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.
If you were referring to me (and I have NEVER registered any objection to your graphic) ...but you and I agreed almost point by point on homosexuals.
So who is the "obnoxious liberal poster who was trying to paint all conservatives as bigots and "homophobes?"
I'd really like to know.
That's what happens when you elect liberals with an "R" beside their name! Ooopsy, I mean RINOS! It's kinda hard to tell them apart. ;o) It's almost comical watching these jerks trying to explain their records. What really gets me are those right here on FR who believe them, even though the facts are right in front of them. Thanks for posting this, Jim. It's really important.
So theoretically, you would not oppose it being posted publicly?
(Not that the actual post hasn't gone live on the internet already, mind you.)
LOL 4th of July is a good day for beer-Ill take a carona;)
Id gladly swapped you for the wings. asian style from pizza hut, get me everytime!
Exersize? Ah yes, its the "post, lunge, downward step, flip, turn, stir, upward climb, sit, refresh and repeat" exersize plan. burns lots of calories LOL
> You are lucky DieHard. Normally, JEccles is even more of a sour puss.
Thanks, mate. S/he sounds like a real prize. That said, I'd still stop a punch for h/er/im if s/he were being mugged. That's what I do...
I try to be, and am, a FRiend of America and a supporter of a Conservative political flavor. And I am fiercely Patriotic for my own country, NZ. I see no reasons why these viewpoints should be incompatible. Folk who bad-mouth my Country will run into my blunt side, but.
What the hell is that suppose to mean, that that thing you posted was a reflection of us?
Yeah, I've heard your Clown Posse buddies are using it. Big flipping deal.
Now, let me suggest that you leave me alone.
I posted the exchange here; most of us won't forget it. You take care, AmeriBrit.
Am I the person you were referring to in 793?
Why would you say that as we agreed 95% Are you just trying to be nasty?
I appreciate that and I know our troops do as well. :)
Dear Rudy,
MOLON LABE!
http://www.thefiringline.com/HCI/molon_labe.htm
Thank you, Carolinamom. Nice to see you again. :)
I could be wrong but EV and I were talking about homosexuals. Was Sunsong there? Maybe.
But EV and I exchanged opinions on gays and were almost point by point the same.
I will never understand the mentality that insists upon disarming the innocent and otherwise law-abiding.
Do they really think a violent person is going to think "I sure would like to rob/kidnap/murder John Q. Public - but nope - I don't want to break a gun law"?
I don't care. They're all the same.
I got mad about the post immediately and am still disgusted by it.
I prefer the term, "Rudyroids".
Well, I certainly agree with that. I apologize for calling them your buddies, then. Where else you've been spreading your misinformation, then, I don't know.
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