[NorthEastRepublican]

If Rudy was President it would be no different than today. Rudy is personally a gun control advocate as am I. If you are from the NYC metropolitan area as he and I are, its hard not to be. But his posistion on guns is the same that it should be a state right. States rights! Thats conservative! So unless you lived in a bleeding blue state, your guns won't be affected and if they are, it has nothing to do with the President.

What has President Bush done that has affected gun owners either positively or negatively? Not much because the President in general doesn't really reulate social issues.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Rudy is personally a gun control advocate as am I. If you are from the NYC metropolitan area as he and I are, its hard not to be."

Hm, and just a few posts ago my stance on self-defense was being called emotional.

I'd love to know more about your reasoning for supporting victim disarmament. A more nonsensical policy position is hard for me to imagine, nor one more illibertarian. And beyond that, the Constitution isn't something to pick-and-choose from. It's the ultimate law of the land. I'm naturally wary of politicians who treat it like an a la carte menu.

As to Bush, among other things he hired John Ashcroft, who convincingly (and successfully) argued for the individual-right view of the Second Amendment before the Supreme Court. That was a watershed. Bush has been the most pro-self-defense president in memory. There's enormous institutional inertia, of course, and now is not the time to go wobbly with a President who isn't foursquare behind individual gun rights.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

By the way. You say: "Rudy is personally a gun control advocate as am I.

Okay, where do you and Giuliani stand on the confiscation of homeowners' guns in the wake of Katrina?