Former Marines share dramatically different stances on gun violence

It is a good thing to read this. What exactly do they think the words "well regulated" mean?

Former Marines share dramatically different stances on gun violence
By Christina Zdanowicz
CNN
January 10, 2013

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Former Marine says he will not register his guns even if a federal law is passed
Marine's open letter goes viral online; draws fiery responses from CNN commenters
Another former Marine responds to Joshua Boston's letter with a countering view
CNN asks both men the same questions to explain their opposing views

(CNN) -- "No ma'am ... I will not register my weapons."

These passionate words from a former Marine sparked an insatiable conversation on CNN.com.

Since Joshua Boston posted an open letter to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, dismissing stricter gun control, on CNN iReport, his commentary has received more than 1 million views, almost 30,000 comments and even a response from Feinstein's office.

But one response stood out from the rest -- a reaction from another former Marine addressed directly to Boston. Nicolas DiOrio called Boston's letter an "embarrassment to those who've served."

The two views on gun control were as different as the photos adorning the letters, Boston wielding a firearm and DiOrio pointing a video camera.

Prompted by the firestorm of discussion the two have sparked, we interviewed both men with the same set of questions to further explain their opposing views on gun control.
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I own a house so I have property I want to defend and right now the threat to my property are moles. Can I go out and buy land mines to get rid of them? Nope. There are regulations on what I can and cannot do.

I am also a total klutz, which is one of the reasons I do not drive a motorcycle but love to ride on the back of my husband's Harley. I don't want to hurt anyone else because I am not good at something. For the same reason, I don't want a gun in my hands. I am not capable of shooting straight and I don't want to worry about aiming at something but hit something or someone else. I know my own limits.

Unfortunately, too many others do not know theirs.

While it is easy to assume you can hit what you aim at and will be able to hit a person instead of a paper target, do you really know for sure if you can? Are you really that good at it? What if you hit someone with a stray bullet? So many questions and not enough people asking them. The question gnawing at me right now is arming teachers with handguns to go against assault weapons. Does this make sense to anyone? Really?

No one has explained why they should have the right to own an assault weapon. No one has explained why they should have the right to walk into a gun show and buy whatever they want to have with no background check. No one has explained why they have the right to buy as many bullets and fill ammunition clips with whatever they want without even having to prove they are a license gun owner in the first place. Yep, they can order bullets online. They are easier to get than the guns even though the gun itself cannot kill without bullets.

The NRA wants the conversation simplified so they get more money for making the gun manufactures richer making sure you're afraid. If they give you time to think without fear, you won't need them anymore.

The cops on our streets that have to deal with these shootings said that if there were more guns involved in an assault, they wouldn't have time to figure out if you were the "good guy" with the gun the NRA talked about or the "bad guy with a gun" because all they have time to do is blink, see a gun and fire. They know people are being shot and someone is shooting, so that makes you a target too.

Still, in all of this, assault weapons should be in the hands of the people trained to use them. SWAT and the Military including the National Guards that used to be called Militia.