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NRA Press Conference Summed Up: More Guns

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Shvaughn12/21/2012 12:24:50 pm PST

Marine guy who was “guarding” a school is a big fat fraud

Records provided by the Marine Corps show Pusley served nine months before being discharged as a private first class in April 2008. The personnel records further indicate that he never served in Iraq, Afghanistan or anywhere else overseas.

The records contradict Pusley’s claims Wednesday to The Modesto Bee and other media that he is a 28-year-old sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, in Baghdad and Ramadi, and one tour in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

Pusley told the Army Times on Thursday that he feels “horrible about this.”
“I cannot emphasize how sorry I am that all of this has happened,” he told the military newspaper. “These were not my intentions. This was never supposed to happen.”

He told the Times he is 25, that he borrowed the sergeant’s uniform and that he dreamed of being a Marine as a youngster. He lives in Hughson with his wife and 3-year-old son; she is expecting their second child in two weeks.

Pusley did not return multiple messages from The Bee left Thursday, but did tell other media that he had been misquoted.