It’s gotta be that. Surely he wouldn’t be naive enough to think a man that would restrict Second Amendment rights would be the right guy to help defend our population. And I doubt the judicial nominations would be enough to offset some of the more left-leaning policies that Giuliani has.
Did you hear how Rudy changed his mind about the Second Amendment? He told a recent NRA convocation that September 11, 2001 made him change his mind about gun control, IIRC.