

32. You don't have to be a Marine to be a douche bag either.

[Auntie Bush]

7. He's also sexist!

" 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."

She's a Senator...not some woman! Would he have said, "Some man" if a male Senator had introduced that bill and would he have been so snotty about it? I doubt it!

[Great Caesars Ghost]

30. :/

[Purveyor]

9. Needs to be on a 'house watch', indeed. eom

[NashvilleLefty]

10. Sorry, Mr. Boston, but she doesn't serve JUST you,

she serves ALL of us.

It is the REST of us who demand that something be done. She is only reflecting the will of the People.

[Obama2016]

27. She's too rich to be in touch with the people.....sorry

Unfortunately, you are grossly mistaken.

Ms. Feinstein is FAR too wealthy to have any idea what most people's lives are like.

She has every modern luxury money can buy, never has to worry about the things "common" folk have to worry about and never will.

A modern day Marie Antoinette in the flesh.

To me, this is NOT the type of representation that We The People need.

tyvm

[Archae]

11. Just checked Snopes, it's real.

I wonder if this guy has the same attitude towards registering his car(s)?

[lynne]

13. He's a former marine -

- so doubt the military can do anything about it or that he would experience any repercussions.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. Not to worry

I can't find any instance of his addressing her as "ma'am".

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Duly noted, Josh. Carry on.

Not that I give a flying *#$^ about what he thinks.

[valerief]

17. Freeper gun post. Propagating more gun wingnut shit and soiling DU. nt

[Trajan]

20. +1

Tired of it

[we can do it]

28. Me too sick and tired of pathetic, paranoid gun kooks.

[okaawhatever]

21. I am going to make a prediction here.....I think we will soon be hearing he had "issues" in the

military. I can't really explain my position except to say that having been around military all my life, he just doesn't fit the mold. Not because of what he said, just something about the way he said it. Incredibly undisciplined and vitriolic. Can't confirm, but getting out after 8 yrs. at the rank of Corporal is a red flag. I think this will come back to haunt the NRA and all his supporters.

As to his letter
Boston's Claim: his "right" to bear arms is guaranteed by constitution, and is not Feinstein's domain.
What rational people know: the "right" to bear arms is granted by the 2nd AMENDMENT to the const., not the original document. And how do amendments become law, that's right, proposed by Congress and ratified by the states. I'm certain that is the exact definition of domain.

So Joshua Boston Cpl. USMC

grow up, man up, shut up

signed. some (other) woman

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

23. You know those nut jobs who shouldn't be allowed to own guns?

One of them is named Joshua Boston. If Boston thought was doing the cause of gun ownership some sort of favor, it's just more proof of how dangerously unstable he is.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

24. nut job? Yet to be proven. Disrespectful lil twit, YES HE IS!

[Obama2016]

29. We who value Democratic principles must think more

Many of my fellow Democrats are showing very little tolerance for other views.

In fact, a lot of you sound like spoiled brats with ego problems.

To nurture a civil society, we must listen to the concerns of ALL constituents.

Posting all these rude comments really makes us look bad.

A Democracy is comprised of a plethora of viewpoints.
When we begin to feel that ours and ours alone is the only one of value, we begin to migrate AWAY from a Democracy.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

41. He has announced his intention to commit a felony

That's not a viewpoint.

[Great Caesars Ghost]

43. Again......

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

49. But they're so CUTE

[Remmah2]

31. He was a "Former Marine".

He did his time. He owes Boxer nothing, if anything she owes him. If anything we all owe him.

More people should spend time in the military so they learn the concept of respect.

This "former Marine" swore to defend the constitution while he was enlisted, now he's just a civilian exercising his First Amendment right. I think we should "respect" his rights.

[mokawanis]

46. Join the military to learn the concept of respect?

Where did that come from? Respect can't be learned in other ways? He has a right to free speech but any public comments he makes are open to scrutiny and criticism. I don't like the guy, I don't owe him anything.

[rppper]

48. Need help here folks....

Is this link really him? Is this verifiable and a link to it please....Ive got a group of folks calling the source and his scrubbed page bullshit....

This is the link I need help on

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1358287__ARCHIVED_THREAD____The_one_day_I_don_t_bring_her_with_me_.html&page=1

[LeftinOH]

50. Joshua Boston doesn't need to register any weapons now...

because of his (now) well-known statement. Attention everyone: Joshua Boston is a gun hoarding disaster-in-waiting. Joshua Boston has lots of guns. Joshua Boston is a gun fanatic. Got it?