They didn't need someone to protect their lives from rampant crime?
Let's get this 'protection' thing straight. The police have no duty to 'protect' anyone from anything. Their job is largely to show up after a crime has been committed and document it for a possible trial later on.
If they happent to stop one in progress, well that's great. But 'protecting' citizens from crime isn't in the job description.
Protecting oneself from miscreants is ones own job. And it's one that Rudy has shown he's dead set against allowing you to do.
He's also dead set (no pun intended) against allowing you to own the most effective tools for your own defense, namely firearms.
New Yorkers are strictly forbidden to carry handguns for their personal defense and Rudy supports that position 110%. He was also responsible for stripping New York residents, including one Freeper, of their legally owned firearms.
He's gone on record several times as supporting and in fact 'strengthening' the so called 'assault weapons ban'. Rudy is no friend to anyone who holds the BOR dear.
He should be rejected as a Presidential candidate outright for that reason alone.
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