...even as the former New York mayor strives to burnish his Second Amendment credentials at the gathering in Washington, a panel of federal judges in his home town will be hearing arguments on the lawsuit that Giuliani filed seven years ago aimed at punishing the nation's manufacturers for violent crimes involving firearms.
Don't get me wrong, I'm on Giuliani's side on the issue of guns. In 1995, Rudy went on Charlie Rose and declared that the NRA goes,
"overboard. The extremists on the left and the extremists on the right have essentially the same tactic," he said, adding later that "the NRA's, in essence, defense of assault weapons, and their unwillingness to deal with some of the realities here that we face in our cities is a terrible, terrible mistake."
Amen. And I applaud America's Mayor for teaming up with then president, Bill Clinton, to push through the assault weapons ban. Clearly, tougher legislation is needed to close up all the loopholes. Let's see what proposals Giuliani puts forth in front of the NRA crowd.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. 2nd admendment rights, included, gun control gets the same slippery-slope treatment as abortion, every one wants to go a step further, some parents want to reserve their choice up to the 18th year, If you have teenagers you know what I mean, some gun opposers want to stone us, for preserving our right to defend ourselves against a potential threat from within our slippery-slope elected offficials who may patriot act the freedoms we strive for into a past tense dimly lit memory.
Dan at 3:46PM on Sep 20th 2007
2. What else can he say...
Leave the Gun, take the cannoli .... Guumba....
Manfred at 10:56AM on Sep 20th 2007
3. Play with our GUN RIGHTS Rudy;and you be gone with
the winds of time...........
jumpboots187thPIR at 1:55PM on Sep 20th 2007
4. How Guiliani is doing so well among Republicans with his record of gun control is beyond me.
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Patrick at 8:36PM on Sep 20th 2007