I know. Disgusting, ain't it? Does he take us for fools?
You know, he may actually be learning. It does happen to people when the course of their lives takes a direction which broadens their horizons. I don't want to sound like a naive Pollyanna, but if we stubbornly refuse to believe anyone can change their minds about gun rights and refuse to believe people when they tell us they have changed their minds, then we're giving up the fight, because if people -- from ordinary voters to major political figures -- don't change their minds in significant numbers, and don't find themselves welcomed into the RKBA community, there's little chance of ever achieving significant progress towards making the Second Amendment the operative law of the land again. Excessive cynicism could cost us that crucial victory.
Rudy has been a creature of New York City all his life, and never had a compelling reason to consider things from a non-NYC point of view. Now he has that compelling reason, and is probably considering a lot of things from new perspectives. Let's encourage him, not discourage him.