Posted on 02/07/2007 2:40:44 PM PST by Jim Robinson
HANNITY: Let me move on. And the issue of guns has come up a lot. When people talk about Mayor Giuliani, New York City had some of the toughest gun laws in the entire country. Do you support the right of people to carry handguns?
GIULIANI: I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms. When I was mayor of New York, I took over at a very, very difficult time. We were averaging about 2,000 murders a year, 10,000...
HANNITY: You inherited those laws, the gun laws in New York?
GIULIANI: Yes, and I used them. I used them to help bring down homicide. We reduced homicide, I think, by 65-70 percent. And some of it was by taking guns out of the streets of New York City.
So if you're 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. After all, 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: Yes, I mean, a place like New York that is densely populated, or maybe a place that is experiencing a serious crime problem, like a few cities are now, kind of coming back, thank goodness not New York, but some other cities, maybe you have one solution there and in another place, more rural, more suburban, other issues, you have a different set of rules.
HANNITY: But generally speaking, do you think it's acceptable if citizens have the right to carry a handgun?
GIULIANI: It's not only -- I mean, it's part of the Constitution. People have the right to bear arms. Then the restrictions of it have to be reasonable and sensible. You can't just remove that right. You've got to regulate, consistent with the Second Amendment.
HANNITY: How do you feel about the Brady bill and assault ban?
GIULIANI: I was in favor of that as part of the crime bill. I was in favor of it because I thought that it was necessary both to get the crime bill passed and also necessary with the 2,000 murders or so that we were looking at, 1,800, 1,900, to 2,000 murders, that I could use that in a tactical way to reduce crime. And I did.
Growing up (graduated high school in 1994), we checked our shotguns and rifles in at the school office.
Children are under their parents' care. Like anything else, it would be up to the parent at what age a child could handle a gun and under what level of supervision.
Do you own firearms? I'll be honest with you, my wife doesn't like them either. Myself, I wasn't brought up with a love for firearms. And until about 20, I was a raving liberal. So I was always pretty squeamish around guns. Still am to an extent.
I choose to be armed out of a sense of duty to country and more importantly to my family. Someday, you may just have something more to fear than a firearm and when you put your kids to bed at night, you may just thank God that you were well armed.
DuPont?
No, Dukakis. /grin
"-- I think, incidentally, that you can buy military surplus tanks, but the guns have to be disabled --"
This site has quite a few details about owning your own tank.
Jacques Littlefield Military Vehicle Collection. Page 1 of 3
Address:http://www.mishalov.net/military-vehicles/military-vehicles.html
The reason his statements have been subject to such a wide range of interpretation is that those statements didn't mean anything at all . . . they were just mindless -- and deliberately evasive -- gum-flapping during the course of a "campaign appearance" on a cable news show.
Very well then, effective immediately, I am done posting on further Rudy threads & posting Rudy-related news articles. There is no need for further debate as such debate will be monotonous, engaging in the same circular arguments day in and day out. I felt I made a compelling argument as to why Rudy should be President, but I've been PW3ND!! I shall respect the wishes of those who believe that a social conservative is the best way to triumph in the general election.
So long, farewell, Au'voir, auf wiedersehen, goodbye...
Hehehehe...boy, that tank sure put a hurtin' on his campaign, didn't it?
That's what happens when a liberal is being sold as a conservative.
Don't let the door hitcha where the Good Lord splitcha.
BTW, that was one of the gayest opuses (Opii?) Ive ever seen.
I didn't say I was quitting FR. No more Rudy threads for me though.
thank you for your thoughtful and constructive response. i really appreciate. it may not sound like it by my questions, but since becoming a mother, i have definitely considered owning a firearm.
Giuliassic Park?
Good, I don't want you leaving. We may disagree, I don't dislike ya though.
Thanks for clearing the air, Jim. That's exactly what many FReepers have been saying for months. Reminds me of something Tom McClintock said back during the California recall election of 2003.
"I have always thought that one of the phoniest claims in California politics is that 'I'm a fiscal conservative but a social liberal,' which always invites the question: 'How do you plan to pay for your socially liberal programs with your fiscally conservative policies?'"
Borrow a boatload of money. Just like Arnold has. And Bush has. And Rudy did.
Hopefully they have the same job that Bugs Bunny did in the Bombs factory.
N-i-i-c-c-e, very nice take, beltfed308----love ya, baby.
LOL
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