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RUDY: WHY I LIKE GUNS
NY Post ^ | September 26, 2007 | CARL CAMPANILE

Posted on 09/26/2007 6:29:19 AM PDT by presidio9

Rudy Giuliani yesterday cited 9/11 to justify his conversion from ardent gun-control advocate to supporter of citizens' rights to bear arms.

"You have to look at all these issues in light of the different concerns that now exist - which is terrorism - the terrorists' war on us," the GOP presidential front-runner said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Giuliani said his conversion was triggered in part by a court ruling striking down local firearm restrictions in Washington, D.C.

"It is a very, very strong description of how important personal liberties are in this country and how we have to respect them,"

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; banglist; elections; fraud; giuliani; makeover; rudy
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1 posted on 09/26/2007 6:29:20 AM PDT by presidio9
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One event made a difference in his extreme anti-gun platform? As big as 9-11 was, I just don’t see that one act being the justification for such a change. And I don’t see any indication in his record that he restored such rights to the citizens of NY after 9-11, or even made any effort too.


2 posted on 09/26/2007 6:34:28 AM PDT by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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Rudy Giuliani yesterday cited 9/11 to justify his conversion from ardent gun-control advocate to supporter of citizens' rights to bear arms.

Sorry, Rudy. Past actions are indicative of future behavior.

3 posted on 09/26/2007 6:38:02 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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There is no really nice way to say it: Rudy is so full of crap!
4 posted on 09/26/2007 6:38:12 AM PDT by TommyDale (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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Hhe is so full of sh!te.

Time to take Rudy’s numbers down into the single digits.

Go Fred.


5 posted on 09/26/2007 6:38:43 AM PDT by George from New England
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I posted the backstory on the D.C. case here a few months ago. Was in the Washington Post and was actually a very good piece—it is an interesting story. Will see if I can find the thread.


6 posted on 09/26/2007 6:38:45 AM PDT by freespirited (All great truths begin as blasphemies. -- George Bernard Shaw)
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You know, if when asked why he changed his position if he’d just come right out and say ‘political expediency’ I’d actually respect him more.


7 posted on 09/26/2007 6:39:05 AM PDT by JamesP81
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I hear his “words” but I’m going to vote based on his “actions.” He’s a documented gun-grabber ... look at the record (like Fred Thompson said). The members of the NRA are going to have to step up boldly in this next election ... there are not many good choices available.


8 posted on 09/26/2007 6:40:37 AM PDT by Oclan
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Guiliani must have internal polling to show his lead evaporating.

went to real clear politics com and found a distinct down trend for him.

With the NRA jumping into the primaries, it will neutralize any faux second amendment show moves the MSM would assist guiliani.

It is boiling down to dean’s three g’s. God, guns, and “gays”. Guiliani fails on all three.


9 posted on 09/26/2007 6:45:56 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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If he’s really had a change of heart on the matter, you’d think he’d be trying to do something to change the policies in his own city.


10 posted on 09/26/2007 6:47:06 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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Let me get this straight . . . Rudy Giuliani is telling us that his attitudes about gun ownership changed after 9/11? Kinda funny how he never mentioned this to anyone until September of 2007, eh?

This man is so full of sh!t I can almost see it oozing out of his ears.

11 posted on 09/26/2007 6:47:25 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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David Duke- “Why I like Blacks”
12 posted on 09/26/2007 6:50:03 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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RUDY: WHY I LIKE GUNS

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ha, ha, ha.....oh man....I needed a good laugh today

13 posted on 09/26/2007 6:52:15 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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David Duke- “Why I like Blacks”

Bill Clinton: "Why I like Hillary"

14 posted on 09/26/2007 6:53:13 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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RUDY: WHY I LIKE GUNS

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15 posted on 09/26/2007 6:55:17 AM PDT by RabidBartender (Al-Qaeda doesn't need an intelligence network. They have the U.S. media.)
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Hillary Clinton- “Why I like Bill”


16 posted on 09/26/2007 6:56:47 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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"You have to look at all these issues in light of the different concerns that now exist - which is terrorism - the terrorists' war on us," the GOP presidential front-runner said in an interview with The Associated Press.

So all of our constitutional rights and civil liberties are conditional over what's happened recently? Any or all of them can be abridged at will? Then there are no fundamental human rights, no rights inherent to human beings and therefore the Bill of Rights is a mere historical curiosity.

No doubt Rudi thinks he helps himself this way. But he is still an enemy of the Second. And these statements open up again the questions about whether he has any respect for any fundamental rights.
17 posted on 09/26/2007 6:57:04 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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Rudy going to do something about his harassing lawsuits against gun manufacturers? Aren’t they still going forward?

To Hell with Rudy and to to Hell with the Republican Party if it selects him as its Presidential Candidate.


18 posted on 09/26/2007 6:59:42 AM PDT by Little Ray (Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
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funny how this is becoming such a big deal long after it happened. is fred worried?


19 posted on 09/26/2007 7:00:27 AM PDT by libertéforamerica
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Liar.


20 posted on 09/26/2007 7:01:24 AM PDT by this is my name not yours (Free speech is the escape valve that keeps some people from picking up a rifle.)
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