Posted on 01/01/2013 11:46:53 AM PST by T.O.K.
Edited on 01/01/2013 12:54:57 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
The following letter, written by U.S. Marine Joshua Boston and headlined “No ma’am.,” was posted in the CNN iReport on Dec. 27 with the included note from the producer and photo. It has struck a nerve with many and is being circulated around social media venues like Twitter and Facebook.
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
cool. I figured as much. :)
My point was that “Gun Control” is also a private matter. My husband was NOT carrying a gun, but when he came home in a rage, I hid his gun as soon as I could before he got some wild idea to go hunting for the guys who mugged him.
If the mother of the Conn. shooter had protected the guns in her house better or removed them from the house, she and 25 other people might still be alive. Apparently she was already worried about his stability, and she failed to exercise her own Gun Control.
My point was that “Gun Control” is also a private matter. My husband was NOT carrying a gun, but when he came home in a rage, I hid his gun as soon as I could before he got some wild idea to go hunting for the guys who mugged him.
If the mother of the Conn. shooter had protected the guns in her house better or removed them from the house, she and 25 other people might still be alive. Apparently she was already worried about his stability, and she failed to exercise her own Gun Control.
Thank you for your perceptive response. We were married when he was 32. My mother was a third grade school teacher, and several times she asked me if he had petit mal epilepsy. I did not pay that too much mind as my mother could make anyone zone out. Still, in retrospect there were some subtle signs which I can’t quite describe. However, the first time it was really obvious was when he was 63 or 64. He had worked all day, driven 150 miles to meet me at a trade show where I was selling. We were in a restaurant awaiting our dinner order. He asked, “Is my mother still alive?” My response, “No, she died 6 years ago.” My heart sank, and two years later it was clear that something was beginning to change even when he was not tired.
I'm not at ALL surprised you like being a woman, however; seeing as you are a FReeper, the odds are that you are *VERY* feminine/traditionalist, and so would naturally enjoy being a woman.
Thanks for the compliment on the kitties, but they're not mine, I just liked the picture.
Take your time on the vanities, most people never notice...I'm flattered.
Cheers!
When finding oneself in a hole, a shovel is not the tool of choice.
God bless this Marine. Unfortunately for him, one call from the White Hut and all his VA benefits will disappear down the memory hole.
What benefits are those.The United States Congress and Senate have diluted those benefits to the point they are almost non-existant.
They stole the healthcare for veterans in the 1980’s and started this Tri-Care crap and now their even planning on cutting those benefits and charging the veterans for what ever services they receive.
The Indians were right. The United States Government never keeps its word.
“Probably not one in a million people in this country have ever heard it used or used it in a sentence. “
Guess I’m one in a million, when I saw the post, I thought, “Of course it passed spell check!”. And yes, I knew the definition of the word.
Don’t just write the letter to your congresswoman, send a copy or two to various media outlets.
Aha, now I’ve found two freepers who know it.
Those like Feinstein who have been pushing the need to steal and usurp the 2nd Amendment as well as steal the rights of all Americans to defend themselves, need to be exposed for the urban elitism that they represent.
They are much different than most of us, and not because they have lots more money or are of a different Party, but because they believe they have many more rights and the right to be armed while they give us only the right to dial 911.
I just read that they are coming for your pensions and Social Security too, and now they want your semi-automatic 22s too.
No, gun-control has no place in a free society. If hes dangerous HE needs to be controlled.
Actually, I was eight years old before my first brother was born. Having lots of work around the property, my father treated me like a boy, car repair, gardening, carpentry, etc. My mother treated me like a girl, cooking, canning, sewing, house cleaning. So while I enjoy dressing up, I also enjoy making things, renovating houses (hands on), etc. I look female, but think male, mostly. My son, who is in Special Forces, when in his late teens (after 3 years of ROTC) said his dad had a second in command mentality, while I was more rational and realistic. This was a source of a lot of the marriage conflict, and I thought my son made a very clear statement of a reality I had not thought of before.
I figure he didn’t serve the Usurper. Rather, he served the country, and the country failed him by preventing a Usurpation.
Even in WWII, honorable men served under the Socialist Roosevelt.
It was used in Lord of the Rings, several times, but Tolkein was a philologist.
Fascinating, as Spock would say (raises single eyebrow).
I won't comment further on an open thread, but FReepmail me if you'd like a link to interesting commentary on this kind of thing.
Cheers!
Ya know.........my girlfriend uses AOL email, and every day their home page has content from the Huffington Post. This very letter was posted there, and she was reading me some of the comments (it's a VERY liberal site).
I swear your comment sounds exactly like one of the lib females on that site; she decried his "sexism" due to his use of the phrase "some woman".
I'll tell you what I asked my girlfriend to tell her.....if Feinstein was male, he'd have said "some man" or "some guy". Get over it, and get over yourself.
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