I agree with you that Rudy is a good administrator; I know that he helped to break up the Mob, dramatically reduced crime and helped NYC's economy to revive. Heck, I was in NYC for Dinkins' last couple of years and Rudy's first 5, and I like him a lot - as the NYC mayor, perhaps even a governor or senator.
However, despite all of that he IS very anti-gun and very pro-abortion, positions that just won't fly in the Republican primaries. Sorry, that just my opinion, and my observation of the opinions of many fellow gun owners.
Thanks for the background on your perspective. No one is pro-abortion. There a number of women on this board who have told me that they have had abortions. Abortion is legal and the law of the land, sadly. No one likes it, well maybe NARAL and NOW, but no one else.
No one is going to grab our guns. My personal opinion about gun ownership is that you should know how to use it and not just own it. I have a large cache of firearms, btw. There are too many Joe-Bob's in the land who have firearms that they neither know how to fire properly or maintain, my sainted mother included. She carries and has neither fired or cleaned her handgun in more than ten years.