Giuliani: “I understand the second amendment. People have the right to bear arms. As mayor of New York I took over at a very, very difficult time.”
Hannity: You inherited the gun laws in New York.
Giuliani: “Yeah. And I used them to help bring down homicide. We reduced homicide I think by 65, 70%. And some of it was by taking guns out of the streets of New York City. So if you are talking about a city like New York, a densely populated area like New York, I think it's appropriate. You might have different laws other places and maybe a lot of this gets resolved based on different states, different communities, making decisions. We do have a federal system of government in which you have the ability to accomplish that.”
Hannity: So you would support the state's rights to choose on specific gun laws?
Giuliani: “Yeah”
Hannity: Generally speaking do you think it's acceptable if citizens have the right to carry a handgun?
Giuliani: “It's not only a part of the constitution. People have the right to bear arms. Then the restrictions have to be reasonable and sensible. You can't just remove that right. You've got to regulate consistent with the second amendment.”
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Could you see his hands when he said that? Any fingers crossed? I will try to be open minded, but I do need to be convinced. I do not want to see the party in shambles, but neither will I give up my core principles to win an election.