CNN PRODUCER NOTE     joshdb50 wrote a letter to California Senator Dianne Feinstein saying that he would not register his weapons with the government even if a ban on assault weapons is passed in his state. Senator Feinstein said she planned to introduce an assault weapons ban bill in response to the Newtown school shooting. The bill aims to revisit a 1994 ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004.

As a former Marine who has been with the military for eight years, joshdb50 says he has the right to own his firearms. Although he is no longer in the military, he acknowledges that he owns guns. He says he does not believe the government needs to know what guns he owns because he believes registration would lead to confiscation.

He says the laws that are already set in place for gun control are plenty, adding that more laws will remove a means of defense for people. 'I own the guns I own because I acknowledge mankind's shortcomings instead of pretending like they don't exist. There are evil men in this world and there just may be a time when I need to do the unthinkable to protect me or my family,' he said.

This story started on CNN iReport and is part of a larger conversation on CNN on gun control. First photograph courtesy Bay Ismoyo from AFP, and Getty Images.

Read more about the letter and the response it got.

Boston's letter compelled another former Marine to post this opposing view on iReport, calling Boston 'an embarrassment to those who've served.'

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